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Sounds more like a cult rather than a social club.

actually it's a democracy

This gives the impression that there's a collective group of differing views that come together and make decisions. It's quite the opposite from my experience and they seem to actively chase out anyone who dissents from the collective hive mind's view.

while I don't know if your allegations are true, democracy means there is a group which decides on rules based on a majority vote. It doesn't mean that they have the same or different views at all, although some overlap is probably certain, because otherwise you probably wouldn't decide to join the same association.

Anyone who joins the association (small fee) can vote.

I know what the technical definition of democracy is. However, a lot of people throw it around as if it insinuates a free and open system where every idea can be voiced. That's certainly not the case at Codeberg, and they make that fairly clear. They heavily moderate content and view points that challenge the hive mind are generally moderated out of existence (or the topic/thread is simply closed).

So, yes, it's technically a democracy, but it deserves extra nuance in my mind because it might not be what everyone immediately thinks a democracy should feel like.

what got any links?

https://blog.codeberg.org/we-stay-strong-against-hate-and-ha...

That's a fairly good starting place. Might seem innocuous, but don't forget that "far right" has no agreed upon boundary. You might as well replace it with "wrong think" at this point.

Which, again, good for them. I could care less. I left a little over a month ago once I figured out what was going on. They are perfectly allowed their fiefdom on the internet, but I would never recommend the platform to anyone as a useful Git forge unless they happen to sit in that little thought bubble.

that's it - really? oh my

Judging by your response, you wouldn't be persuaded by anything. But, I suppose to provide an opportunity for education, people do not like to be thrown into an ever growing identity group with an ever growing list of negative associations tied to it. It's not shocking to me that the people running Codeberg are oblivious to the hypocrisy and double standard they seem to be blatantly putting out. It doesn't foster "inclusivity" and tends to drive out reasonable people.

But that's the game, I suppose. Everyone knows what's going on and they just don't care. And so I don't care about Codeberg :)

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