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Preface

I've run DubVee for about a year-and-a-half as of this writing. Until now, I've not really had much of a mission statement beyond being an on-ramp to the Fediverse and trying to keep things civil and non-toxic from this instance's point of view.

Recent and semi-recent events have revealed an ugly truth about many of the users in the Fediverse (and social media in general), so I've put together an actual mission statement in hopes of addressing that. It's also my last-ditch effort to not shut down this project out of disgust.

I want DubVee to be an example of what the Fediverse can be when it's not overrun with political idealogies masquerading as people, extremists, lynch mobs, and people too toxic to be anywhere else. I know for a fact that there are plenty of users that don't fit that criteria, and I dare say they are the majority. However, the above-mentioned groups are definitely drowning them out and giving Lemmy (and the Fediverse) a bad image in the process.

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