I see where you come from, but here's another perspective: what if someone wants to block .ml because of the instance bans, or because one of the admin is transphobic (https://lemmy.world/post/18236068)

That person can't access .ml communities anymore. There are a few alternatives around (!linux@programming.dev for !linux@lemmy.ml, !privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com for !privacy@lemmy.ml etc.).

I agree that @cm0002@lemmy.world should probably stop crossposting posts from people who explicitly asked them to stop, but on the other hand most of the people probably don't mind (example of me asking someone who thought that nodoby needs permission to post a link somewhere else: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/45767421/19161995)

@cm0002@lemmy.world, maybe just crosspost content from https://old.reddit.com/r/crows/ rather that !crows@lemmy.ml

I cross-post to reduce the influence of .ml comms and indirectly the instance as a whole to make it an easier decision for other instance admins to defederate because one key reason I identified that admins don't want to defederate, is because .ml still has some very large comms and some niche comms

Megathread on the issue

Some highlights from the link:

"Don't worry guys, the Uyghur Genocide was REALLY just birth control! ~dessalines, .ml admin, dev https://lemmy.world/post/30580167

"See! nobody died IN Tiananmen Square, just AROUND it, so it doesn't count!!" ~ Davel, .ml admin https://lemmy.world/post/30673342

.ml admin, Nutomics continued transphobia https://lemmy.world/post/29222558

CW: Original transphobic Comment from Nutomic

And so so much documentation on clear heavy handed censorship and bias also on the link. So much I can't even put them all here because this comment would be really long.