Post A68nDynGlvAfwWotRg by gadonias@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #A68nDyJUYdLsSAt720 by gadonias@mastodon.social
2021-04-11T11:56:38Z
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I believe that most of the people that migrated from #Twitter, did so because twitter was becoming quite an extremist toxic environment. There's also the whole centralization and censoring issues with platforma like that.I have witnessed people criticizing (not debating) each other here in #Mastodon for a flexible opinion on private companies and capitalism as a whole. This sounds like extremism to me from the other side of the spectrum.#decentralization #extremism #socialnetwork #opinion
(DIR) Post #A68nDynGlvAfwWotRg by gadonias@mastodon.social
2021-04-11T12:05:23Z
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I've seen people being kicked out of chat groups for using the word "Linux" as a reference to the OS with the #Linux kernel. Apparently this is capital sin, you should use either #GNU or GNU/Linux. Am I the only one who think this is a bit too much?I've also seen people engaging in strong criticisms because some organizations should have a more active presence in decentralized services. I agree with the premise, but did we stop to help them reach more people while breaking free from GAFAM?
(DIR) Post #A68nDzFz3A8jNaFpCa by gadonias@mastodon.social
2021-04-11T12:20:25Z
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Where are all the people who talk about sports? Or politics? Or discuss books they read recently?Where are all the people who discuss practical ways of helping friends and family with barely any IT skill migrate away from GAFAM instead of shoving down theoretical approaches from Saint IGNUcius?I think one of the things that bothered me the most was a developer saying that he'd stop his support to certain tool because the community was "stupid". He literally said that!
(DIR) Post #A68nDzeRaDhobRhMKO by gadonias@mastodon.social
2021-04-11T12:41:02Z
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I've always questioned why admins of public instances should block far-right instances. I mean, aren't freedom of speech and "own your data" the whole points of decentralization?If said "speech" instigate hate, chaos or promote disinformation, you can use your influence to let people know and maybe block it just for you. However, I think people can decide by themselves what they wanna see in their local and global timelines.
(DIR) Post #A68nE02u7HGtpJ8tSC by gadonias@mastodon.social
2021-04-11T12:55:58Z
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While many of you are fighting each other because a specific tool should be decentralized or because some other service is using something from Google, senior citizens just wanna see photos of their grandkids, teenagers just wanna be part of their social circles and adults just want something that works, plain and simple.How are you helping these kinds of people break away from GAFAM? How can these people (and small businesses) rely on a community that fight each other?
(DIR) Post #A68nE0UuR9fnEAFG6a by Columbkille@rcsocial.net
2021-04-11T14:47:47Z
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@gadonias I've liked Masto so far but have been a been a bit disappointed in how hard it is to find... normal posts on fun topics. Like gardening, cooking, etc. A lot of what I see is tech related or political. That's fine but that's not all there is to life! It would be good if the fediverse had "groups" that people could join without needing to follow all the members in a group.
(DIR) Post #A68nE22Gibx3zurPk0 by gadonias@mastodon.social
2021-04-11T13:25:34Z
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Not sure if my point is clear on this thread, but I´m not defending hateful content nor am I saying manipulative information shouldn´t be scrutinized. My point is, we have been chasing a respectful and free internet while criticizing people who don´t fall on either side of the political spectrum. This polarization only benefits the powerful, unfortunately.
(DIR) Post #A68nFK6yzvG0LhgJCC by grips@cawfee.club
2021-04-11T15:26:33.175068Z
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@Columbkille @gadonias I heard groups are coming... any time now...
(DIR) Post #A68w71E8E4JF3A8kT2 by danjones000@fedi.absturztau.be
2021-04-11T17:01:47.649552Z
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@grips @Columbkille @gadonias Groups exist on Hubzilla and a few other Fediverse services. Hubzilla calls them channels. I don’t recall what Friendica calls them.
(DIR) Post #A6BXOppTQUCRX7sva4 by hhardy01@mastodon.social
2021-04-11T13:00:14Z
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@gadonias Freedom of speech is the freedom of someone to decide what to publish or not too publish on their own site.It does not mean that you can come onto my site and say racist and sexist things on my site claiming if I don't want to publish your contrary views on my site that it is an infringement on your freedom of speech.It isn't.Do you understand?Build your own site.
(DIR) Post #A6BXOqAOAiviZzfdBI by gadonias@mastodon.social
2021-04-11T13:07:25Z
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@hhardy01 One thing is to publish on other people´s site, another thing is to publish on a so-called public instance. Does it instigate hate? Does it cross the line between freedom of speech and crime? How about calling the proper authorities?Building their own websites surely solve a lot of censorship issues and claims. But, are they effective against hate?
(DIR) Post #A6BXOqUaxb5paf7lg0 by hhardy01@mastodon.social
2021-04-11T13:08:20Z
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@gadonias What is an example of a so-called public instance you are talking about?
(DIR) Post #A6BXOqpVhpp6dWuTHE by gadonias@mastodon.social
2021-04-11T13:13:11Z
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@hhardy01 You can take mastodon.social as an example, as far as I´m concerned (and the server can hold up) anyone can join. People are free to block anyone they want but why does the admin has a list of other instances that are blocked for everyone inside of it?
(DIR) Post #A6BXOrA4TOGnfIWtKC by hhardy01@mastodon.social
2021-04-11T21:37:04Z
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There are specific explanations for each of the mastodon dot social server blocks here:https://mastodon.social/about/more@gadonias
(DIR) Post #A6BXOrVLCJHejGTsTg by gadonias@mastodon.social
2021-04-12T09:49:15Z
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@hhardy01 Thanks, I appreciate you taking the time to send me that and I'm well aware of that list. However, that's not what I was questioning.Anyway, it's fine. I got a few perspectives on the matter, though. Clarified a bit more why things are the way they are 😊
(DIR) Post #A6BXOrqFwY0vm8Ga4u by hhardy01@mastodon.social
2021-04-12T10:02:04Z
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@gadonias mastodon.social is not called a public instance in the sense that anyone can say anything or use it for any purpose.It is very clearly a private instance owned by one person, Eugen.That and the privacy policy and conditions of use and governing law are all very clearly stated.Are you making a straw man argument trying to make some kind of parallel between twitter and fediverse censorship?Because you aren't completely wrong but I think you are stretching the point quite a bit.
(DIR) Post #A6BXOs9km3bskbO9T6 by gadonias@mastodon.social
2021-04-12T10:29:46Z
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@hhardy01 What I mean by "public" is anyone can join, not necessarily they can do whatever they want. It's good to have clear rules *inside* the instance.My point was to block entire instances because it might be offensive to someone, but people are capable enough of blocking whatever offensive profile they want.@openscience raised a point on legal liability where the admins could be responsible for third-party content inside their server, which makes the block "understandable" in some way.
(DIR) Post #A6BXOsTxYvlzlGqHxo by hhardy01@mastodon.social
2021-04-12T10:34:40Z
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@gadonias @openscience Good point. Eugen is in Germany, where publishing Nazi material or images can in theory draw a prison term.I don't think I understand your concern about "blocking instances."If you don't like the moderation rules on mastodon dot social, you can move your account and contents to another instance with moderation you like better.And if an instance is blocked from m.s then why not just go sign up for it directly?Is this really a problem?
(DIR) Post #A6BXOsosJAVGo8czZ2 by gadonias@mastodon.social
2021-04-12T10:39:24Z
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@hhardy01 I'm not concerned about "blocking instances", I was trying to raise a discussion on "censorship" and "biased moderation" from the same people that criticise this behaviour from big tech. That's all, I'm not trying to defend or "unblock" anyone in particular :)
(DIR) Post #A6BXOt8N8g6DmbkYxE by openscience@mastodon.social
2021-04-12T16:31:27Z
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@gadonias @hhardy01 Is a delicate discussion and certainly a topic that hits a sensitive spot for some.So far, my personal experiences with the community and the moderators have been overwhelmingly positive.Nonetheless, we must of course also examine the areas that can still be improved.But improvements in:- Decentralization- Égalisation of instances- Transferability of user accounts, their contents, their followers, etc.pp.... could certainly mitigate some of the issues raised.
(DIR) Post #A6BXOtV3mKFOuyMgJk by openscience@mastodon.social
2021-04-12T16:38:12Z
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@gadonias @hhardy01 I think the following statement is worth noting."If you don’t believe in free speech for people who you disagree with, and even hate for what they stand for, then you don’t believe in free speech."— Ricky Gervais (11. Jan. 2020) @rickygervais@twitter.com
(DIR) Post #A6BZ2FK0gBFdqRWaX2 by hhardy01@mastodon.social
2021-04-12T22:53:41Z
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@openscience @gadonias Once again, the "free speech" at issue is that of the site owner. They don't have to post the opinions of others, for any reason. They certainly should not be compelled to post the opinions of others with which they disagree.So no, I don't agree that the free speech rights of others in any way shape or form gives them a "right" to compel me to publish their opinions or anything else.Do you agree that "freedom of speech" is the freedom to publish or not to publish?
(DIR) Post #A6BZ2FlJ2h5ND6IO4u by danjones000@fedi.absturztau.be
2021-04-12T23:12:10.566201Z
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@hhardy01 @openscience @gadonias I’m pretty sick of people whining about their free speech being infringed when a website doesn’t let them post something offensive.If I invite you into my house or place of business, and you start spouting racist crap, I can choose to kick you out of my house/business, and your rights are not being infringed at all.You’re still free to say all the racist crap you want out on the street.