Post AQ2KpaTo5J6fxMACWW by marathon0@qoto.org
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(DIR) Post #AQ2JhTG0xCA9HlHJ0i by chadloder@kolektiva.social
2022-11-27T17:25:23Z
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Twitter was never a healthy "public square" for most of us. Let's not rewrite history while eulogizing the hellsite.Twitter was a frightening battleground where we managed barely to claw out an uneasy existence amidst the worst violent neo-Nazi extremists who constantly published our home addresses, threatened our kids' lives, and sent hordes of racist trolls into our mentions.The same principles that allowed us to survive uneasily on Twitter will be required here in the #fediverse. Community defense, thoughtful pressure on moderation policies, and eternal vigilance.There are no safe spaces but those we make safe through constant effort. We keep us safe.
(DIR) Post #AQ2KpaTo5J6fxMACWW by marathon0@qoto.org
2022-11-27T18:00:12Z
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@chadloderStrange, I’ve been on the Birdsite for years, and never had this problem, even though I was/still am publishing political stuff. Any that did were promptly blocked. You folks must practice poor security if you were doxxed that easily. How do you folk function in public, or do most of you live comfortable middle class lives?!@blaine
(DIR) Post #AQ2MGgGglssTgKVj04 by Tattie@mastodon.scot
2022-11-27T18:16:18Z
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@marathon0 @chadloder @blaine "you folk". Right.
(DIR) Post #AQ2Mv4OOUssG5LNEeW by marathon0@qoto.org
2022-11-27T18:23:36Z
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@Tattie?? What should I refer to you as?@chadloder @blaine
(DIR) Post #AQ2PmojL91WJ3VvZGC by CarolynStirling@mastodon.nz
2022-11-27T18:55:42Z
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@blaine @chadloder @marathon0 I had to block many people on Twitter. Truly toxic and abusive people. Attack trolls I would call them. If you were not subject to this you were very fortunate.
(DIR) Post #AQ2S50jVSPxxOzoBUG by marathon0@qoto.org
2022-11-27T19:21:27Z
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@CarolynStirlingO I was but that even happens IRL. Just block them and move on. Fortunately my followers would back me up too, that helps emotionally. I’m a little older and have been through life. None of the abuse really had me worried, but then I’m used to living and going about my business in a rough area.@blaine @chadloder
(DIR) Post #AQ3oSQG76wMPNaaZSi by strypey@libranet.de
2022-11-28T11:04:24Z
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Welcome to the fediverse @chadloder!I'm sorry to hear you've had such an embattled existence. Sadly, DataFarming platforms like Titter are engineered to enrage people and set them on each other, as that helps them keep people "engaged" and seeing more ads. The software like Mastodon that powers the fediverse is co-created by the community for the community, and designed as much as possible to encourage respectful conversation and discourage harrassment. It's a work in progress and detailed feedback on pain points, and how it might work better, is always useful.The fediverse isn't completely free of trolls and griefers. But the structure of the network gives us strategies for dealing with them that the DataFarms don't have. The tools of muting and blocking nuisance accounts work pretty much the same way, but reporting a post sends it to the moderators of your server, who have the ability to block the account for everyone on your server. So only one of you has to encounter them to get the problem dealt with. If the nuisance account is on a server full of such accounts, your server admin has the option to silence or block the entire server, so you don't have to play whack-a-mole with all the accounts on that server. Unlike the mods on DataFarming platforms, the mods on your server are there to support the wellbeing of the community of people using that server. They have your back! If you find they don't, you're not in the same situation you would be on Titter or FarceBook; faced with a choice between just putting up with it or leaving the whole platform. In the fediverse, you can move to a server where they do have your back, or club together to create your own. If you're moving from Mastodon server to Mastodon server, you can even use the migrations tools to take your following and follower lists with you. The power is yours!
(DIR) Post #AQ3vve0XlspM68BfWq by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2022-11-28T12:30:33Z
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Thanks @zsk for your article about Mastodon:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63534240It would be cool if you could mention the rest of the fediverse if you write on this topic again, see:https://fediverse.party/en/fediverseYour article mentioned moderation. I explored this in some detail in the post I'm replying to here, which was published with Friendica, another fediverse app that allows for longer posts than Mastodon. In case threading is broken, it's here:https://libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-1563-8495-b850-8ed159064907#fediverse