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 (DIR) Post #B7hLyF75GtiU8WQJ04 by mastodonmigration@mastodon.online
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       Ken White, aka Popehat, a lawyer and popular poster on #Bluesky was recently suspended (https://www.popehat.com/p/a-bit-of-tedious-drama-at-bluesky). Suspension now over, Ken writes:"...I believe that returning after a suspension carries with it an implicit promise that I won’t post that, or something like it, again. I won’t make that promise, so I won’t return to Bluesky."Indeed, Bluesky is demonstrating they can extort censorship with the ban hammer. Other users are put on notice it's not you this time, toe the line.1/
       
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       @mastodonmigration @Popehat 👋
       
 (DIR) Post #B7hLyFk4vuuO5SfRmS by mastodonmigration@mastodon.online
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       We've seen this movie before. In 2023 journalist Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz was suspended from Twitter ironically also for posting about Elon Musk, initiating a regime of increasing censorship and control over user content, mostly self enforced to avoid the same fate.Bluesky users take note, this is about freedom of expression and the chilling effect of knowing you may be banned for stepping over arbitrary lines set by the owners of your centralized platform. https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/1095333154019433352/RT: https://mastodon.online/users/mastodonmigration/statuses/109533315401943335
       
 (DIR) Post #B7hLyG6PaslzCj7Hai by mastodonmigration@mastodon.online
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       Why is it different here? The answer is obvious, but bears repeating. The Fedi is truly a #decentralized network.If the owners of your instance suspend your account, you actually do have the option to set up shop on another instance and continue to interact on the network. You are not banned from the network. No one has that power.And, importantly here it is the owners who must be careful not to alienate users with capricious rules. The dynamic is reversed. Here the users have the power.3/