cameron @cameron@librem.one

@stuntpope to wasn’t that ElonBachman on Twitter?

@switchingsocial@mastodon.at I agree that instances are free to do what they want and block whoever they want

@clacke @switchingsocial@mastodon.at The debate isn’t whether moderation is a good thing (it is) It’s where should the moderation take place. I think instances should moderate, low level tools shouldn’t.

@Lonsfor I’m saying that ISIS and Nazis are obviously bad and easy to ban, but it’s tougher to draw the line on more middle of the road fringe groups. So my whole point was that vegans are NOT comparable to ISIS.

It’s intellectually dishonest to say that I said the opposite of what I did. Maybe you’re a lazy thinker and want to build straw men so that you feel better about yourself.

@switchingsocial@mastodon.at Again, it’s an instance’s job to block the spammers, not the protocol or the app’s.

@Sosthene @switchingsocial@mastodon.at This guy gets it. All these people appealing to emotion because duh everyone hates ISIS and Nazis. But what about communists or militant vegans or self harmers.

@switchingsocial@mastodon.at yes we’ve established sometimes people say stupid things, bravo.

@switchingsocial@mastodon.at The problem is at some point someone who’s not ISIS will be targeted in the same way.

Galileo: Hey fediverse! I’d like to join you and promote heliocentrism!

1500s fediverse: Go away! Geocentrism is right and you are evil and wrong.

Galileo: .... you guys suck

@switchingsocial@mastodon.at @brainblasted @dirb *fediverse, not dedicated.

@switchingsocial@mastodon.at @brainblasted @dirb Um we’re talking about apps. I know how the dedicated works. The instance owner and the user are the ones responsible for moderating content, the app developer should be unbiased because they’re just one person and can’t be trusted to always make the right decision. Just like you wouldn’t block people at the ActivityPub protocol level.

@brainblasted @dirb The idiots who want you dead can still speak words through the air, you wouldn’t ban them from using the air though. Or maybe you would idk

@sjw @tom79@mastodon.social Yep, if the protocol does this filtering eventually someone will abuse the power. People need to imagine a fringe group they agree with getting blocked and see how they would feel about it.

@solder_on @tom79@mastodon.social And abortionists, absolutely.

@toilet @tom79@mastodon.social Or communists.

@lesbianhacker @tom79@mastodon.social And Vegans.

@tom79@mastodon.social Not the app developers job. The end user, or the person that curates content for the end user should do this. It’s not the web browser’s job to filter web content, it’s the work vpn’s job. What if you want to get on their insurance for research purposes to learn how to deradicalize your neighbor or something? If you can’t foresee every eventuality err on the side of freedom.