The idea that bad people having a voice on social media causes other people to become bad people (often the argument as to why we must defederate from bad servers) is equivalent to:
Thinking violent video games cause people to become violent.
Thinking explicit song lyrics cause people to become criminals
Allowing people to be openly homosexual will cause others to become homosexual
Banning books
@freemo @Dennis1212 Cool. Talking with some of these people strongly reminds me of flerthers. "Freemo wants to be a dictator! That's why he's... (checks notes) setting up a democratic system to avoid stupid defederation nonsense. INTOLERABLE!"
@Dennis1212 I need to be more involved here. Unfortunately, stupid people keep jumping into my timeline there. Flerthers... Ye gods, what a silly bunch. But in following the responses, I catch cool stuff from RedsRhetoric and so many others. In fact, one of the provisions of qoto.org I got from @freemo via email, "It's OK to join if you are just a fan of STEM, so long as you aren't a Flat-earther or such."
#UFoI has been quiet lately as I look, unless I'm missing stuff. My forays into political talk leaves people confused and angry for some reason. I wave friendly greetings to the whole political spectrum and everyone gets mad at me anyway.
Ive mostly been working on the software for the UFoI and letting some of thr bad shit die down. There will be some announcements soon.
@hasmis classic ;)
@hasmis How dare you call my girlfriend a beast!
@libsoftiktok thry meant all ages over 18. It is a bar and you are not even allowed in the building unless you are over 18. Other versions are explicit and say 19+
@noelle Hi, just wanted to say i was thinking about you and hope you are doing well and are happy.
Especially if it went down before you move.. cant migrate your followers now.
I saw some drama not too long ago and people calling to block them... didnt pay much attention to be honest.
Jeffrey Phillips Freeman
Innovator & Entrepreneur in Machine Learning, Evolutionary Computing & Big Data. Avid SCUBA diver, Open-source developer, HAM radio operator, astrophotographer, and anything nerdy.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, USA, currently living in Utrecht, Netherlands, USA, and Thailand. Was also living in Israel, but left.
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My stance on various issues:
Education: Free to PhD, tax paid
Abortion: Protected, tax paid, limited time-frame
Welfare: Yes, no one should starve
UBI: No, use welfare
Racism: is real
Guns: Shall not be infringed
LGBT+/minorities: Support
Pronouns: Will respect
Trump: Moron, evil
Biden: Senile, racist
Police: ACAB
Drugs: Fully legal, no prescriptions needed
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