@stemid Uniting is not exactly the strong suite of most anarchists :)
The issue with the list is that it clearly suppresses evidence that is not in line with the operators opinions, effectively lying by ommitting relevant context to distort the truth.
See my list on the talk page.. Despitte being respectful and showing a mountain of evidence to disprove the evidence claimed for QOTO on the block list none of this evidence was actually added (in fact in response they added another entry claiming I harassed her). Instead despite the polite mention I was blocked.
https://joinfediverse.wiki/Talk:FediBlock
This isnt a case of "admins make up your own mind".. this is a case of explicitly lieing, presenting on the cherry picked out of context evidence to support your agenda and suppressing all evidence that disproves the claim int he block.
Is that really a block list you want to support? I mean come on the majority of instances on the list dont even bother providing evidence.
@kjr Agreed, founding the UFoI deserves far more energy than this fascist toxic person deserves
@stemid Worse yet among their own people, AND among people trying their hardest to be allys.... People like this do more to harm the movement they intend to help more than anything from the outside.
@freemo my instance mastodon.se was also put on that list for a complete misunderstanding. These so called anarchists are only creating segregation among their own people.
@Amikke It is often the case that the loudest people are the most toxic.
LOL apparently now they call it "harassment" to call someone out on lying and suppressing evidence on a block list... Can't even make this shit up.
https://climatejustice.social/@PaulaToThePeople/109444008217463602
@Corfiot Doesnt stop you from being defederated by the majority of the fediverse sadly... though it is admitidly easier to ignore when they do :)
@Corfiot Thanks, have you checked out the UFoI, it is gaining a lot of momentum, we have a repo going, a group, and a matrix room with discussions.
@Corfiot The original fediblock list wasnt so bad because it had some semblence of transparency and due process. Evidence from all sides as considered and preseved in merge requests and any entry added had **all** evidence attached to it so instance admins could decide for themselves... Dictators named paula trying to do their own list is highly problematic as can be seen here.
@al1r4d We arent a free speech instance... People just make up whatever they want to defame someone, really doesnt matter if there is a basis in reality for it or not.
A nice article mentioning QOTO's group server.
@freemo I mention Qoto groups in this article. I have tested several group features of tje Fediverse. Thanks again for your work.
My donation this week for @freemo are these pics of Valiente (Val) living her best life. Notice her green binky (Nerf disc) that she carries around and then naps with. She's ridiculous but makes for happy Friday viewing as one of the #CatsOfMastodon
Here's hoping your weekend is fabulous - thanks for all you do!
@JoshuaACasey I try not to make personal judgements or attacks... But yea she certainly acts pretty damn toxic and fascist.
@teknomunk Yup, which is exactly the sort of toxicity the #UFoI will hopefully remedy.
@MrsDi Awwww that is one happy kittum... I approve... best donation ever :)
Proof that the new "fediblock" on the wiki run by Paula intentionally suppresses counter-evidence and proof towards block entries. Despite the fact that I provided tons of proof that show the "evidence" provided for a block against QOTO is false they refuse to updatte the block with the additional evidence and effectively suppresses countner evidence.
This is why there needs to be Due process like im trying to build with the #UFoI and not just one dictator named paula cherry picking what evidence she thinks is valid and blocking the rest.
Here is a link to the discussion if you want to see it first hand (screen shots included). I highly recommend everyone leave a comment expressing your concerns for visibility:
This weekend I will be working more on the "United Federation of Instances"
First thing I want to do is go through all the issues in the repo and try to comment or add my opinion on them.
Feel free to get in on the conversation here, its open to everyone.
https://gitlab.com/ufoi/constitution/-/issues
Next I will work more on finishing the full bylaws, and try to incorperate any new perspectives from the discussions in the issues (eventually we can vote on the final wording).
Anyone interested in seeing the progress on that (the first draft isnt done) you can check that out here:
https://ufoi.gitlab.io/constitution/united_federation_of_instances_bylaws.pdf
Of course you can see the original proposal document (which is the easier read and sumarizes the bylaws) here:
https://ufoi.gitlab.io/constitution/united_federation_of_instances_proposal.pdf
If anyone wants to contribute just join the first link I mentioned and feel free to offer merge requests. Also if anyone wants to help work on things like a website for us please speak up.
As always if you want to get into the conversation there are two ways other than the gitlab.
The first is fediverse groups: @ufoi
The other is our matrix chat room: #UFoI:matrix.org
Hope to see you all there.
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