Ryle had a heart attack.
People being sent death threats... DDoS on UFoI members, one LGBTQ server in good standing was blocked by 33 other instances for supporting us openly.... Yet they insist there is no problem that needs addressing, to the point they violently oppose an agreement between server admins to engage in transparency, ethics, and evidence in interinstance moderation....
These things prove that the need for the UFoI is very real.
Ryle had a heart attack.
Ryle had a heart attack.
@pokerface@sfba.social
Last time I tried that I blew up half a city block... consider yourself lucky if it was disapointing :)
@LouisIngenthron Irregardless to common sense it seems anti-semite is defined regardless of the definition of semite. This may make conversations about the subject a bit inflammable!
@LouisIngenthron Irregardless to common sense it seems anti-semite is defined regardless of the definition of semite. This may make conversations about the subject a bit inflammable!
@LouisIngenthron Interestingly despite a semite including all speakers of a semetic language, including jews and arabs, in general practice antisemite refers exclusively to jews... very confusing I know.
@LouisIngenthron Yup, sure is.
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@sandofsky Its also possible that mastodon users are more likely to engage in posts that show mastodon as superior whereas twitter accounts are likely to not care and ignore it... This doesnt neccesarly demonstrate how frequently a post is seen.
That said it does show, and my expiernce agrees, that you get far more engagement on the fedi.
@SpinozasHeresy conspiracy theory content has been the norm on the history channel for years now.
Apparently now people are sending death threats to UFoI members... all this does is reafirm to me the dire need for sonethi g like the UFoI
If they really recognized their error I'd expect it wouldnt have been a silence.. but it is improvement at least.
@ambihelical @freemo "after our idiot behavior came to light and was publicly discussed , we decided that being held accountable for our actions was too much so we backpedaled and hope you forget” 👍🏻
@ambihelical considering the huge blocklist hackyderm has I wouldnt feel too secure about federating with them in the future from any instance personally.
@ambihelical s like they are just doing it to steal users away, which I really dont mind, if users want to leave they are free to do so... But it does sound like they will just reinstate it in 3 months or less.
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