• CovfefeKills@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    It is called the toxicity list if you weren’t toxic you don’t go on it I guess. Honestly IDK what the big deal is the mods and admins here love their big ban lists why is this particular one getting so much attention?

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      17 hours ago

      Because it was secretly implemented on people who had no means of knowing that their entire fediverse feed was being personally curated by a single individual.

      It’s fine to ring fence your own personal instance - that’s the point of federation; but to secretly censor a front end client? Ffs.

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        10 hours ago

        It’s fine to ring fence your own personal instance

        Yea that isn’t how big ban lists work.

        secretly implemented on people who had no means of knowing

        Yea that is how shadow banning works.

        being personally curated by a single individual.

        Mhmmm

        Just seems like someone went a slight bit further than everyone else and somehow this is the worst possible thing ever it just doesn’t make sense.

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          10 hours ago

          It is not the worst possible thing but shadow banning via a client is quite ridiculous, even more so when politically motivated. I won’t even get into how funny it is to have even less of a tolerance for political variety than lemmy.ml.

          If you really want to circle jerk, that is what instances are for where what is tolerated and what is not is much more transparent.

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            9 hours ago

            It wasn’t politically motivated tho it was ‘toxic people’ that were shadow banned you know “be awesome or else” right? That is how vibe modding works it’s fundamental to the fediverse experience.

            This was a small step forward if you only have a problem with this but not all the steps that lead us here then you are pushing an agenda using the perceived political motivations, or you are just dumb.

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              1 hour ago

              toxic=people who don’t agree with me isn’t a very mature approach though is it? In my opinion what is fundamental to the fediverse is being able to discuss with people you don’t completely agree with. It is the more centralized social media platforms that repeatedly push content you like so that you get addicted to your echo chambers. If you don’t like your ideas being challenged I would suggest such places.

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                1 hour ago

                I am not advocating for ban lists. It’s that I understand how the fediverse works it’s rife with censorship this is just oh_no_my_tribe these people don’t care about censorship when it is against their enemies.

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              6 hours ago

              I love drama because it inevitably brings out people who want to be middle of the road about everything, and you can look back and see how that works in practice for every other opinion.

              It’s telling on yourself in a fantastic sort of way.

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                6 hours ago

                Yes I don’t see the world as black and white instead as grey I am not going to sidestep my morals for a political agenda. Thanks for the compliment.

                It’s a real shame you thought this was an insult it’s very… telling.

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                  5 hours ago

                  You thought I was insulting you, no I’m just pointing out what it looks like to be held up by a cylinder of jello that represents what in other people is a backbone!

                  How insulting!

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                    4 hours ago

                    So if I conform I’ll grow a backbone? That doesn’t make sense.

                    It’s a real shame that you think someone standing up for their beliefs against the crowd is the one lacking conviction it’s very… fucking sad get help kid