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1. Mal (malmorrow@mastodon.africa)'s status on Sunday, 25-Jun-2023 02:33:07 JST Mal

   • Stephan Lichtenauer | נח סתו
   • Wogan May

   @wogan, @hnygd What have I learned? 🧵

   I should treat #admins not as faceless #moderators but as friendly hosts, and not mess up their place! The #ServerRules are obviously essential, but it's easy to cause problems even if I stay inside the rules.

   Blocking trolls works well, but in order to protect my followers I need the admins' involvement. So that adds work for a couple of busy people, which isn't kind.

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   • Mal (malmorrow@mastodon.africa)'s status on Sunday, 25-Jun-2023 02:33:00 JST Mal

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     • Stephan Lichtenauer | נח סתו
     • Wogan May

     @wogan @hnygd

     Controversial subjects attract #trolls.

     That's not a reason to avoid them, but I must consider if it's a controversy that is relevant to the server. This is @mastodon.africa, and there are plenty of controversial subjects that are relevant. #Pride and #LGBTQIA+ rights are certainly relevant, they're relevant everywhere. I just have to decide if it's the hill I (and my admins) must die on *today*.

   • Christi Junior (christijunior@bae.st)'s status on Sunday, 25-Jun-2023 02:33:45 JST Christi Junior

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     • Stephan Lichtenauer | נח סתו
     • Wogan May
     @malmorrow @wogan @hnygd Supporting trannyfag Groomer pedophiles is more than just "controversial", it's pure evil.
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   • Mal (malmorrow@mastodon.africa)'s status on Sunday, 25-Jun-2023 02:35:36 JST Mal

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     • Stephan Lichtenauer | נח סתו
     • Wogan May

     @wogan @hnygd

     Choose my controversy.

     I don't have to apologise to anyone - admins or otherwise - about my strongly-held opinions. But if I want to get myself into trouble, better be something in which I'm particularly willing to fight a corner. LGBTQIA+ rights are extremely important to me, yes, but I'm really a supporter, not a prime mover. The controversial subject I'm much more invested in is #migrant rights. It affects my family, and I think it's also very relevant to @mastodon.africa.

   • Mal (malmorrow@mastodon.africa)'s status on Sunday, 25-Jun-2023 02:35:37 JST Mal

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     • Stephan Lichtenauer | נח סתו
     • Wogan May

     @wogan @hnygd

     Words don't achieve much by themselves.

     I thought hard about what I gained from attracting trolls about Pride. I didn't achieve anything much - except this self-examination! The real and useful thing to do is to *go* to Pride, when it happens, and write about that. That's being a useful #ally to people who matter to me. For that matter, I do useful volunteer work with a #schools #equestrian organisation, so I must write more about that too. Do first, then write.

   • Mal (malmorrow@mastodon.africa)'s status on Sunday, 25-Jun-2023 02:36:04 JST Mal

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     • Stephan Lichtenauer | נח סתו
     • Wogan May

     @wogan @hnygd

     Learn from the #hate.

     As a #cis white man, especially in SA, I don't face a whole lot of hate. But of course #SouthAfrica has huge problems with hate. I can empathise with others, but the experience is not usually my own. The trolling I faced today was perhaps as cold a reality as I'm ever likely to face. It will, I hope, teach me how horrible and difficult it is for black, queer, Muslim, Jewish, and other minorities to survive bigotry. Vulnerable people might not survive.

   • salty_apollyon (rlier23@bae.st)'s status on Sunday, 25-Jun-2023 02:48:24 JST salty_apollyon

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     • Stephan Lichtenauer | נח סתו
     • Wogan May
     @malmorrow @wogan @hnygd block thius you fucking pedo
     and while you're at it put a bullet in your head
     fuck niggers.mp4
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   • Mal (malmorrow@mastodon.africa)'s status on Sunday, 25-Jun-2023 02:49:21 JST Mal

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     • Stephan Lichtenauer | נח סתו
     • Wogan May

     @wogan @hnygd

     That's all I've got for now. I'm going to withdraw my earlier comment about 'misplaced optimism', get back to being a real optimist!

   • salty_apollyon (rlier23@bae.st)'s status on Sunday, 25-Jun-2023 02:49:21 JST salty_apollyon

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     • Christi Junior
     • Stephan Lichtenauer | נח סתו
     • Wogan May
     @ChristiJunior @hnygd @malmorrow @wogan now now hold on he is an activists
     
     just happens to be an activist for moloch :smug2:
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   • Christi Junior (christijunior@detroitriotcity.com)'s status on Sunday, 25-Jun-2023 02:49:22 JST Christi Junior

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     • Stephan Lichtenauer | נח סתו
     • Wogan May
     @malmorrow @wogan @hnygd Nigger, you knowingly exposed your children to a bunch of pedophiles and rapists, and then you bragged about it, you're no fucking hero or activist!
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