Notices by 🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org), page 10

@stux I mean thats true of left wing too.. a few super rich billionairs make up most of the lefts narrative just like on the right.

@stux

Less extremes in what sense? Ideological?

I feel judged

Them: Women need to stop being held to impossible body standards. Its not an issue with men.

Reality:

I think the biggest reason I want #Trump to be found guilty is so he can't run for president and then there is some actual hope someone other than Biden or Trump might actually win...

#USPol

@admitsWrongIfProven At this point i probably wouldnt mind just a random lottery for president :)

If I still had a dog she would probably be allowed on the furniture before you!

@josemanuel

Yup, many of our users would agree with you, partly because our server policies would attract people who feel the way you do. That said many have had the opposite opinion as you.. its a mixed bag. I think it largely depends on your opinions and ideology, yours are probably less of a target than others.

@coolboymew @McMongoose @Moon @tomey

@coolboymew

Thats a huge problem in fediverse blocklists too... I get it there are a lot of blocklists that are fairly abusive in how aggressive they are.

@McMongoose @Moon @tomey

@coolboymew

Yes I do, because while I dont think servers should force a block list on a user I do think the user should have the option to block and an easy path to do so if thats what they want. If there is a user that wants low-moderated instances blocked they should have that choice and easy access to a block list to accomplish it.

I myself dont use the block list, but I do understand its need for some users.

It is also an attempt to address the usability issue I mentioned earlier while not needing to block at the instance level... a possible middle ground solution.

@McMongoose @Moon @tomey

@Moon

I am talking about blocking other servers, not the rules internal to your own instance.

@McMongoose @coolboymew @tomey

@Moon

I mean, there is a reason you guys are still federated with... but as I said it is getting closer and closer to being impossible to maintain a nearly-open federation policy from a purely usability standpoint... we arent there yet though.

That said i am working on technological solutions.

@McMongoose @coolboymew @tomey

@Moon

Like i said before I am not "blamming" anyone.. Fault is a rather pointless concept... I am mearly stating that free speech is an idea I support but supporting is starting to become technically difficult causing people to adopt a non-free speech approach as its the only option that allows the fediverse to be usable for most people.

@McMongoose @coolboymew @tomey

@Moon

SureI do agree there are levels to this and blocking can be quite excessive.

@McMongoose @coolboymew @tomey

@Moon

On that point I wholly agree. We have never caved to third party pressure in that regard.

@McMongoose @coolboymew @tomey

@coolboymew

You can figure that for yourself by going through my feed if you really care to. That isnt an exercise I need to invest time in since I dont see much value coming from that exercise.

If I actually cared about proving my point that would be a good way to do it. I just dont have the energy to care enough to go through all that.

If you'd like I can start tagging you when dogpiles kick in so you can see them though if you really care.

@McMongoose @Moon @tomey

@coolboymew

It probably doesnt happen to you because you are one of the trolls, or at least, close enough to them (you arent as bad as most which is why i never blocked you)... But generally the people who dont participate in the trolling, particularly as a server, are the ones targeted.

I expiernce this a few times a week personally and as an admin have had quite a few of my users complain about the same problem.

@McMongoose @Moon @tomey

@coolboymew

Yes, and where there are 20 new domains a day that you need to mute and people are hoping instances and bringing up small one-user domains those 3 seconds become a big load.. especially when most of us wont block a domain the moment a single person throws a fit. Its usually only after several incidents someone decides to block. So thats a lot of noise per-domain someone must endure before they silence that one domain, one domain among a great many needing blocking for some.

@McMongoose @Moon @tomey

@Moon

I run QOTO, an instance that strongly leans towards open federation, but locally doesnt allow free speech (our users will be banned for certain forms of speech, though we are rather forgiving in this regard).

While we do sometimes have valuable interactions from free speech instances the issue is the overwhelming majority of interaction is from them dog piling and trolling with overtly racist and aggressive attacks. It is often so bad you cant even use the service without blocking most free speech instances...

Blame who you want but even an instance like QOTO that wants to remain open is struggling to do so because it just makes the service unusable.

@McMongoose @coolboymew @tomey

@coolboymew

Its not about that... users can do the blocking themselves (and for now thats how we do it)... but it becomes a full time job for most of our users blocking instances on their own that, without doing so, means the system is barely usable.

@McMongoose @Moon @tomey