The same arguments people are making about #gab were made about bitcoin
"You use bitcoin? I read on some article bitcoin is popular with drug dealers & criminals, it's a criminal tool. We need to ban bitcoin, and anyone who uses cyptocurrency is a drug dealer by association!"
"You're on GAB? I read on some article gab is popular with racists. It's a platform for racists. We need to ban gab. Anyone who uses gab is a nazi!"
These low IQ arguments have been made dozens of times. Once a tool gives people freedom, people freak out. It's happend with the internet, email, ebay, uber, bitcoin, bittorrent, the printing press, VHS recorders, radio casset recorders.. You guys are on the wrong side of history lol
I just read the rules at qoto.org, David Bond's Mastodon host. It begins with "No racism, No censorship, Just kind people who speak their mind."
Well, which is it? No racism? Or no censorship? Some kinds of censorship are just common sense, not really censorship at all? Right. All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
https://billstclair.com/racism-is-a-right.html (don't judge on just the title, read to see what I really mean by that)
@billstclair it's not my host.
Well, you don't run it, but you use it. At least that what I see in your nick. And that's what I meant. Sorry if you thought I was assigning responsibility to you for their policies.
@billstclair qoto.org is not blocked by the large instances, I use this host to see posts outside of gab.
@DavidBond
Makes sense. I have an account at accela.online for just that purpose, and to have a Pleroma instance against which to test my code.