DaveTLV @Surasanji@qoto.org
Account has been Depreciated. Thanks for all the fun, QOTO!
Joined Aug 2018
@georgia@spinster.xyz @GlitchesUnleashed@freespeechextremist.com 
@georgia@spinster.xyz @GlitchesUnleashed@freespeechextremist.com I am, at best, a distant fag stag.
@georgia@spinster.xyz @GlitchesUnleashed@freespeechextremist.com Yeah, that doesn't seem to be a consistently applied rule.
@GlitchesUnleashed@freespeechextremist.com @georgia@spinster.xyz I think you are fantastic. <3
@georgia@spinster.xyz @GlitchesUnleashed@freespeechextremist.com Cray.
@GlitchesUnleashed@freespeechextremist.com @georgia@spinster.xyz Wat. They suspended you? Why? When did you ever post anything remotely ban-worthy? Crazy.
@georgia@spinster.xyz @GlitchesUnleashed@freespeechextremist.com
I'm just hoping to keep in touch with the peoples I enjoy interacting with at the end of the day. :) So, if you do make an alt, lemme know please!
DaveTLV
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@Genie@spinster.xyz @alex @freemo @Surasanji That's called an echo chamber. It is kind of the opposite of federation in that you would never hear or see any opinion but your own. I assume there is a place for such things, I just don't personally see the value in it myself as I am for the free and open exchange of ideas. However, if you are looking to build something like that, all that is required is to de-federate all the instances that aren't 100% in agreement with whatever your instance(in general) stance happens to be. There are closed instances that just contain one business or family or whatever and can certainly create that "support group" environment. I don't believe that was the goal of Spinster, though I don't pretend to speak for them.
I would rather see a playground where both the boys and girls could play together and no one has to stay on the pink side or the blue side and play with gender appropriate toys.
Silencing Spinster Instance for all of QOTO, CW for Length
@alex @mk @freemo @arteteco I assure you that it was not an easy decision for me to come to. I have very much enjoyed my interactions with your server and most of the people therein.
I, unfortunately, must base these decisions on what is best for QOTO and not my personal feelings towards a particular server. :(
Silencing Spinster Instance for all of QOTO, CW for Length
After much discussion among the mod team we've decided to silence the @spinster instance for QOTO users.
We do not take the silencing of an instance to be anything less than totally serious. We have had issues with being silenced and we do not wish to simply ban an instance because they disagree with us.
Abuse and harassment without moderator comment, however, is a different story.
There are many showings of misandry, anti-trans ideologies, and abusive behaviors dressed up in the guise of 'Protecting an Oppressed Class'.
We at QOTO do acknowledge that there are a great many issues facing women in this world, and that indeed the current social structure of society is almost certainly stacked against them, as it is other oppressed and minority groups.
We cannot, however, support an instance that has little to no moderation of it's more extreme elements that cross the lines of understood acceptable behavior on Mastodon.
It is important to note that this is not necessarily a permanent decision. Should Spinster change their moderation stance on their users and begin to better police their instance we will be happy to unsilence and try again to have a relationship with these people who are undoubtedly trying to fight for what they feel is correct.
As I have said before, and will say again:
It isn't what you say that's important, it is how you say it.
@TranimeGirl You can do it! You can get through the day!
@Mrfunkedude You are a fantastic person. Beautiful. 5/7.
@Absinthe @freemo I spent 12 hours overnight in a prison. I saw a lot of human suffering there that I don't think needed to happen.
I saw human beings forced to work as slaves for the state. It was an interesting experience, but I really couldn't sit there and see that. Knowing that was standard in the US led me to leave, along with a desire for health care.
@JessSweetValleyHigh@spinster.xyz @freemo @adrint @alex @Jennifer_Lee
It's nice that you assume a bunch of shit about people though- very progressive.
I think this conversation is finished for now.
Account has been Depreciated. Thanks for all the fun, QOTO!
Joined Aug 2018
