DaveTLV @Surasanji@qoto.org

Apparently 'Free Speech' is a buzzword for extremists?

Personally, I'd rather have those people saying what they want to say. Better to let douchebags identify themselves by giving them a forum than trying to 'protect' people from the unpleasant truth that human beings are generally garbage to human beings who aren't in their 'tribe'.

For instance, we here at #qoto are on block lists for what seems like odd and silly reasons to me.

'Lower Moderation/Free Speech Space'. seems to be the answer there.

And I mean, okay, block whomever you want.

But isn't a blocklist like letting someone else tell you who or what to follow? That's what it seems like to me.

It's the shaping of information and it's very confusing to me because it's the same sort of thing big companies like Twitter do, just for a different reason.

Does no one really want to have discussions about things? Is Debate dead?

Are things like this just soap boxes to shout things into the void in the hope of getting an answer?

The more time I'm on Mastodon, the more I'm confused about social media.

This is really the first social media forum I've tried to be into. Most of my online internet socialization is with nerdy people into comics, video games, and role playing. MU* (Mush/Mux) based servers is where I do most of my online socializing.

Mastodon, Twitter, all of it is a very different beast than I'm used to and I'm very, very confused.

Which in hindsite would make a very interesting name for a band.

The two oddest Emoji are as follows:

🕋 🏩

That's right. Kaaba Love Hotel.

I'm having something of a wonked out, shitty day. Got very little sleep, water is coming through my ceiling at home, and had a minor panic attack last night.

Today is starting out shit! Can only get better, though, right?

Gotta be honest, I'm pretty dang terrified there's going to be trouble in the north of Israel in the next 2-3 years.

Like war trouble.