Just moved here coz on my previous server I was told to un-boost the following toot, as it was reported for allegedly perpetuating ableism, and possibly being in violation of the rule against "unfounded conspiracy theories".

I have a lot more to say about this, but for now I only have energy to say it was a big 1984 ALERT, TIME TO GO moment.

I hope the experience here will be different. If anyone has a perspective they'd like to share, in the spirit of QOTO, I'm all ears.

https://mastodon.social/@Green_Footballs/111857852078908707

@reviewer2

Hey, did they say the post you boosted perpetuated ableism, or were they saying the account in general was ableist and therefore you cant boost anything from the account?

I just looked at the OP you are boosting, not the account just the image, and its really hard for me to see how that deserved moderator intervention. As the admin of QOTO I see nothing wrong with that post. In fact, while a bit hypberbolic, its kinda true. At least for the USA, everyone is pretty clinical at this point.

Side note. Did you review our rules? That is probably the best way for you to get a sense for this server and if it matches your needs. We do moderate, and we do restrict some things, but I like to think we are pretty reasonable overall.

@freemo

Hello, thank you for your note. Here's what they sent me, you be the judge. I asked if they were actually serious and they pointed me to something some "radical" influencers wrote in 2018. Not really worth it.

I agree it's totally true btw. The point was - look what someone wrote in 1914, and here we are. The point that was, obviously, lost on someone.

I did look thru the rules. I'm totally down with the Academic Freedom approach, kind of my MO. I do have some apprehensions but they're fairly minor and outweighed what I like. Def seems worth a try. If any issues come up I'll let you know.

@reviewer2 Thats bonkers man... I would have left too to be honest.

@freemo Yup, it's totally insane, and sent me out of the door in a hurry. Of course, I can't say that it's "insane", I must watch my mouth 😹

"outweighed *by* what I like"... I don't see an edit button, I know already I'll miss it, I like revising a lot 🙃 ... but I see the "delete and return to draft"

@reviewer2 Edit button will be comming very soon. We are in the process of doing a rather big update, it will take several steps, but will introduce tons of new features on top of what we already have.

@freemo

Edit button dance: 💃🏼 🕺🏼 Great!

Thank you so much for making me feel welcome right from the first moment. I mean it, and it means a lot to me.