We recently had a flat-earther. I was tolerant of this up until the point he got aggressive in private messages when asked about if he is a STEM student or professional. So the situation mostly resolved itself, he is no longer with us.

With that said how should we handle people who are otherwise respectful but post almost 100% flat-earth content (basically people who are explicitly anti-STEM)?

I can't say it well in English, I guess how terrible you feel by arious problems as an administrator, Thank you :100a: 

@freemo Nice to meet you and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), I know that administrator can always delete my account if I violate the rules of this server. I don't know what the slang "flat-earth" is, but "the earth is roughly round" (, and that it is generally impossible to draw a "angle trisection" with a ruler and a compass) is a primary education fact that has been postulated with a number of experimental justifications (I can't proof it). In any case, It is true that in my eyes (Question Others to Teach Ourselves) is one of the best mastodons now. Thank you :100a:

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I can't say it well in English, I guess how terrible you feel by arious problems as an administrator, Thank you :100a: 

@puzzl A flat-earther is a person who beleives the earth is a flat disc and the sun and moon are really close to the earth, and gravity is a myth...

@freemo It's not just slang, it's just that, so I think that high school level primary education is a good rule of thumb. And I also know that there are "No hate, No censorship. Be kind, be respectful" in the RULE qoto.org/about/more . (It doesn’t matter, I'm very looking forward to upgrading to Mastodon3.)
(By the way, "angle trisector" is a slang in the sense that someone makes a wrong claim At least in Japan around me. :jp_a: )

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