marathon @marathon0@qoto.org

@arturN

Says the poster with 19 posts.

@ruud @captainepoch

@arturN

That isn't how the Federation works

@ruud @captainepoch

@ruud

Once you as an instance start any blocking yourself, then by definition you're not Federated. This is the weak point of the entire ecosystem in my mind. If an instance is posting illegal content, let the law deal with it.

@captainepoch @arturN

@ruud

What your expousing is NOT the Fediverse but the Birdsite as another poster mentioned. Oh the irony.I've been here a long time too and your stance is ridiculous in my opinion.

@arturN

@ruud

OK I haven't checked so I'll take your word for that. Regardless the point stands - It's not that people want an anything goes instance, but want to be able to censor for themselves. Funny how people that beleive in 'Free Speech' like to moderate what others see with minimal oversight and/or transparency.

@captainepoch @arturN

@ruud

Well, when I get my instance up, any other that uses blocklists will not be federated by moi. The entire purpose of this ecosystem is to federate and NOT to be a single entity or walled garden. It dissapoints me to see admins that don't get this. Let users have the editorial power, we're supposed to be adults here. I'm on a much larger instance than yours and if I can keep up with the spam alone, then perhaps your volunteers aren't all they're cut out to be. LOL

@captainepoch @arturN

@obi Ah makes perfect sense. :-)

> @marathon0 when coal miners were losing their jobs, mainly in WV a few years ago, it was being discussed on the news a lot. The left wing media was suggesting (mirrored by other left wing news) that the coal miners would just need to adapt, and Learn to Code. A little ridiculous, for the type of job and experience they were coming from, but they kept saying it. Then, a bit later, some journalists were losing their job, and the right wing were Tweeting them with the hastag #learntocode . This got trending, and Twitter a believe banned/suppressed the hashtag and was banning people who said it to the journalists, saying it was "harassment". After seeing the twitter engineers losing their job, the first thing I thought of was well, they have to adapt, the can #leaentocoalmine . Obviously a ridiculous statement, but the same thing people were saying to the coal miners.
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> Sorry, probably not many people would get that I guess. My bad.