@joaopinheiro facts!

@joaopinheiro @freemo If one must engage in the tactics of lies and deceit, if one conspires in the dark policy that should be public, transparent, and clear, if one promotes the spread of hate over love of facts and truth, one has become the monster. That isn't "Anti-Fascist," it's "Sparkling Rainbow Nazi." They can own it.

@joaopinheiro @freemo No, it has nothing to do with Nazis.

@dichotomiker

The photo evidence clearly shows it does.

@joaopinheiro

@freemo @joaopinheiro It's accounts not jews

@dichotomiker @freemo Nazis didn't persecute only jews. They persecuted and killed people that didn't think the way they did. Even people of their own nationality! They didn't care about the truth. Eugene and his staff show the same behaviour when they block people without given them any justification and the chance to defend themselves. I'm not saying he is a Nazi. I'm saying he isn't fair nor honest in the way he deals with others.

@joaopinheiro @freemo I know what you wrote and what you meant. It didn't compare to Nazis in any way.

@dichotomiker @freemo Didn't the nazis silence others?

@dichotomiker @freemo And didn't they help each other promoting their propaganda?

@dichotomiker @freemo Can you tell me why I was blocked in mastodon.social?

@joaopinheiro

I doubt they would have any way of knowing.

@dichotomiker

@joaopinheiro @freemo Reductio ad Hitlerum, maybe?

@dichotomiker @freemo As I said, my issue with Mastodon.social had nothing to do with Hitler or the Nazis as far as I know. And I know it only because I haven't ever defended Hitler or anything similar! And I was treated with disrespect even after I dedicated my time and effort to translate Mastodon into European Portuguese. But I received no justification, ever! The issue regarding qoto.org shows the same type of dictatorial response, regardless of the evidence.

@joaopinheiro I cannot help you.

@dichotomiker I don't need your help! But I'm going to give you something to read just in case you want to understand what I'm talking about: https://escritoamaquina.pinheirodeabrantes.pt/mastodon-social-account-suspension

https://escritoamaquina.pinheirodeabrantes.pt/modern-day-capital-punishment

#mastodon #fediverse #freedom

@joaopinheiro Something similar is happening at German Twitter.

https://www.br.de/nachrichten/netzwelt/wuerzburger-anwalt-wirft-justizminister-deal-mit-twitter-vor,TO67R0A

@dichotomiker @freemo Were you here when that happened? Can you read and UNDERSTAND Portuguese? Can he? I'm not saying he is a Nazi! BUT His behaviour IS ditatorial! And he is helping and promoting that type of behaviour when he takes certain attitudes like he does. The German people wasn't Nazi but their silence gave the regime their support. That's the point! And, believe me, I know quite a bit about the Nazi regime.

@joaopinheiro @freemo I had an account since 2018. Then he hired "moderators" who got me 3 bogus strikes before I knew it. You won't see any questions about warmongering on his instances. It's carefully filtered. I sense the military hand, and it's heavier than elsewhere. I'll be preparing my phpbb3 instance as I had planned before November. It's over. I'm not on #Mastodon here, but the same jaggoffs will pwn activity pub too.

@bitpirate We actually have one of the largest footprints in the fediverse (top 20 last I checked). The instances that block us are largerly saingle user instances. very few large instances block us

@bitpirate Eugene could have discussed this in a private forum but with the decision made public based on public policy, spreading light and clarity in the process. Eugene elected not to do that and resorted to skulldugery instead. There was a point made, it had nothing to do with new users beyond being part of the toolset to punish @freemo. His actions appear pretty clear on the point to be taken from this. If there's another point, he could still bring transparency and clarity to the process used.

@polygeek Than you I appreciate that.. ITs good to have you as part of the family

@arctangent Thank you

@techsquidtv I said there (twitter) not here.

@freemo oh oh gotchya, I should have seen that was part of the post. Ty.

@techsquidtv Easy mistake :)

@freemo

I find the write-up contains (at least) two important points: The history of QOTO (with valuable background info) and Eugen's early and impactful recent reactions.

Since the title lists only one, it might be a bit misleading ("clickbait title", as you put it). Wave you considered splitting it into two articles or use title that captures both aspects? I wonder if that might help the circulation of the article.

(2/2)

@floppy Have you seen/noticed that i changed the title from the original to be more sincere to the situation. I admit the original title was indeed a bit misleading.

@freemo I only ever saw the title that is also written in the post of yours that started this thread. If that is the updated title, then I have seen only that one.

@floppy ahh ok .. yea the title at the link is the correct one.

@freemo Which title it ever is, thanks for doing that write-up! I think it's good that this info is out there.

@floppy Thanks, please try and help me out by bringing some attention to it if your willing... do a top level post (not ajust a reboost) and link the article.. share with anyone you might think will want to hear it.

@freemo@qoto.org @floppy@fosstodon.org The title in the link still different than the one on the article. I'd consider changing that as well if I were you.

@SuperDicq

They look the same to me, how do they differ?

@floppy

@freemo@qoto.org @floppy@fosstodon.org The link is "eugen-rochko-ceo-of-mastodon-found-to-support-nazis-agenda", the title of the article is "Eugen Rochko, CEO of Mastodon, Caves to Nazi's Agenda".

@SuperDicq

Oh that, yea i cant change that once posted sadly. let me see if i can find a way

@floppy

@szopen try one more time, it was a bit slow for me at first but then was good after a refresh.

@freemo There must be something with my IP - when I tried connection via proxy, I finally loaded the page without problems. WIll read it immedietely!

I am not an active user here, more a lurker than anything - posting way more in my native language under pseudonyme in other server (I remember the discussion you had about moderating content in foreign language, so I don't want to clutter this server's timeline _too much_ with Polish toots). But I really do appreciate your common sense approach to the rules and because of them qoto.org was one of the first instances I considered before joining Fediverse.

Ultimately, it may be that fediverse will be cut into several bubbles - and if that will happen, I hope my home instance will be in the same bubble as yours.

@szopen actually i fixed it.. the dns was a bit goodfy and your server probably has a cache now.. but i fixed it.

@szopen @freemo works for me, and thanks for the background, which as a new user I hadn't understood before

@szopen @freemo hello, I’m new here, but this looks to be a link:

https://jeffreyfreeman.me/eugen-rochko-ceo-of-mastodon-found-to-support-nazis-agenda/

Cheers,
Will

@szopen @freemo sorry didn’t realize that was the same link he provided…

@lxo @freemo Also, because other people prevent them from having access to the facts.

well, there is that, but really, if there might exist facts that would make one think an action one is considering taking that would cause irreparable harm if it turned out to be wrong, maybe you shouldn't take that action before checking the facts very very thoroughly. I find people often react to accusations by assuming the accused is deserving of punishment, as if being accused was proof of wrongdoing. malicious players have found this to be easily exploitable.

@lxo Many people are driven by hate, especially now that we've had 16 years of Twitter.

> Many people are driven by hate

yes, and I hate that ;-D

@lxo I can't endorse your remark or I'll get booted off my instance!

uhh, I wonder why. I can't think of anything that would. I wonder if my words have been misunderstood...

@lxo Strict instance rules against endorsing hate