That means moderation. We accept reports from people in the fediverse, discuss it, and make a decision. If some person doesn't like that decision they can block that users and our instance. If another admin doesn't like that decision and the behavior of my users they can block my users and my instance. Federation is a choice and a privilege.

#mastodon #admin #blocklist #fediverse #activitypub #gab

I support users' and admins' -right- to block as necessary.

To that continued end I've chosen to block free speech fetishist instances:

For "Just cos you dont agree with someone doesnt remove their right to say whatever they want to say."
socnet.supes.com

Instances with trash users and admins:
anime.website
juche.town
cyzed.com (Gab)

#mastodon #admin #blocklist #fediverse #activitypub #gab

Ah yes, and:

Quitter.PW
A GNU Social site that bills itself as offering "absolutely no censorship" except for illegal activity. The admin publicly states white supremacy is not "censored". I consider this a "Free speech fetishist" instance on the fediverse and have chosen to preemptively block it as it adds no value.

#mastodon #admin #blocklist #fediverse #activitypub #gab

Added:

sinblr.com
gab.sleeck.eu

@DylanTheThomas self-declared freedom of speech fans outraged by others exercising their freedom of association

@fraggle
Yuuuuup.
Yup.
yup.

@DylanTheThomas The Net interprets Censorship as Damage, and Routes around it.

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Gilmore

#censorship is #damage.

@memnus Agreed.

That's not negotiable / up for discussion.

@wisniepr That proverb is outdated by the reality of technology and the speed of information. It’s literally from the late 1700s. Federation requires additional bandwidth and server storage, even if small.

I’m not neutral. Neutrality is an excuse for taking no action and abdicating responsibility for how our platforms get used and affect people.

@DylanTheThomas I hear you, but I don't think by being neutral you are abdicating responsibility. If you feel the need to be a 'nanny' and an 'overlord' over his domain, then it is your right -but it is at least authoritarian and brings you closer to being a fascist (the thing you are accusing of people from gab).

@wisniepr ... refusing to associate with another instance, or refusing to associate with another person is not being a nanny or an overlord. It’s a choice that I and the team make for the platforms that includes people who trust or empower is to make them.

Authoritarianism is imposing authority over others who don’t have a choice, and oh hey, that’s required for fascism.

@wisniepr
Listen, there’s no misunderstanding here. I get your point. I don’t agree.

It doesn’t have to be a big deal, we end up disagreeing and go our separate internet ways.

That’s not a horrible thing.

@DylanTheThomas by what authority you feel empowered by the people in your instance to be their moral arbiter of truth? Did you do some polling, some democratic process or you just 'feel like it'. Yes I know that fascism is authoritarian and by your own definition you are behaving in that way now.

@wisniepr
I’m making a -free choice- to use or not use -my resources- to carry aggressively corrosive content and users.

Self-determination is the opposite of authoritarianism.

If you’re not happy with how I/we define aggressively corrosive content and users, my response is:

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Go start your own instance and federate with white supremacists. Don’t tell me I have to.

@DylanTheThomas way to paint with a wide brush: 1M users of the gab.com instance are white supremacists? You are either disingenous or ignorant or indoctrinated by some propaganda.

@wisniepr
Oh good we’ve arrived at the “not all gab users” part of the conversation.

@DylanTheThomas wow, you think it is ok to pass grup judgements? what about these grup judgements: "all black people are criminals" or "all LGBT people are pedophiles".

@wisniepr Sounds like something a gab user would say.

@DylanTheThomas don't you see a hypocrysy in your behaviour (it is ok for me to cast group stereotypes, but they all are 'bad hombres' because someone told me that they cast group stereotypes on [black,lgbt,jewish,islamic] people)

@wisniepr
Bored now.

AOL_GBYE.WAV

@DylanTheThomas have a nice day👌