Reviews of the browser plugin "Shinigami Eyes," which is supposed to highlight LGBTQ allies and people hostile to that community, is being brigaded by people who are subverting its original intent.

The plugin works by flagging posts and comments across a wide swath of social media and online comment sections in colors to indicate whether the person/account posting is someone supportive of LGBTQ people (in green) or who behave with sociopathy or negativity towards that community (in red).

Comments from the Mozilla add-on directory (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/shinigami-eyes/reviews/) seem to be in wide agreement that, over the past year, as the plugin gained wider use, something happened that resulted in LGBTQ "friendlies" being marked in red, while people who actively encourage harm to that community become highlighted in green. The end result is that people cannot trust what the color code means - the entire purpose of the plugin.

I don't really have any skin in this game, since I don't use the plugin, but it has been my experience that community-driven blocklists often get polluted (usually through deliberate mal-action) with false or misleading reporting of specific accounts by people who are hostile to the blocklist - usually because they or people they support appear on the blocklist.

I also don't have any good suggestions for the developers. I just wanted to post this to call attention to this (possibly) under-the-radar subversion of a tool that many in a marginalized community may have found useful at one point.

Maybe someone who reads this will have a better suggestion for how to accomplish the same goals in a way that is more resiliant against hostile action by those who routinely dehumanize and degrade marginalized communities.

And maybe someone who is kinder than me could help the people who are subverting this tool find some therapy and some love in their own lives, so they don't feel the need to put in the effort to harm so many others.

#ShinigamiEyes #Mozilla #Firefox #addon #plugin #lgbtq #terf #antitrans

Does anyone know if Shinigami Eyes works across instances?

I've never seen anyone here marked one way or the other.

Because I run this instance, anyone that I would flag on Shinigami would also be blocked from here. I'm trying to understand if flagging someone before blocking would benefit those on other instances or not.

And does it work on other fedi platforms?

Thanks!

#trans #TransMisia #ShinigamiEyes #transphobia

Il est temps de désinstaller Shinigami eyes : l'extension est désormais utilisée à des fins racistes.

https://eldritch.cafe/@orange_lux/112637993911533867

#shinigamiEyes #racisme