Matej Δ½ach βœ…Aug 30, 2018

@streetvalkyrie @MarkWarner @DickButt4Prez If it's tens/hundreds of accounts, there's no other way to deal with it without losing your sanity.

Also, the post states that they were nasty to dot social mods. That's not fair, these are volunteers donating their time and energy.

Show threadFellixeAug 30, 2018
@MatejLach @streetvalkyrie @MarkWarner @DickButt4Prez I think the heart of the issue is that a bofa mod had taken the position on behalf of that instance that harassment was condoned. There is no other remedy but to act as if harassment will continue to be condoned by that instance.
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@Fellixe @MatejLach @streetvalkyrie @MarkWarner @DickButt4Prez not all harassment is equal. Heck, not all β€œharassment” is harassment. It’s not harassment if you’re getting yelled at because you’re a racist or transphobe or because you are supporting them.
Show threadFellixeAug 30, 2018
@FatherMcGruder @MatejLach @streetvalkyrie @MarkWarner @DickButt4Prez And some behaviors, even directed at those who appear to deserve it, are still harassment. There's a difference between engaging in a constructive interaction and just being an ass, even if you're an ass with purpose
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@Fellixe @MatejLach @streetvalkyrie @MarkWarner @DickButt4Prez it's difficult for me to piece together what is going on and a generic term like harassment isn’t helping. Bad people claim harassment all the time. Does @Gargron have a good definition for what his instance considers harassment somewhere?
Show threadFellixeAug 30, 2018
@FatherMcGruder @MatejLach @streetvalkyrie @MarkWarner @DickButt4Prez @Gargron He may. But in this case the mod themself appeared to identify the behavior as harassment and then said it was okay for reasons
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@Fellixe @MatejLach @streetvalkyrie @MarkWarner @DickButt4Prez @Gargron Is this what you are referring to?: https://bofa.lol/users/selfagency/statuses/100640742704509243

It's a better explanation than what we've gotten from .social and it sounds like the BofA admin did the right thing.

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yesterday i received reports about two of our users taking an exceptionally nasty tone with wil and dot social's mods. i took the position then that, because these users were trans women, i was not going to prevent them from expressing their anger at him nor the mods there for backing him. the consequence of that is that we have been silenced on dot social. i have no regrets about taking that position. i just hope that now that wil is gone, and a few days pass, we'll be given another chance.

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Show threadFellixeAug 30, 2018
@FatherMcGruder @MatejLach @streetvalkyrie @MarkWarner @DickButt4Prez @Gargron That is it and I disagree. It was not a good call. If that's the behavior they want on their instance they can have it, but I think it would be advisable for other instances to protect themselves from that kind of sanctioned harassment.
Show threadEugen RochkoAug 30, 2018
@Fellixe @FatherMcGruder @MatejLach @streetvalkyrie @MarkWarner @DickButt4Prez And the mod that got the most hate from those users is trans herself, so... 
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@Gargron @Fellixe @MatejLach @streetvalkyrie @MarkWarner @DickButt4Prez like I said, it's hard for me to piece together what really happened, but the BofA admin has articulated a relatively clear and just definition of harassment. Sometimes what people call harassment is good and righteous. Tolerance and civility are cowards’ virtues.
Show threadFellixeAug 30, 2018
@FatherMcGruder @Gargron @MatejLach @streetvalkyrie @MarkWarner @DickButt4Prez Tolerance and civility are two values many of those you think this behavior is helping would most want to secure for themselves. Discarding them as a means to attaining them seems self defeating.
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@Fellixe @Gargron @MatejLach @streetvalkyrie @MarkWarner @DickButt4Prez people criticized the punching of Richard Spencer, too. Β―\_(ツ)_/Β―
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@FatherMcGruder @Gargron @MatejLach @streetvalkyrie @MarkWarner @DickButt4Prez Reducto ad absurdum. Absurd enough for me to stop here, thanks.
Aug 30, 2018 at 9:11pmToot!