Office ChairsJun 22, 2017

I think we need new terminology to speak of those who invoke a low-level understanding of free speech when it comes to quite frankly poor moderation decisions.

At a surface level, the way I've seen a lot of people talk about it only serves to reinforce the perspective that moderation = censorship.

Show threadGSV Steen
@dzuk there are some interesting meta questions here about how the language of discourse has been modified more aggressively by (uh, sorry) "them" than "us", which is one of the reasons we're fighting from a defensive position.
Jun 25, 2017 at 10:18amWeb
Show threadOffice ChairsJun 25, 2017

@mediapathic Yeah, but I think part of it is that culturally, most people have a very cartoonish and unrealistic idea of what free speech and fascism is, and I don't think it helps when the language people on Masto use don't reach from a shared point in understanding.

There's a lot of insider terminology that can feel alienating to an outsider, and looking at discussion on GNU Social places that are resentful towards Masto, it seems like Masto users expect them to know more than they do.

Show threadGSV SteenJun 26, 2017
@dzuk absolutely! my (ill-formed) thesis is that certain social forces can intentionally press differences like this to make communication more difficult.