Rick KlauNov 7, 2022

Fascinatng from @Gargron re: free speech:

"I think that is a very uniquely American idea of creating this marketplace of ideas where you can say anything you want completely without limits. It is very foreign to the German mindset where we, in our Constitution, our number one priority is maintaining human dignity. And so, hate speech is not part of the German concept of free speech, for example."

https://time.com/6229230/mastodon-eugen-rochko-interview/

Thousands Have Joined Mastodon Since Twitter Changed Hands. Its Founder Has a Vision for Democratizing Social Media

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Show threadRick KlauNov 7, 2022
"If you allow the most intolerant voices to be as loud as they want to, you’re going to shut down voices of different opinions as well. So allowing free speech by just allowing all speech is not actually leading to free speech, it just leads to a cesspit of hate."
Show threadRick KlauNov 7, 2022
see also @mmasnick on the latest decisions happening over on Twitter: https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/07/elon-musk-continues-to-speedrun-the-content-moderation-learning-curve/
The Elon Speedrun Continues; Apparently Comedy Is Not Quite Legal On The New Twitter

Last week, we posted a cheat sheet on how to speedrun the content moderation learning curve. It went a bit viral, but I don’t think Elon got to check it out. In the meantime, he seems to be d…

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Show threadGreg Siskind
I know @austinkocher has a list, but I'm also putting together a list of people who post about #immigration and between us, we will hopefully have a pretty good compilation. Please send me a direct message if you want to be on an #immigrationmastodon list.
Nov 8, 2022 at 2:59pmWeb
Show threadStephanie DeGooyerNov 8, 2022
@Gsiskind @austinkocher would love to be added!
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@Gsiskind @austinkocher
Awesome. I hope more join from #twitter . Would love to be added as well.
Show threadAustin Kocher, PhD 🌎Nov 12, 2022
@Gsiskind I’d love to be added to yours. I haven’t been keeping a list very systematically, I’m afraid, so yours might be better than mine. Plus, if you keep it in a certain way, people can follow everyone at once. But I haven’t done that yet myself, so I can’t guarantee how that works.
Show threadjljacobsonNov 12, 2022
@Gsiskind sent you a DM
Show threadDavid Cook-MartínNov 15, 2022
@Gsiskind @austinkocher please add me!
Show threadAustin Kocher, PhD 🌎Nov 15, 2022
@davidcm @Gsiskind Welcome!!