Eugen RochkoThere were two notable moderation incidents on mastodon.social and mastodon.online in the past 24 hours that I would like to address. In the first, a post was wrongfully removed due to a report claiming it contained a dogwhistle, and in the second, a person was wrongfully suspended due to a report claiming it's an impersonator. Both were undone and apologies issued.
🏳️⚧️Terratetradon🏳️🌈@Gargron dog whistle????
jdmorgan@Terratetradon @Gargron coded racist message - US term. Metaphor is the dog whistle inaudible to humans.
@Terratetradon @Gargron I guess it’s politico jargon, coined by pollsters. The late Lee Atwater explained/defined it pretty succinctly. The Wikipedia page on it summarizes what Atwater said.