ApocalypticanowNov 22, 2022

Feeling rather discouraged by reports from Twitter friends and follows of being suspended or censored on various instances. I don't think it's a coincidence that they've all been GSM and other minorities and bad actors + poor/careless moderation have been the culprits.

I downloaded CoHost last night and am awaiting a Hive registration, but I'm in a holding pattern as far as a longterm place to park my thoughts.

Show threadApocalypticanowNov 22, 2022

"You can just move" isn't a good response to such problems. It burdens members of marginalized groups to protect themselves, spend time and energy looking for better instances (how?), and leaves mods unaccountable for bad decisions.

Imagine saying, "just move!" to someone who's being harassed in their new neighborhood.

Show threadnulltipotentialiteNov 22, 2022
@apocalypticanow why not make your own instance then?
Show threadApocalypticanow
@nulltipotentialite I am not interested in giving myself another project. And even if I did, that doesn't resolve the larger problem of moderation on social media platforms, which is what I'm interested in thinking through.
Nov 22, 2022 at 5:33pmWeb
Show threadnulltipotentialiteDec 26, 2022
@apocalypticanow The problem is anonymity. That, and you not being in control of the site. All these words of yours mean nothing if you don't take these into consideration.