David Gerard

tech CEOs when you ask them to just ban the fucking nazis

this is Jay from Bluesky, just *after* the Texas nazi shot all those people

it's in the format of a joke, but is literally the inaction plan for moderation she's been advocating since bluesky started and is still actively promoting

tech libertarian brain

May 9, 2023 at 2:15pmWeb
Show threadflere-imsaho 🇺🇦May 9, 2023
@davidgerard some people should have never been given illuminatus! to skim without being forced to actually read it in whole.
Show threadflere-imsaho 🇺🇦May 9, 2023
@davidgerard (and i'm a bloody discordian when i remember to be one)
Show thread🖥️ & 🍺May 9, 2023
@davidgerard Nazis do not deserve our love, respect, or commerce... but they do generate a ton of clicks so just in case let's just keep ignoring the existential problems they pose since they don't affect these specific tech-bros
Show threadmovedMay 9, 2023
@davidgerard It reads like someone trained a chat bot AI on Jordan Peterson
Show threadBrad JohnsonMay 9, 2023
@davidgerard I had to check this was real. it is. https://staging.psky.app/profile/jay.bsky.team/post/3jv4iybetfo2c
Show threadStephen FarrugiaMay 9, 2023
@davidgerard I like Edward De Bono’s “porridge words” description for this language.
Show threadEleanor LNR BlairMay 9, 2023
@davidgerard "Community self-sovereignty" - surely implies the Bluesky community could chuck out nazis? Even without being forced to do so by nurturing or authoritarian governments.
Show threadPeoriaBummerMay 9, 2023

@davidgerard Rhetoric about being “decentralized” while in reality being controlled by the usual Silicon Valley investor grifters.

Exactly like NFTs.

Show threadDenis RobertMay 9, 2023
@davidgerard I must have missed the memo stating that Nazism was just another acceptable political opinion, rather than the cause of the greatest crime of the 20th century. I wonder if that means that ISIS or Al Qaeda is just as welcome on Bluesky.
Show threadJustNateMay 9, 2023
@davidgerard She's never heard of "lead by example"?
Show threadRycochetMay 9, 2023
@davidgerard it's exhausting watching people on the left get super excited about being on a platform run by the same people who made them not want to be on the last one. Their ability to inflict nazis on people is by design, anger is profitable and good for their sh8tty political goals.
Show threadbotvolutionMay 9, 2023
@davidgerard
I frequently remember that interview with Dorsey where he was asked, quite plainly, "why don't you get rid of the Nazis ?" and his answer was "it's really hard to identify them."
Show threadDavid GerardMay 9, 2023
@botvolution when twitter LITERALLY HAD A FLAG FOR NAZI ACCOUNTS
Show threadBugGeneratorMay 10, 2023
@davidgerard I always wonder, would these same people ban ISIS or other Islamic fundamentalists? If yes, then they are hypocrites.