The #Bluesky community is on strike, in protest of “free speech” moderation policies and refusal to prevent or remove #racism.
The inciting incident this time: users signing up with the n-word in their usernames. Using the word “cracker”, however, was a bannable offense.
Bluesky has not responded for over 36 hours as of writing. Devs are blocking protestors. Timelines are filled with variations of:
“No more normal posting until my Black friends and family are safe.”
@Haste I quit a 7dtd server because they let a guy with "sambo" in his name and en evern worse picture in his steam profile play while also disciplining me for saying "cracker."
They listed "no racism" in their server rules but they were clearly applying it selectively. People tell on themselves all the time.
@Haste @LinuxAndYarn its 2023 and we have a brand new social media network that doesnt have a "no racism / no nazis" policy.
we may as well be banging rocks together.
also orgs that intentionally choose to not to have those policies are really saying "we're okay if we become the nazi bar. their money is just as green as anybody elses"
@Viss @LinuxAndYarn yeah I choose to read “we prioritize free speech on this platform” as “well let’s not be hasty, the nazis might have a point”. :/
I plan on shutting my account down but I’d like to keep involved with the protest for a bit, it’s improving my hope for humanity
@Viss @LinuxAndYarn interesting. It is literally 100% of my feed.
I did see an interactive graphic of Blueskys social graph recently (turns out its public). Maybe we’re in different circles?
Iirc I was somewhere between hellthread shitposters, and trans bsky
Here’s the context thread I was pointed to if you’re interested
https://bsky.app/profile/aliafonzy.bsky.social/post/3k2bzl67zqh23
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