AnneTheWriterDec 14, 2024

@berniethewordsmith

I bridged early on to #BlueSky and have some followers because of it. I will not deactivate that & throw them to the dogs w/o VERY good reason.

I don't know anything about this controversy. Please provide more substance, because I don't jump at every social media rumor without sources.

* Who is this person? Who is the other person? (I have read neither of their feeds.)

* Why should I be afraid of them and not simply avoid giving them oxygen and/or counter any misinformation with facts?

* Why should I abandon my BlueSky followers to unchallenged misinformation?

* Please provide links & sources.

I do believe there's a time for blocking, but I never do so pre-emptively or en masse, simply because of the rumor mill. I've seen too many good accounts (mine included) falsely accused & made the target of blocking campaigns on various social media platforms, due to nothing more than some random account posting, "You should all block these people."

#NoMoreBlockLists

Show threadAnneTheWriterDec 14, 2024

@berniethewordsmith

Reminder:
Both times Trump won, it was because the left allowed ourselves to be divided (Hillary/Bernie in 2016, then Biden/Gaza in 2024) and to be manipulated into not voting at all BY SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS.

When the big #BlueSky migration began, I warned everyone I could, to come over to #Mastodon instead. MAGA money is funding a crypto queen, who is controlling a social media platform, and Elon allowed them to solicit new users unhindered during the big migration off #Xitter. The MAGA millionaires will want a return on their investments sometime, that's inevitable.

What could possibly go wrong there?🙄

But imo, allowing ourselves to be further divided and abandoning so many on the left to nothing but misinformation can only hurt us all. We NEED to keep connected so we can provide facts to counter their misinformation and voter suppression campaigns.

Show threadFoxhack

@AnneTheWriter1 @berniethewordsmith https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi_Farms

Educate yourself. I lost a good friend to suicide due to unending harassment from those monsters.

Kiwi Farms - Wikipedia

Dec 15, 2024 at 8:59pmWeb
Show threadAnneTheWriterDec 16, 2024

@Foxhack @berniethewordsmith

That is so awful, and I am so sorry. I'll gladly block that account.

In this situation, though, I can't see the need to block out countless innocent bystanders because of a few monsters, when I can simply block the monsters individually.

For example, I wouldn't block the entire large Mastodon.Social instance just because I might run across one or two aholes there.

As I see it, we have to be visible to BlueSky users, so we can provide options (when these aholes inevitably start to chase people off of there), and the folks now on #BlueSky can see somewhere to go that is ACTUALLY safe, positive, and honest-- not just posing as those things.

Show threadAnneTheWriterDec 16, 2024

@Foxhack @berniethewordsmith

Good Lord! The more I read from that #KiwiFarms page, the more horrors appear. 😵‍💫🤯

Has anyone thought to sue this group, the way Alex Jones has been sued for his crap? Even if we don't know the real names of their leaders, court cases can result in identifying leadership through court orders, and they can be forced to pay in Civil Court. And since they and their victims are international, it would seem the victims should be able to choose their court system for suing them. (Such as US, NZ, UK, or maybe even the UN?)

Show threadMorgan ⚧️Dec 29, 2024
@AnneTheWriter1 @Foxhack @berniethewordsmith well the people KF endangers have been largely queer people (trans people especially) so I don't see a lawsuit doing much good in a time when so many countries are passing legislation with the obvious goal of endangering queer people (trans people especially)
Other victims have been in other marginalized groups that the state also hates or doesn't give a shit about
Once they endanger a rich cishet white guy, then a lawsuit might do something
Show threadMisuse CaseDec 29, 2024
@raphaelmorgan @AnneTheWriter1 @Foxhack @berniethewordsmith Suing right-wing terror groups after Unite the Right in Charlottesville was much more effective than waiting on the criminal justice system to do something. Before that, the SPLC bankrupted the Klan and other similar groups through strategic civil suits.
Show threadKevin Karhan Dec 29, 2024

@Foxhack @AnneTheWriter1 @berniethewordsmith the fact that #KiwiFarms has a real bodycount of at least 3 (confirmed with names) and way more unconfirmed makes them #StochasticTerrorists.

https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/113735618554131284

Kevin Karhan :verified: (@[email protected])

Content warning: Kiwifarms, Jesse Sibgal, Bluesky, Bridgy

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