Fascinating dynamic unfolding across Mastodon: instances are dividing into two ideological factions: safe speech, and free speech.

The safe speech instances are likely to start sharing domain-level blocklists (like Adblock but for speech) in the near future, to "curb harassment".

The free speech instances legitimately don't seem to care, and so far, have held much more interesting, substantive and intellectual conversations than the safe speech zones.

What can you expect from me? Free speech.

@wogan Free speech here... safe spaces are unprodcutive for progress. But if you are a dick or doing illegal things I won't think twice about a ban hammer.

To quote the great philosopher and poet Optimus Prime:
Freedom is the right of ALL sentient beings.

@TheGibson

I think it's necessary to challenge and push the boundaries sometimes, and so long as it's for the sake of advancing our collective understanding of a topic, I'm usually in favor of it.

I, personally, draw the line at "classic" trolling - posting empty words solely to get an emotional overreaction.