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It is great that liberal autistic dads have an online platform they can call their own. The only trouble point is that they picked a very generic name for it: "

It is great that liberal autistic dads have an online platform they can call their own. The only trouble point is that they picked a very generic name for it: "dads.cool"; if they instead picked a more unique name, or something very descriptive like "liberal-autistic-dads.cool", mainstream visitors would not be surprised about the community's non-mainstream rules and norms.

krapp 3y ago
It's only trouble if you, an ostensible father, find the minor inconvenience of a content warning for a subset of photos you may or may not even post so outrageous you would refuse to use the platform for that reason. And even then, it's only a problem for you. But realistically, this is just lowkey antiwoke politics rearing its ugly head. No one mentioned "liberalism" but you had to throw it in twice, likely because in your head any form of affordance is part of an exclusionary political agenda. Yet I guarantee there are conservatives who would value this feature, and that most people wouldn't care that much.
- tetromino_ 3y ago
  > No one mentioned "liberalism" Technically correct, but https://dads.cool/about https://dads.cool/about - the page which we are discussing - makes its political alignment clear. They feel the need to explicitly state that they will not federate with right-wing lunatics (Gab); but left-wing lunatics and tankies are apparently welcome.
  - benglish11 3y ago
    Also the admin has eye contact in his profile photo! Shouldn’t that be labeled ec
  - Timon3 3y ago
    They clearly state: > dads.cool implements the open source "BLOCKchain" to block interactions with instances that might put our community at risk Earlier they describe the kind of community they are: > dads.cool is an instance for dads; if you apply to become a user, it’s expected that you have, had, or are expecting, at least one (human) child—sorry, but pets are not children, no matter how much we love them. Being a father does not mean identifying or being labeled as a man, nor does it mean that you were involved in the conception of the child you take care of. Foster dads, adoptive dads—anyone who cares for a child and identifies as a dad is welcome here. In that spirit, dads.cool welcomes all sexualities, gender identities, races, levels of mobility, and ages. Now, can you honestly say that left-wing lunatics will put their community at a similar risk as right-wing lunatics? One side is clearly and deliberately not accepting of parts of this community.
- subjectsigma 3y ago
  > minor inconvenience A few years ago the term “BIPOC” was the preferred woke term. Now we are in a stage where some people prefer it and some people don’t. And by “don’t prefer it” I mean they will call you a racist colonizer for using it. Social media is supposed to be fun. I as a user can’t and don’t want to imagine every possible way someone might be offended or triggered or excluded by everything I post. It’s upsetting to imagine something as simple as posting a picture with eye contact could be seen as intentionally causing harm. I’ll just post elsewhere where I know people won’t be offended. Like a Discord or Matrix instance of my friends. These Mastodon posts are going to be more content warnings than content if the current trends continue. > no one mentioned “liberalism” These ideas (and Mastodon itself) are heavily associated with progressive politics. Although I do think you are correct (in a horseshoe theory sense) that some conservatives would value the feature.
  - lisasays 3y ago
    It’s upsetting to imagine something as simple as posting a picture with eye contact could be seen as intentionally causing harm. This one's new to me. Can you fill me in?

krapp 3y ago

It's only trouble if you, an ostensible father, find the minor inconvenience of a content warning for a subset of photos you may or may not even post so outrageous you would refuse to use the platform for that reason. And even then, it's only a problem for you. But realistically, this is just lowkey antiwoke politics rearing its ugly head. No one mentioned "liberalism" but you had to throw it in twice, likely because in your head any form of affordance is part of an exclusionary political agenda. Yet I guarantee there are conservatives who would value this feature, and that most people wouldn't care that much.

tetromino_ 3y ago
> No one mentioned "liberalism" Technically correct, but https://dads.cool/about https://dads.cool/about - the page which we are discussing - makes its political alignment clear. They feel the need to explicitly state that they will not federate with right-wing lunatics (Gab); but left-wing lunatics and tankies are apparently welcome.
- benglish11 3y ago
  Also the admin has eye contact in his profile photo! Shouldn’t that be labeled ec
- Timon3 3y ago
  They clearly state: > dads.cool implements the open source "BLOCKchain" to block interactions with instances that might put our community at risk Earlier they describe the kind of community they are: > dads.cool is an instance for dads; if you apply to become a user, it’s expected that you have, had, or are expecting, at least one (human) child—sorry, but pets are not children, no matter how much we love them. Being a father does not mean identifying or being labeled as a man, nor does it mean that you were involved in the conception of the child you take care of. Foster dads, adoptive dads—anyone who cares for a child and identifies as a dad is welcome here. In that spirit, dads.cool welcomes all sexualities, gender identities, races, levels of mobility, and ages. Now, can you honestly say that left-wing lunatics will put their community at a similar risk as right-wing lunatics? One side is clearly and deliberately not accepting of parts of this community.
subjectsigma 3y ago
> minor inconvenience A few years ago the term “BIPOC” was the preferred woke term. Now we are in a stage where some people prefer it and some people don’t. And by “don’t prefer it” I mean they will call you a racist colonizer for using it. Social media is supposed to be fun. I as a user can’t and don’t want to imagine every possible way someone might be offended or triggered or excluded by everything I post. It’s upsetting to imagine something as simple as posting a picture with eye contact could be seen as intentionally causing harm. I’ll just post elsewhere where I know people won’t be offended. Like a Discord or Matrix instance of my friends. These Mastodon posts are going to be more content warnings than content if the current trends continue. > no one mentioned “liberalism” These ideas (and Mastodon itself) are heavily associated with progressive politics. Although I do think you are correct (in a horseshoe theory sense) that some conservatives would value the feature.
- lisasays 3y ago
  It’s upsetting to imagine something as simple as posting a picture with eye contact could be seen as intentionally causing harm. This one's new to me. Can you fill me in?