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There's nothing preventing someone to run a white supremacist instance of mastodon (it's also what Truth.social is). But the good thing is that other instances
by littlestymaar 3y ago
There's nothing preventing someone to run a white supremacist instance of mastodon (it's also what Truth.social is). But the good thing is that other instances can de-federate so their junk remain confined there.
- zilti 3y agoIf you think de-federating and filterbubbling up is a good thing, you're part of the problem.
- littlestymaar 3y agoYou're confusing two different things: - “filter bubbles” that are automatically enforced by whatever opaque algorithm made to boost “engagement” (and ads revenue) - and the ability for people to join independent forums that are moderated locally (and from which they can move if they dislike the moderation policy). People joining groups where they feel well is not “filter bubbles”, it's how the internet worked before some people tried to rule it all.
- coldtea 3y ago>There's nothing preventing someone Isn't that the whole idea? The freedom to have it be whatever users want?
- littlestymaar 3y agoThat's the point, yes. And as such it makes no sense to blame mastodon for that. The fact that the moderation of that particular mastodon instance is happy with it makes me never want to interact with this particular instance in any way, and that's another freedom mastodon give to its users.