How can I follow a user on another instance, if their instance's web interface doesn't have a follow button? :/
@lukedashjr
Did you try putting in their name in your search box? It maybe comes up with a follow button next to the results.
@alanturing Yeah, it showed nothing. :(
@NovusOrdoWatch@gab.com to be specific
(No, my instance does not block GAB, so that shouldn't be an issue)
@lukedashjr @alanturing Gab defederated itself. We can't work with them anymore.
@verretor @alanturing @JTR21 So in other words, GAB are hypocrites who got mad at others blocking them, but then they went and blocked literally everyone else...
Sigh. Are there any other reliable non-Bitcoin non-censoring servers I can recommend to people?
@lukedashjr @alanturing @JTR21 I was wondering too.
@verretor @lukedashjr @alanturing @JTR21 I'm not sure you really want 0% censorship. If someone were to start promoting shitcoin scams on bitcoinhackers.org, posting every minute of the day, would you not moderate that?
There are plenty of instances that don't censor much, and with Mastodon you can also migrate your account between instances without losing your social graph, in case you're unhappy on the one you chose first.
Here's a list of some popular instances: https://joinmastodon.org/communities
@raucao @verretor @alanturing @JTR21 joinmastodon only lists servers that censor reasonable things, last I checked
@lukedashjr @verretor @alanturing @JTR21 That may be (mostly) true. But I think e.g. https://qoto.org isn't one of them and still listed there as the #1 tech-related instance.
@raucao @verretor @alanturing @JTR21 "You must be...a S.T.E.M. student or professional to join our server." kinda excludes a lot of people unfortunately.
Besides, their rules indicate they do in fact censor reasonable things too. ("homophobic speech will not be tolerated" plus a vague condemnation of "hate speech")
After the Reddit debacle, it is important to never join a service with an ambiguous set of rules.
"Homophobic" is not clearly defined, nor is "hate speech." That means: we remove whatever contradicts our personal narrative.
Fuck these people. They're liars.
@amerika @alanturing @lukedashjr @verretor They are not liars. You just disagree with them on what you find reasonable. Every community has its limits, including your "free speech extremist" instance.
@raucao @amerika @alanturing @verretor What is unreasonable about a blanket rejection of all non-procreative sexual activity? (I'm not asking if or why you don't agree, I'm asking where it is lacking in *reason*)
@lukedashjr @alanturing @verretor I think that's the wrong question. The question is what your community finds reasonable in regards to you encroaching on others' freedoms, like their right to choose sexual partners. If you are not tolerant of their sexuality, then why should they be tolerant of your opinion on it?
@raucao @alanturing @verretor I'm not censoring them either.
@lukedashjr @raucao @alanturing @verretor Exactly, live and let live. I just hope other more conservative minded folks will still live by that mantra once they become dominant again. While I can live with their disapproval I really don't fancy being prosecuted or killed for liking guys 😩
@sebx2a @lukedashjr @raucao @alanturing @verretor That's what the left wing Big Tech censorship brigade morons don't get. Setting the precedent for what is acceptable for whenever a right wing, extreme right wing leader gets into power again. This strategy only works if you establish a one party state (which it seems they are trying to do)
@michaelfolkson @sebx2a @lukedashjr @raucao @alanturing @verretor They're so impatient that they're going for this strategy prior to gun confiscation.
@pete @michaelfolkson @sebx2a @lukedashjr @raucao @alanturing @verretor Yamamoto’s quote about a “rifle behind every blade of grass” might be apocryphal, but wtf do they think is going to happen?
@eatoutfrom5lbs @michaelfolkson @sebx2a @lukedashjr @raucao @alanturing @verretor Realistically? An ineffective attempt at confiscation that gets them re-elected and helps divert a bunch of money to their buddies in the surveillance business.
@pete @eatoutfrom5lbs @michaelfolkson @sebx2a @lukedashjr @raucao @alanturing Like Trudeau's law that prevents us from buying some guns.
Technically, he's not confiscating guns.
@verretor @eatoutfrom5lbs @michaelfolkson @sebx2a @lukedashjr @raucao @alanturing Actually, the Biden proposals _are_ gun confiscation: they want to tax®ister guns, and thus not paying - or not registering - can result in confiscation. Obvs, the registration will also enable confiscation.
@pete @verretor @eatoutfrom5lbs @sebx2a @lukedashjr @raucao @alanturing Certainly the anti gun rhetoric has been the strongest I can remember in my life time. https://www.theepochtimes.com/biden-says-he-will-defeat-the-nra-while-in-office_3650623.html
@michaelfolkson @verretor @eatoutfrom5lbs @sebx2a @lukedashjr @raucao @alanturing The interesting thing is its at a time when guns in the US simultaneously have the most support in legal terms in quite awhile.
@pete @michaelfolkson @verretor @eatoutfrom5lbs @sebx2a @lukedashjr @raucao @alanturing It’s also at a time when they are the most needed.