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block whomever you want, but if you represent something bigger you will be judged

@sun maybe they just want it as a fun thing for the conference , maybe every one doesn’t want to debate over the merits of saying nigger and open source drama about who was gay on Github

@technolyze you can make a rule against saying nigger and not block 3/4 of the world

@sun but then you will be spammed by 400 people saying nigger then debating you about the rule to not say it

@technolyze bigger picture this is about conformity and sanitization, delegating authority in the hacker community and it has natural difficult contradictions

@sun defcon has been corporate for like 20 years at this point and dark fedi is unironically annoying if you just want to have fun with a diverse group of people that don’t want slurs screamed at them the second they post their opinions.

@technolyze @sun what's dark fedi

@Ree @sun we all know what dark fedi is but we have to pretend like it doesn’t exist cause 10 gay people and an instance of trannys that want to ascend to demons put up with it

@technolyze @sun I'm serious what's dark fedi or is it just another term for loser

@Ree @sun it’s a term for a large chunk of fedi black holed due to never not being able to resist spamming people with kys tranny and nigger and the resulting fallout from those that choose to ideologically tough it out

@technolyze @Ree alternately its the servers that don't block a lot, either one

@sun @Ree @technolyze I mean not entirely, every Masto server I have an alt on is a low-blocking server, I went to extensive lengths to pick ones where that was true, and the users don't act at all like the assholes being discussed

@sun @Ree @technolyze I suppose you could make the distinction between low-blocking and ultra-low-blocking. I block the worst of the chuds on the single-user server I run for discussing politics, because they're fucking insufferable. and I am pretty hard to offend. I don't block them due to offense, they just add nothing of value to most threads while detracting from the general vibe and the ability to discuss things like a fucking adult.

@deutrino @Ree @technolyze blocking is okay as a concept, not even criticizing that!

@sun @deutrino @technolyze blocking is only good at the user level and some situations

@Ree @deutrino @sun do we all have to see the video of the guy cutting off the other guys balls and eating them at least once to maintain a healthy open and vibrant network?

@technolyze @deutrino @Ree maybe its crazy but I haven't seen any of that stuff since like 2016 because I personally blocked a tiny number of people and servers.