exactly what I was trying to say
rationally reasoning with bigots rarely leads to bigots abandoning their bigotry; oftentimes it leads to them latching onto something else as an excuse or rationalization for their bigotry, doubling down out of spite, or outright violence
you
you get it
all of this "marketplace of ideas" bullshit predicates on the alt-right and fascists cooperating and playing fair, when they historically have always taken advantage of any chance they're given and then mocking those who wanted to give them a chance
like it's 2023, I'd hoped that we'd have realized why giving the alt-right and fascists a seat at the table never fucking works out for anyone other than the alt-right and fascists
nobody is cut off, holy shit
this is not as big of a deal as you're making it
people can make new accounts on freer instances in seconds
the moon buggy on camera was a wooden replica but to get it on site (the moon), they had to build an actual moon lander and everything
not every place in the internet is America
customers caring about a thing doesn't guarantee that corporations will care
like perhaps the issue is that we need to basically petition and beg giant corporations to stop killing us
maybe the system shouldn't be such that that's all we can do
I think the whole federation thing would do wonders on the anti-US-centric-bias end imo
on top of that, they were getting some pretty heinous abuse from a couple of users on the open-registration instances
fucking exactly lmao
people from other instances seem to have felt entitled to Beehaw's communities and are acting like something was stolen from them when they'd never owned it to begin with
they're literally doing that right now
are they supposed to just sit and let trolls keep coming in while they do it????
they're literally doing that right now
are they supposed to just sit and let trolls keep coming in while they do it????
Meta is a corporation with a really horrible track record
and even if they didn't, it's still a corporation; it only cares for profit
I have very negative opinions on them joining