A month ago, everyone: "Yay, the freedom of decentralized social media where communities can form around their own values and according to their own internal rules."
Today, everyone: "What we need is a central code of conduct by which everyone must conform or risk punishment imposed by people outside their community."
New boss, same as the old boss.
@Frankenbeans Yeah. I seriously don't get it. Block people/instances you don't like. I thought that was the entire point. We aren't all the same. We're not all gonna agree. We're gonna federate. Whole dumpster fires can be blocked off or not. But we don't have to all live in the same dumpster fire.
@paco Yes, at some point users have a responsibility for what shows up in their feed. That doesn't excuse harassment and/or people making shitty, inappropriate comments. And, if you witness that happening as an individual, you have an obligation to step in on the victim's behalf. But, policing that doesn't rate setting up a self-appointed council of behavior police to issue edicts about who is okay and who isn't.
