https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/3859
"I propose to remove this blocking feature which is not in keeping with the spirit of Mastodon"
It's the story if one fucking idiot that comes on github to decide what "the spirit of Mastodon" is.
Privileged man sees free software made to help a group of people ;
Privileged man owns software, shits on the group it was helping, decides it's all about him and removes features that are not strictly made for his issues ;
Group tells him to go fuck himself instead, privileged man writes a 67 pages blog post about how he's being censored and we're breaking the federation ;
We've all left or died, privileged man wonders why and says we should speak up in public.
"but freedom of speech!" he says, to a group of people that still:
- is too poor to live decently ;
- gets more murdered by cops ;
- doesn't get appropriate medical care ;
- is much, much more likely to get attacked physically and morally everyday ;
- had to give up privacy because of the two previous reasons ;
The Privileged Man's priorities are everything - but you. Of course if you're too loud he'll kindly ask you to die more quietly, so his voice is easier to hear.
@CobaltVelvet How would the lack of freedom of speech (within the limits of the law, read "justice") improve those other social failures? Are they related? Please, prove it.
@aemon lack of it is not a solution either.
We're at the point where people cannot see the difference between not being listened to and not being allowed to speak, and that is the issue. Free speech is more protected than ever.
@CobaltVelvet @aemon
one of the beauties of Internet is, I'd say, exactly not being forced to listen, while letting anybody speak their mind.
Of course, if one *wants* to listen, there's nothing keeping him from it.
@dataKnightmare @aemon exactly the point, yes. And thus blocks and mutes, even at larger scale, are not against freedom of speech.
@CobaltVelvet @dataKnightmare Why would you, let's say, filter content not addressed to you specifically that's not against fair law? Are you above the law?
@aemon @CobaltVelvet just because it's my right to do so, how's that for a reason?
I have a right to not listen.
Freedom of speech is about having a right to speak, not to be listened to.
Your right to free speech ends where my right to not listen begins.
that said, an admin owns an instance. if we users choose to pay for the instance, and buy it, then we vote on what to mute/not mute. Until then, who owns the instance, decides, AND people are free to go ... (cont.)
@CobaltVelvet @aemon
...to other instances. Not to mention the fact that I can still remote follow whomever I, and only I, choose, whichever instance he's at.
Really, there's nothing more to say here.