Lately I see a lot of calls do have specific instances defederated for a particular subset of reasons:
- Don’t like their content
- Dont like their political leaning
- Dont like their free speech approach
- General feeling of being offended
- I want a safe space!
- This instance if hurting vulnerable people
I personally find each and every one of these arguments invalid. Everybody has the right to live in an echo chamber, but mandating it for everyone else is something that goes a bit too far.
Has humanity really developed into a situation where words and thoughts are more hurtful than sticks and stones?
Edit: Original context https://slrpnk.net/post/554148
Controversial topic, feel free to discuss!
You’re banning someone from a community called “Controversial” where the rules state, “This is not a safe place” and “Challenge others opinions and be challenged on your own” because you disagree with them. In a post where you claim that defederating is censorship.
I don’t know if you’re trolling with this post or not but that is way too funny!
- A 14 days cooldown is not a permanent ban.
- Civil discussion is the base of this community, not ad hominems or intents to derail die discussion.
- Moderation is a necessary evil in order to have some basic rules that facilitate free speech. I’m not advocating for pure anarchy.
Look up the modlog to check if what I said is true.