Screenshot from the Buddies of Budgie account on Floss.social, showing my personal account being suspended.

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   Joshua Strobl :verified: (me@joshuastrobl.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-Dec-2023 05:00:16 JST Joshua Strobl :verified:

   My instance has now been suspended from Floss.social. I can no longer share my content via @buddiesofbudgie or look it up on that instance. All for expressing my concerns over the assertions by the admin that someone must be bought out, not care about marginalized individuals, etc. just because one might be interested in using Threads for a wide range of reasons.

   Cool 👍

   1. I deeply care about marginalized individuals and communities.
   2. I deeply care about highlighting the issues that these communities and folks have.
   3. I care about folks having safe spaces where they can engage in productive and insightful manners.

   You know what else I care about? Making sure that I can connect with those individuals on other platforms, share open source, and share the exciting things people are working on with a seriously massive part of the Internet.

   You don't have to choose between supporting various communities and using a social network. You can do both.

   If anything, I would argue that you should do both. You should break down silos and challenge people's dogmas and viewpoints. Do you think we would have gotten as far liberally as a global community if we didn't challenge each other to do and be better?