I really hope the cancellation of #Fosstodon made a lot more people wake up to the cancel culture bullshit that's been going on for years.

Fosstodon is one of the most inoffensive, milquetoast fediverse servers ever, and the admin who "got them into trouble" really didn't say or do anything offensive whatsoever.

If I remember correctly, he just expressed extremely mild pushback against some zealous ultra-woke take on reddit, and for that he was made out to be a freaking "fascist" so Fosstodon is now considered a "nazi bar."

(Feel free to remind me of the details of what he's supposed to have done. As usual, most people will avoid mentioning the exact allegations, and just speak with a vague sense of "he's a horrible person who did horrible things" so people are afraid to even ask, let alone scrutinize the dominant narrative.)

As I keep saying over and over again: If I weren't so blackpilled about human irrationality, if I weren't a big fan of Hanlon's Razor, I would immediately conclude that all of this is some sort of right-wing / proprietary-corpo psyop to destroy left wing politics as well as free software from within.

But no, it seems people really believe in this bullcrap and push it in earnest.