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@Gina@fosstodon.org @taylan@fedi.feministwiki.org Pushback against those that harass the admins. I'm not a huge fan of Fosstodon itself as the "foss" part seems to be superficial at best for most of its users, but I don't think the admins deserve any harassment because one of their users posted something on a different platform.

This is not about "the tension between moderation and freedom of speech", this is about a bunch of bullies online using every harassment tactic available to them to hurt other people. There was no tension to begin with, there was a team of mods that had pretty good intentions and guidelines. But because there was diversity of thought among them, they had to suffer though a harassment campaign.

If people disagreed with the opinion of the mod (an opinion that is supposedly so evil even Hitler cried from beyond the grave, but has yet to actually been posted as a fact on the matter by the harassers), they could've either talked to him to share their viewpoints, or muted him to avoid his posts. This is what mature, well-intentioned people would do.

But alas, here we are, people cave in to bully tactics, and the cycle will continue once more. I truly wish you the best of luck in your efforts, but if we're being honest, we both know Fosstodon will never be accepted by the cancel mob again. They've made up their minds, and everyone that disagrees with them is a nazi (a word that has lost all meaning thanks to the cancel culture) forever. The cycle won't stop until people dare to say "no".

The real question is if you dare to stand up for justice, even when its inconvenient to your social status, or rather keep your head down and wait until they come for you.