it was so legitimately disheartening to watch this play out because everything was handled in the best way possible
you were available, in communication, present - you were informed about legality around some images and responded by removing them + went above and beyond in posting md5 hash so people could check if it had federated to them and remove it
people flipped out so hard about it that iirc graf was telling ppl the md5 hash itself was illegal, possibly deeply confusing a lot of onlookers as to what they were supposed to do with the hash and how it was there to help them
@opal@antisophon for the time i was around I always viewed you as confrontational but genuinely well-intentioned and then you got fucked over by people taking advantage of that generosity to post illegal shit and then you shouldered the entire blame
instead, all the ppl that i remember were behaving in legitimately concerning / dangerous ways are all still around and we lost a place that cared about freedom of expression
it makes sense to me in the context of a.w was and the goals/principles for it (at least to my understanding) but without that context it could def come off the wrong way yeah
@opal@antisophon 100% the way people respond to this stuff felt like total spectacle / annoyance of having to consider it instead of actually caring about harm reduction
i only see this dynamic continue to increase, people talk about CSAM in ways that utterly baffle me
@opal@antisophon i kind of wanted to start a genre "watchlistcore" where you just rap out celebrities / that you are going to kill them and you are right to because they are reptiles / addresses
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ratsIs there anything on earth which would have meaning and would even change the course of events not only on earth, but in other worlds?” I asked my teacher. “There is,” my teacher answered me. “Well, what is it?” I asked. “It’s...” began my teacher and suddenly fell silent. I stood and waited intently for his answer. But he was silent. And I stood and was silent. And he was silent. And I stood, silent. And he was silent. We’re both standing and silent. Ho-la-la! We’re both standing and silent. Ho-le-le! Yes, yes, we’re both standing and silent! 16-17 July 1937
@opal i need to get little cute things like that for desk + space. just seeing pochiko makes me feel happier, wld be nice to have her scattered around to raise spirits