Notices by Ro (are0h@ubiqueros.com), page 6

And mark this note.

As safety tools improve, a lot of people aren't going to like them because they believe in unlimited access despite the quantifiable harm it causes.

There will be a fedi that values sustainable growth and community and one that will not, and that place will get worse as we become better and set those boundaries.

The commitment to a safer fedi will expose a lot of bigots, as the discussion around fediblock is already going.

There's this thing happening on Tiktok where people, almost exclusively white because, of course, are saying how the lack of sympathy for a wealthy white dude is an indicator of how 'uncivilized' the US has become.

Not homelessness. Not removing the bodily autonomy of half of the population. Not out of control police. Not rampant hate crime and violence. Not wage theft. Not unaffordable healthcare. No book banning. Not targeted discrimination of the trans community. Not the utter disregard the country showed for people during Covid.

Nope. None of that.

What shows we are a BAD SOCIETY is not showing empathy for a rich dude who suffered the consequences of his actions and took people down with him.

I just... it's not funny, but I can't stop laughing. It's yet another example of how white folks, even ones that consider themselves 'liberal,' will just turn on people the moment a random sensibility is offended.

@creatrixtiara@vulpine.club In my experience, the most blow-ups over CWs have been when someone not white talks about their lived reality, so you're not wrong.

Personally, I dig the feature because it allows me to contextualize some thoughts in specific ways, but it has absolutely been weaponized by a lot of white folks here.

If I'm talking about my experiences, and someone doesn't like it, that has nothing to do with CWs.

Many people don't want to be reminded a world exists outside of their bubble.

Y’all are seeing why I said I would never use Pixelfed.

@victoriadecapua@mastodon.social The developer of that project has shown repeatedly he does not care about safety in the fedi and is hellbent on growth he cannot sustain.

I really am disgusted by how many people are advocating to give Facebook a chance.

Their history is objectively abhorrent.

I’m appalled by how many people who consider themselves smart just expect us to give them the benefit of the doubt based on absolutely nothing.

@Shrigglepuss@godforsaken.website People keep throwing around the word ‘growth’ but have no plan for dealing with a growing audience that needs better software to handle an unregulated space.

It's a recipe for collapse.

Look, I have complicated feelings about Meta and them coming to the fedi, but 'giving them the benefit of the doubt' is not remotely one of them.

That platform has been one of the most violent purveyors of bigoted violence and the planet, and somehow, magically, they are going to change overnight if they come to the fedi??

That level of naivety is the exclusive purview of white men with no skin in the game.

That is an absurd stance to take that directly endangers everybody, not white, straight, and male.

I'm always kind of amused by how white and white-adjacent people try to talk to me about how bad the world is. Ha, like I'm not a Black American.

I'm not really into debates about the most oppressed because white supremacy is usually at the intersection of our social ills, so I feel we should galvanize around that.

That said, every trait of white supremacy one may experience originated from anti-Blackness. Every single one. And there is a very looooong history of resistance against white supremacy before any of us even got there.

I know how bad it is. And trust me when I say it's been worse, and it's just been suppressed from public view since before the advent of the interwebs.

So yeah, I'm glad you're here, but keep it in perspective. A lot of blood has been spilled to get to this point.

Respect that.

As we roll into Pride Month, remember the convo isn't cis people versus trans people. Nah, that’s bullshit.

The convo is about decent human beings versus irrational bigots who want to harm people not like them.

Dehumanization is not something that one negotiates. Ever.

The web does not belong to hateful people.

They don't get to win.

So... this doesn't seem... good.

RE: https://infosec.exchange/users/MrMeritology/statuses/110277087676224261

I'm going to repeat this so it's clear.

If the fedi fractures around the ideological lines of safety vs. unsustainable growth, I'm okay with that.

I am very comfortable with being part of the fedi that actually gives a shit about people rather than treating them as product.

I have no interest in repeating the same mistakes and creating decentralized rage engines.

I believe this space can be better.

It has been proven repeatedly that platforms prioritizing growth over safety are toxic to everyone else who doesn't present as white, straight, and a man.

No, I'm not going to debate it anymore. No, I don't care if people think I'm wrong to center safety in my dev efforts because I can live with it going sideways if that happens.

But in my experience as a dev and a citizen of the web for more than two decades, the missing link to rehumanizing social media spaces is safety for the most marginalized people that have historically been ignored.

And I'm going to create around that ethos.

LOL, and of course, here comes a random white person that calls themselves and ALLY saying because they don't see harassment and abuse, it's not a big issue.

This is why I ignore people that call themselves an ally.

There is a philosophical difference between the white dudes that love Masto and me because I don't think saving the Masto and helping the fedi are the same thing.

I don't. I'm not interested in saving Masto from itself.

I can credit Masto for raising the profile of the fedi to the point it's being talked about as a real contender in the social media landscape. Still, it's also contributed mightily to the unwelcoming nature of the fedi for people that don't resemble its creator.

So doing what is best for a healthy fedi and what is best for Masto are two separate things for me.

And I find most white dudes prioritize the latter.

In my experience, most of Mastodon's loyalists don't care about a better fedi because they feel growth is more important than safety, which resembles the motivations of any centralized service.

As much as the bitch and moan about how awful centralized services are, they emulate not only the experience of the centralized platforms themselves but the methodologies said platforms use for gaining an audience. They are fundamentally the same despite using different software.

We already have an open web and need a safe web. And many supporters of Mastodon refuse to acknowledge the need for that and even demonize any effort that focuses on anything other than unchecked growth.

This is why we see the same problems in the fedi as we do on any centralized service. That's not a technology problem.

The question isn't determining whether Bluesky, Mastodon, Twitter, etc is the better platform.

The question is why are we obsessed with emulating centralized corporate experiences that do not care about us or our communities?

It's a lack of imagination leading that convo, not innovation.

Mastodon is not the fedi, so I don't care if people say it has failed.

We haven't even scratched the surface of what is possible here.

Recommeded #fediblock for cybercriminal-DOT-eu for poor moderation policy, encouraging targeted racist harassment and spamming of the fediblock tag.

They also refuse to defederate with known bigoted instances.