Notices by josemanuel@qoto.org, page 3

@coolboymew https://shitposter.club/objects/92c338b7-3995-4b87-97e8-9af04665b858

@freemo I used ‘believing’ on purpose. It’s some sort of irrational, almost pathological, quasi-religious and childish notion. Their heads probably work like this: “If I can’t see them, that means I’ve defeated them. I’m a hero(ine). The world is a safer place thanks to me.”

@bonifartius

@freemo For some reason, believing they had the last word makes them think they won the discussion. That also explains the reaction of the covid dude earlier today.

@bonifartius

@lina I wasn’t really bothered. The point of my OP was to counter the narrative that the Fediverse was a better platform just because. (Remember the “Twitter without the nazis” slogan?) No, a platform is as good as the people who use it, and people on Fedi are not exactly the cream of the crop, me included.

@lina I can handle it just fine. It’s them who block me.

@lina

as for the goals, well, i don’t think fedi has any goals here, it’s just a crazy network full of crazies

That’s my point: there’s no algorithm psyopping them to be dickheads. They just are.

@lina When I say the platform, I don’t mean the moderation policy. Depending on the instance you’re in, you may or may not say that.

What I mean by “the platform” is the platform’s goals. When people moved from Twitter in 2022, they came here saying how awful it was that the platform gave prominence and visibility to certain accounts because confrontation was good for it.

I called that bullshit because 1) if something made me angry or depressed, I wouldn’t be interacting with it, and that lack of interaction is bad for business. And 2) most platforms allow one to curate their experience, Twitter included. If you see stuff that makes you angry and you feel the need to respond and escalate, that’s on you.

@kaia They usually block me first. It’s usually the kind of people who, when faced with polite disagreement, reply with an insult, then block and subtoot.

In the rare cases when they don’t block me, I usually mute them (with or without mentions, depending on how annoying they are).

I have to be honest: I have received more abuse here than I ever did on Twitter, and it’s getting increasingly common, which goes to prove what I said a few years ago: it’s not the platform, it’s the people.

@freemo @sergeant As a sidenote (in case you didn’t know): while you can’t yet edit as such, you can already delete and redraft.

@SirBemrose Ignorance is not understandable (or forgivable) at all. That’s literally why they made a meme of it.

Sex (and sex-positive) education is a must in every school.

@realcaseyrollins

@realcaseyrollins Because, as the meme proved, people don’t know the literal first thing about it. And they should, if only to avoid looking like idiots on the Internet.

@SirBemrose

@realcaseyrollins Well, sex is a fact of life, and facts should be taught objectively, which is what schools are all about.

If you want to teach morals, that’s another thing entirely, but confusing the two leads to learning neither, as the meme showed.

@SirBemrose

@Moon So, no objective criteria? That’s weird.

@kaia

@kaia Earlybird is easy to sort out: those who were around before the migration to Pleroma. That’s a very clear cutoff date.

I may be wrong, but I think @Moon’s idea for these badges is to make them automatable (that is, not subjective or dependent on popularity). That would disqualify the Pillar of the Community award, even though sim definitely deserves it.

On the other hand, there could be some kind of annual event (online or offline) where the community could give those kinds of badges away.

@NEETzsche Sure, buddy. Evidence that you’re both dumb, because it’s not CalArts and I’m not a feminist. Or a rapist, for that matter.

@CumskinFoidPuncher69420 @marine Anyway, do you really think I’m a rapist? Because I can unfollow you right now. No harm’s done, except to these idiots’ prides.

@CumskinFoidPuncher69420 Prove it.

@marine @NEETzsche

@NEETzsche At least I don’t go around stealing jokes from funny women.

@marine Yes, I think you’re funny, but, seriously, that joke was low-hanging fruit.

@marine If it makes you feel better, it wasn’t a very good joke. He obviously sucks at humour.

@NEETzsche

@marine Sure it was. The motherfucker ruined it, even though it was nearly impossible to do so.

@NEETzsche