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Wolf480pl

@Gargron @cjd
>Trying to make a client app responsible for moderating all of it is ridiculous.

Definitely agree with that. Moreover, I think software serve the user, even if the user wants something the dev considers bad.

But then, do you think someone reported all of those apps at the same time after randomly stumbling upon offensive content when using fedi?

Or is it more likely this was someone with an axe to grind against people with a different ideology?

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Wolf480pl

@Gargron @cjd
sAnd you are right that Gab itself isn't important here. But it has become a symbol. A shibboleth. "Do you support blocking gab?" is a proxy question for asking about someone's political and ideological alignment.

Eugen Rochko

@wolf480pl @cjd I don't think I care how it came to be. It was the elephant in the room all along because similar things have happened to feed readers and podcast players. I think it is important that Play Store rules are changed so that apps that work by letting the user configure where to connect to are not held responsible for user-generated content, period.

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