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mike805

@neil So the authors of this thing decided to impose their political sensibilities on all their users?

Well if I was using it I'd be uninstalling it right now. It's not up to them to decide what people can read. What if Chrome did that?

20 Aug 2023 at 19:58 | Wall-to-wall | Open on fosstodon.org
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Neil Brown

@mike805

> I was using it I'd be uninstalling it right now.

I'm sure they would be 100% fine with that.

20 Aug 2023 at 20:04 | Open on mastodon.neilzone.co.uk
ScaredyCat
@mike805 @neil It's foss, if you don't like their restrictions then fork it.
20 Aug 2023 at 20:21 | Open on toot.net-pbx.com
Matt Palmer

@mike805 @neil Chrome most definitely imposes its authors' political sensibilities on the userbase. The only difference is that the political sensibilities involved are things like "it is fine to surveil users" and "ad blockers are bad", rather than "fuck Nazis".

20 Aug 2023 at 23:00 | Open on infosec.exchange
mike805

@womble @neil Well yes Chrome is spyware. Firefox is not entirely immune. But an information access platform having a built in list of "things you cannot see" is a whole new level of control freakery.

You know, some people DO go into Nazi forums to understand their talking points, so as to answer them more effectively.

We saw with FB and TWIT that the censorship went from "Nazis" to "any questioning the COVID narrative or the election" very fast. That doesn't need to come to Mastodon.

20 Aug 2023 at 23:03 | Open on fosstodon.org
McCovican

@mike805 @womble @neil mhmmm, fosstodon libertarian who thinks going to nazi forums to "understand their talking points" is in any way a legitimate justification for anything *checks bingo card*

Here's how to answer a nazi more effectively: "fuck off".

Anything more gives legitimacy to their existence.

21 Aug 2023 at 12:39 | Open on infosec.exchange
Andrew

@mike805 @womble @neil gosh it's so strange how every time someone has a very noble and principled "free speech" objection to censoring fascists, they always turn out to be a conspriacy theorist within a few replies

21 Aug 2023 at 13:43 | Open on mathstodon.xyz
miawgogo :class800:
Aires

@mike805
I find this comment interesting because you're on fosstodon, which already blocks 3/4 of these sites. You might want to switch instances. fosstodon.org/about

Besides, Google already "imposes their political sensibilities on all their users" for web search. You might want to stop using Google Search too.

Hateful content: support.google.com/websearch/a

Harassing content: support.google.com/websearch/a

Terrorist content: support.google.com/websearch/a

@mike805
I find this comment interesting because you're on fosstodon, which already blocks 3/4 of these sites. You might want to switch instances. fosstodon.org/about

Besides, Google already "imposes their political sensibilities on all their users" for web search. You might want to stop using Google Search too.

21 Aug 2023 at 13:36 | Open on tiggi.es
excited for the mastodon rise

@mike805 hating Nazis isn't a "political sensibility", it's basic human decency and more people should do it.

And less people should concern troll on behalf of evil people.

21 Aug 2023 at 13:45 | Open on mastodon.social
Demon Queen Lucretia
@mike805 @neil it's literally only 4 terrible servers, you would be losing zero value in continuing use of the app.
21 Aug 2023 at 13:49 | Open on final.town
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