Erin Kissane
I got some real intense responses to the Substack stuff last night, and I don’t have time to Write A Post About It, so. AFAICT, within tech capitalism, the only levers we have are law, norms enforced by ~market behaviors, and revolutionary actions. A lot of people are devoted to one of those modes to the point of considering the others a form of harm; I feel that in my heart, but I’m a convert to everything-all-the-time. (1) 5 comments
Erin Kissane
Likewise, even though the remit of ~industrialized trust & safety is fully circumscribed by the venture-funded tech worldview, it’s better to have the worst of the worst of the worst things mostly removed in most places than for everything to be literal Nazis and CSAM, which is what happens without any moderation. (3)
Erin Kissane
Anyway. The revolutionary mode can only work when it draws on real power—big numbers and action that at the very least *reads* as a credible threat, and that’s incredibly hard to accomplish. But I think what we do here on fedi can be groundwork for that, if we find ways to build relationships and coalitions and offer meaningful alternatives to far more people who aren’t already network radicals. (4/end) 
Brian C. Keegan
@kissane EVL (1970) remains relevant a half century later: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit,_Voice,_and_Loyalty |
Gregory's Server
So I think it’s good when otherwise fully captured tech insiders elect to defend a norm despite an industry-wide sprint into the void! I think it’s good when corporate social platforms are punished financially for refusing to make or enforce policies about even the most widely reviled forms of genocidal racism.
Harm reduction isn’t as good as harm elimination, but it’s…better than harm acceleration. (2)