en-GB: Programmer in Java, Go, TypeScript & Node.js. Former Discord Moderators programme member. Decently fluent in Russian and proofreading translations for Mastodon. 16+
ru-RU: Программист Java, Go, TypeScript и Node.js. Бывший участник Discord программы модераторов. Прилично владею русским языком и проверяю переводы для Mastodon. 18+ (в России).
I wanted to include line “I identify as a clown” in my README on GitHub, but then thought this could be offensive to some people and this is not what I want. Oh well.
@Gargron it's time to tell instance administrators that blocking other instances prejudicially does more harm to the fediverse, than good to the users.
We need to encourage users to actively use self moderation tools such as blocking and filtering, and teach administrators that domain blocking should be a last resort action — e.g. when one instance actively attacks yours, not when one users from that other instance says something that single user on your instance may be offended of.
So Spotify now allows you to set Russia as your country in Settings. And what happens when you do this is that you lose access to many songs and some pages just stop working, because remember — “Spotify is not available in this country”. What a beautiful trap it is.