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mastodon.art defederating calckey firefish social. Cites behavior of lead project dev (dotart.blog)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6853479

mastodon.art has decided to suspend firefish.social from their instance due to issues with its administrator. The administrator of firefish.social was found to be boosting posts from a known harasser on another instance. mastodon.art takes a firm stance against racism and suspending full instances in these situations is part of their policy as a safe space. The known harasser has a history of using slurs, harassment, and editing screenshots to spread misinformation. However, the administrator of firefish.social has now forged a screenshot to paint mastodon.art in a negative light.

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[–] 12 points 3 years ago (2 children)

The article wasn't the problem, it's more of a "A boosted B's link and C thinks B is a racist, so C defederated their instance from A's."

C seems... oversensitive and fragile, but I just tweeted (Xeeted?) that I want to watch Mitch McConnell's brain melt on livestream so I'm probably not a good judge of how to properly behave on the internet.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago

    Oh, I understand the tactics being used. I was implying that person c was obviously stalking person a and pounced the moment they did something less than perfect.

    My guess is there isn't anything of substance, so person c's sensitivity got amplified with time and obsessing over whatever is going on, leading them to overreact. But, not c has to double down if they want any chance of being taken seriously if a significant cause to defederate occurs.

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