the good thing is that they just created a mastodon account
https://mastodon.social/@distrowatch
embrace the fediverse !😎😎
Can I follow them from my programming.dev account?
No, I don’t think Lemmy supports following users.
It was pretty upsetting that they didn’t link to it in their announcement that they joined mastodon. Thanks for linking it here
I wish the Fediverse didn’t ban users for legal political opinions.
“The fediverse” doesn’t ban anyone for anything, it’s not a monolith. Anyone can start their own server if they differ from existing ones. And if an instance is defederated by everyone too…
Is that an XKCD, what number is it?
Yeah, a pretty classic one, https://xkcd.com/1357/
You must link to the source legally and morally BTW. Always do this in the future, without asking.
Also you should copy the transcription for blind folks.
You can have any political opinion you want, but that doesn’t mean the rest of us have to give it any validity or even listen to it.
Especially if that political opinion is just hate for racial, sexual, and gender minorities or women at large. You can make your own instance of hate, and many have, but the rest of us don’t have to join and get exposed to disrespect and death threats.
That’s the issue. You liberals consider everything else hate. Also having to create another instance is segregation which is considered terrible by all of you.
Not a liberal, but people on the left generally consider hate, hate.
“is segregation which is considered terrible by all of you” you’re just going to tell on yourself that you think segregation is a-ok?
Ah, it’s always fun how easy it is to trigger conservatives, or at this point regressives or blatant fascists as you conserve nothing.
Again, if your opinion is “brown people are rapists and murderers”, “kill the gays”, or “Trans people shouldn’t be allowed” you don’t get to complain when we push back by telling you what kind of a monster you are for your actions, and not for who you are as a person.
You’re the people obsessed with identity politics. That’s all you have as fake-tan Hitler hasn’t even attempted to do anything to make your lives better. He’s not even pretending to do more than the start of racial cleansing and trampling on the few rights trans people gained over the last 5 to 10 years while funneling even more money into billionaire pockets.
Also, the “so much for the tolerant” left shtick is so tired. Reactionaries always end up there when they have nothing else because they think it’s some sort of “gotcha”. It isn’t. It just shows how simple you world-view is. You don’t understand nuance or context. You probably think Star Trek is only “woke” today when it’s always been progressive for it’s time.
There is a paradox of tolerance. And that is “the tolerant must be intolerant of the intolerant. Because otherwise, the intolerant win.” Us not willing to tolerate disrespect or hate is not hypocritical…
Curious, what legal political opinions are you referring to?
Are there any server admins who aren’t blocking Threads? Everyone should be.
@neme what the heck did I just read. Doesn’t Facebook depend on linux servers? This zuck guy is just banning shit for the sake of it at this point
And Meta / Facebook is one of the top supporters for Linux Foundation at Platinum level (Microsoft too): https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/members
Linux community should keep its distance from the Linux Foundation
@thingsiplay so they are investing/donating to malware? Is that what they think they’re doing? It would be funny if that was the case, ngl
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@zante yeah they’ve been on some kind of “LOOK AT ME I’M SO EDGY” rampage lately
I assume this must be some new Ai tech they use in the back. And it doesn’t work well. I can’t think of any reason why Facebook would do this intentionally.
Copenhagen-hosted DistroWatch says it has tried to appeal against the Community Standards-triggered ban. However, they say that a Facebook representative said that Linux topics would remain on the cybersecurity filter.
Nope, this one isn’t ignorance, it’s actual malice. They fully intended to start blocking Linux topics.
When you take this and pair it with what Larry Ellison just recently said:
AI will ensure “citizens will be on their best behavior”
There tends to be a pattern forming that I really don’t want to draw because I like tinfoil on my head.
I hate him I hate him I hate him I hate him I hate him
Fucking lawnmower piece of shit. Do not fall into the trap of anthropomorphizing Larry Ellison.
I can’t wait to read the next version of the “First they came for…” sermon and see where Linux users fall on it…
What an absurd timeline.
Edit:
DistroWatch says that the Facebook ban took effect on January 19.
Right. Just a coincidence though, I’m sure…
What, you think a founder who is riding the dick of a fascist coincidentally made a bunch of bad moves? /s
Ok
The world still goes around
Their servers must run on air
Listen, if you want free software, you’re an enemy of capitalism, traitor.
/s goddamnit, I hate that I have to be explicit about it. Learn to read internet posts.
you are an enemy of capitalists though, at least thats how those pigs see it. Your /s was because people thought you were criticising free software and the GPL? Huh, guess there’s more than one way to slice the dough…
Yes, I am an enemy of capitalism. I have to throw in the /s to not get downvoted or banned. People don’t know when sarcasm appears in print.
