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Cake day: August 28th, 2023

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  • I think the point was that if AP had published their “filter” and made it a separate and visible toggle setting in their code, this would have been fine. They didn’t choose that option though and this doubling down on the doubling down is just further proof of their disingenuousness.

    Personally, I still find AP’s initial attitude churlish and distasteful. The belief that there should be some kind of divider built into the platform in order to “weed out the toxic elements” goes against everything the Fediverse stands for, which is the diversity of opinion without constraint. It is literally the reason why most of the people who left reddit are here in the first place.









  • Generally speaking, I don’t argue with strangers on the internet with the goal of changing their minds or “educating” them. I mean, I do start with that intention…who doesn’t? But by the time I am finished, I realize that I’m just clarifying my own thoughts and positions in my mind.