muxlix

On masto there is a big discussion going on right now about the Gab announcement. They will ditch their own platform and fork and build on Mastodon instead. The problem here is that Gab is a white supremacist network. With their own word they stand up for “free speech”.

Some people in the fediverse wants to block them and others won't. The reason for the blockage is that they don't want to let these dark powers spread their ideology. Others say they shouldn't be proactively blocked but only if they cannot behave and follow netiquette.

The problem I have with blocking them is that if you look at the people that is currently on the fediverse you will see a few different groups; it is of course the LGBTQ (and some other letters) communities, it is the FOSS and technology folks (I would fall into this section), it is the lefties and communists (I would definitely not fall into this section) and a bunch of others groupings. If we should start block instances before they violate any rules – shouldn't we then also start blocking other political extremes like communists and other -isms? What about religious people?

The think I fell in love with the fediverse because of this mix of people with a lot of different point of views. There is, for most of the time (wilw), room to discuss and have healthy argumentation. Don't block and put up barriers before people violates the common rules! Who know, maybe we can turn some of these guys around by talking with them...

—muxlix