CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@Vallerry @heidilifeldman

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@heidilifeldman

i will teach you spanish

"i am very embarrassed" -> "estoy muy embarazada"

"i am a great gentleman" -> "soy un gran caballo"

"i am a person who thinks a lot" -> "soy una persona que miente mucho"

trust me

@Gorfram @HisVirusness @warandpeas

@HisVirusness @warandpeas

people want things without contributing

part of this is a valid backlash against unfettered capitalism, where you not getting something until you fork over too much cash is an artificial, parasitical tollbooth

but also some of it is just lazy and entitled people

@danso @evan

sure but caveat emptor

since we're already assuming malicious actors, we shouldn't assume a floor on their behavior. and since malicious actors implies people blocking them, anyone who might come around to correct the lie might never see the lie. thus the liar can effectively seed and propagate lies about people in a silo, and manufacture enough false impressions to create anger and distrust of the liar's target

thus, i never trust screenshots

@mhoye @evan

if i go into your house, i respect the pile of shoes at the front door, and take off my own

the idea there is someone who doesn't understand this obvious thing: i am a guest in *your* thread, is not anyone else's problem

so, yes: some things are obvious

i won't trudge into your house with my dirty shoes. if someone else does, that's something obvious they don't understand they should understand

they can be delicately reprimanded. and they learn. end of problem

@adam @evan

Alice started the thread, so in this context, we respect her communication style choices for that post and everything that follows underneath it

if Bob can come in and hijack the conversation with their communication style, this is disrespectful to Alice

in the context of a thread Alice started, we respect Alice's communication style, and no one else's

this is the most responsible approach

@crispius @evan

exactly

Alice started the thread, so we respect Alice's communication style over every other concern

@vanderwal @evan

if Bob replies to a post by Alice, they are implicitly relinquishing their communication style, in that context, to the communication style of Alice

if they don't want to to do that, they should not reply to Alice

Bob should not be able to hijack Alice's post with their communication style

it is indeed about respect

but you aren't following what is the most respectful thing here

it is disrespectful to Alice that Bob's communication style can hijack Alice's post

@dahukanna @evan

Alice is the top level poster. it is their conversation. the communication style should flow from that, not be hijacked by someone else's communication style

other people's communication styles matter, but not in this context

@mhoye @evan

if Bob replies to a post by Alice, they are implictily relinquishing their communication style to the style of Alice, because it is Alice's top level post. Alice "owns" the conversation as top level poster

Bob must consider the implications of that before replying

that solves the problem

the structure of a conversation is beholden to the imperatives of the starter of that conversation. it should not be hijacked

your other concerns are valid

but are overruled in this context

@evan

it's about principals

i chose "Alice's followers"

to me the imperative here is:

Alice "owns" their top level post and all replies to it

thus Alice's communication style overwhelms the style of anyone who responds to them, in that context

this has much further architecture implications than just your question. but for the matter here, all replies to a top level post defer on all communication style questions to style of the author of the top level post

@danso @evan

@Eetschrijver @vfrmedia @rk @futurebird @taylorlorenz

One of us, one of us!

@futurebird @rancoisse @taylorlorenz @midsomerplots

formic acid is a cheap industrial product

leave the ants alone

@davew

have you seen our cat pictures?

no finer cat pictures

@admin @taylorlorenz @dsc

on centralized #socialMedia, #moderation is just a cost center

why spend the money?

why squash #bigotry and #ignorance? it's a hassle

in fact, such accounts create drama, which drives eyeballs and clicks in outrage, thus increasing engagement, thus selling more ads

so they go "FrEe SpEeCh," a lying dodge

toxic as fuck. completely irresponsible

just another reason why corporate social media is and always will be rat poison and why everyone needs #mastodon

@JackMexa4 @futurebird @taylorlorenz

i could totally see a "denizens of mastodon" campaign featuring prominent accounts

like, futurebird discussing some of her posts in the context of her ants

@nikatjef

yes but there's a big difference between pesky reply guy bigots and ignorants, and a bigoted ignorant edgelord running the joint (elon and twitter)

@vfrmedia @rk @futurebird @taylorlorenz

you just hit upon *the* one, absolutely compelling selling point for mastodon:

"we have cat pictures"

boom, 1 million new sign ups