Today I got banned from Mastodon (infosec.exchange instance) for stuff nobody should ever consider wrong. I can't add screenshots (because I can't register on imgur for some reason) but I can add the comments below:
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@eff tbh I'm considering joining Meta because I support their recent decisions. The FOSS alternatives are very toxic and don't want to change.
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@BrodieOnLinux do we have any evidence of you actually living in Australia though?
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@GossiTheDog ugh how do so many people not understand that opinion based censorship is not democratic at all? It's more nazi actually if you ask me.
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@nixCraft well I support the changes. Moderation nowadays is pretty terrible and doesn't allow any unpopular opinion or religion. You can use heavily moderated forums that only allow your opinion but for gatekeepers it's not the way to go.
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@eff @theintercept @jilliancyork ok the first example is kind of hate speech. Calling people trash is kinda bad.
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@eff now this is better than fake free speech.
However, the admins at least very kindly recommended me finding another instance before suspending my account. That kind of attitude is highly appreciated, even though I disagree with the moderation techniques themselves.
With that out of the way I would like to remind everyone one more time that FOSS social networks do not offer what they claim to be offering. If you're on such a network, you can stay there only as long as your political, religious, cultural and other views are the same as the admins' and the users'. If you want real free expression, I guess you can only get it on Facebook or by creating a new network. In other case you'll constantly be getting reported and eventually banned like in my case.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯