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by quotemstr15 hours ago |
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upvoteby chabes15 hours ago|
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I find it hilarious that folks still consider Musk to be pro free speech.

He has shown time and again that the underlying philosophy is “free speech for me, but not for thee”…

…or more specifically “don’t tell me (and people who agree with me) what we can or can’t say”, while actively censoring opposition.

He does this without believing he is abandoning a “free speech absolutist” stance.

Blind hypocrisy? Unrestrained privilege? Both? Something else? Not sure.

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upvoteby techteach0015 hours ago|
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This is true. Why would anyone not establishment liberal go to BlueSky? I'm playing with Nostr but these decentralized social media platforms are a no go for 90% of people. Now I'm wondering why we're talking about Twitter or political social media in general in 2026. That's long over with. Move on.
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upvoteby bilbo-b-baggins15 hours ago|
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You’re an absolute helmet if you actually believe what you wrote.
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upvoteby vidarh15 hours ago|
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There are instances full of actual Nazis on Mastodon - that we can choose to refuse to interact with those instances (yes, I've blocked a nazi instance on my instance) does not prevent them from talking amongst themselves or to people who want to talk to them.

Censorship is not refusing to listen to people we find abusive. People are not entitled to force me to listen.

A federated platform is far more resistant to censorship than X is.

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upvoteby OroPla14 hours ago|
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How is it not censorship if you are making the decision for not only yourself, but others, too? It sounds like saying bleeping swear words on TV isn't censorship because you just don't want to hear bad language.
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upvoteby AndrewDucker14 hours ago|
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People are choosing to be on instances which block certain things. That's their choice. I want to be able to have a conversation without filling it with racist screaming. Choosing to be in places that don't allow that is my choice.
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upvoteby vidarh14 hours ago|
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If I refuse Nazis access to my house and other people chose to visit my house knowing I won't let Nazis in, I'm not censoring Nazis as I have no influence on their freedom of speech - they remain entirely free to speak elsewhere, to people who are willing to listen. I have no power to stop them from speaking, just to offer those who don't want to listen somewhere where they won't have to.

Nobody is forced to join a Mastodon instance that censors Nazis - there are many that don't, or you can run your own.

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upvoteby OroPla1 hours ago|
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I never used either Twitter or Mastodon and don't quite understand what people use these platforms for. But I hear folks saying they are there because other people they know are there.

How would it work on Mastodon if you want to communicate with two people that happen to have each others instances blocked? Is it like having to use both Twitter and BlueSky or does it solve the problem more elegantly?

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upvoteby matsemann14 hours ago|
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The "free speech" on X made it so that I had to self-censor, though. Any post about wanting cycle infrastructure in my city was met with death threats and abuse from right wing bluecheckmarked lunatics. Is that really what free speech is about?
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upvoteby Deukhoofd15 hours ago|
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We're talking about the "free-speech platform" that bans words like "cis" and "cisgender"?

https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/on-elons-whim-x-now-treats...

The platform that randomly banned journalists for using Substack?

https://newrepublic.com/post/179067/twitter-files-matt-taibb...

The same platform that banned left-wing journalists because they were criticizing Musk?

https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-journalists-f...

I don't know, it sounds like there's some very good reasons to move away from a centralized platform where the owner can randomly decide he doesn't like you and ban you.

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upvoteby quotemstr15 hours ago|
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I don't know what all that's about, but the day-to-day experience is that you can find a wide range of opinions on X and a much narrower range on alternatives. I don't think a lot of people who aren't already on these alternatives are in favor of restricting the range of expressed opinions.
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upvoteby dudefeliciano15 hours ago|
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they came with verifiable sources and you come with your own "day-to-day experience", quite myopic
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upvoteby angoragoats13 hours ago|
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"I don't know what all those sources that describe specific instances of Twitter restricting free speech are about, but my vibes tell me that the other platforms restrict free speech."
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