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mastodon.art defederating calckey firefish social. Cites behavior of lead project dev (dotart.blog)

submitted 11 months ago by trashhalo@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6853479

mastodon.art has decided to suspend firefish.social from their instance due to issues with its administrator. The administrator of firefish.social was found to be boosting posts from a known harasser on another instance. mastodon.art takes a firm stance against racism and suspending full instances in these situations is part of their policy as a safe space. The known harasser has a history of using slurs, harassment, and editing screenshots to spread misinformation. However, the administrator of firefish.social has now forged a screenshot to paint mastodon.art in a negative light.

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[-] throwsbooks@lemmy.ca 12 points 11 months ago

I remember artist tumblr in the 00's. Participated, then moved over to twitter in the 10's before I got sick of it. This looks like another continuation of that same community.

They can do what they like, but this reeks of the exact same kind of drama and mobs that, for example, drives fanartists to attempting suicide because they painted a character's skin a shade too light. (Zamii070, if you're curious.)

These sorts of communities form an echo chamber that, frankly, can be absolutely horrible for kids. Yeah, they can do what they want in their house, but I'm staying far the fuck away.

[-] Rinnarrae@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I know you didn't mean anything bad by it, but the person you mentioned in that fanartist example doesn't like being associated with that as she doesn't want it to be her legacy.

[-] Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

What the hell is this comparison. Yeah, moderation = death, people. That's why I'm on twitter, sorry, ex-twitter, where they respect muh free speech, that has never hurt anyone! /s

[-] throwsbooks@lemmy.ca 10 points 11 months ago

Sorry, rereading it and I think I was unclear. I'm saying that this community moved from tumblr, to twitter, and now to mastodon. I quit this community at the twitter stage when it became too detrimental to my mental health.

But this community uses moderation as one tool to enforce cliques, rather than to actually prevent abuse. Or, you could say, this community has a history of using moderation as a form of abuse.

Alongside that, this community has a history of inciting witch hunts over the most petty things. And they will be happy about what the moderators are doing within their own clique.