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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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[-] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 25 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

How are people starting drama over a FOSS program that has been around for 25 years? Gimp is free, open-source, and good software. People starting drama over that are looking for trouble.

[-] Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

Why is everyone calling it drama. How difficult it is to understand a dumb rule that says "no slurs"?

"Gimp" is literally a slur. The makers were aware of it and did for the lulz. Now they're denied an account in an incredibly moderated instance because the name is a slur and everyone's "why the drama11??11"

[-] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 19 points 11 months ago

I think you have a different view on the project from reality. According to Wikipedia, the name "The Gimp" is a Pulp Fiction reference. The people who came up with the name "The Gimp" don't even work on Gimp anymore. They're CEO and CTO of the company developing CockroachDB. To imply that the volunteers running Gimp's social media are some slur-crazy edgelords is counter productive.

I don't think any people think of the slur when talking about the project, and I think this is a bunch of Twitter drama nonsense. If you want to change it, then join the project and change it, don't harass volunteers.

[-] Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

A slur is a slur, no matter how you dress it.

If I made a program named "Fag*ot", I'm sure, nobody cared about my story how it's just a bunch of sticks.

If you want to change it, then join the project and change it

That's not how it works. But there's an effort to fork the program and rename it.

don't harass volunteers

The 'harassment': "can we join your instance?" - "no, your program name is a slur".

[-] Hexarei@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago

Wait since when is it a slur, and for what? I've only heard it refer to a particular role in a BDSM context

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

You're one google "is gimp a slur" away from the information you seek.

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