Fediverse vs Fascism: my prediction
Welp. I hate to be a Cassandra again, but here we are. We're witnessing the beginning of the end of the Fediverse as we know it, in my opinion.
And it's not because Gab joined. And it's not because Kiwi Farms is joining. It's because the privileged people making the decisions are going to play centrist and allow it all until the people most at risk get pushed out.
Fediverse vs Fascism: my prediction
My prediction is that I and a lot of people like me won't be here in a year's time. Enjoy having bigots in our place.
Subtoot; Fediverse vs Fascism: my prediction
Can't even look at hashtag-anime without seeing someone complaining that blocking Gab is a slippery slope and that anime will be next--because everyone's just being too sensitive, right?
Fediverse vs Fascism: my prediction
I guess I'm just... Yeah, I know because of the way the Fediverse works, we can technically just put ourselves in a box and cut ourselves off from bigots and people who allow bigots--but we shouldn't _have to._ We shouldn't be _letting_ them take ground like that and shrugging about it. It's good that the Fediverse has these features, but those features shouldn't be the beginning or end of the discussion.
Fediverse vs Fascism: my prediction
I feel like I must not have explained my original thoughts very well? I'm well aware that we can block what we don't like. That's my point, in fact: that if we don't leave Fedi entirely, that is what we'll end up doing, and everyone on the "we're gonna be politically neutral" side will find themselves left on a Fedi that's just them and the bigots, because the rest of us will be gone or in hiding.
Hence: "Enjoy having bigots in our place."
Fediverse vs Fascism: my prediction
And when we voice our concerns like this, people we don't know tend to come into our mentions to reassure us that actually, everything's fine, things are being done, and we're just being silly billies.
Good to know. I mean, one of the reasons I posted all this was that I'd love to be proven wrong. Let's check back in a year and see.
Fediverse vs Fascism: my prediction
The Fediverse is already getting less safe. People are just gonna be like, "Well what can we do," and, "Give us a technical solution then," and, "Just block them," even though that doesn't protect you from getting manipulated and gaslit, though.
Things like domain blocking Gab aren't exactly sustainable strategies, but that's not the point. The gesture drew a line in the sand, and Fedilab chose to stand on the Nazi side of that line.
