@mike To expand on that last point, that demographic is the most privileged across the world. 99% of the time what they experience is not seen as “political”, and they are able to avoid most “political” topics. This includes poverty, racism, sexism, transphobia, homophobia, xenophobia, and more.
Free software is inherently political, and advocating for it is a political act
You already make it clear that you do not tolerate hate speech in other places in the document
Silencing advocacy and politics altogether means that people cannot speak to issues that affect them. For example, I as a black person would not be able to talk about my experience with racism. A woman would not be able to talk about harassment she’s experienced or advocate for change regarding it. Those are just examples of the valuable discourse you shut out by blocking politics. Essentially you would be making Fosstodon hostile to the speech of anyone but straight white cis upper-class men.
How much of our time should be spent reassuring lefty men, who are supposed to have our backs, that we’re not talking about them when we discuss the affects of misogyny on our lives? How many minutes are allotted us to speak on our perspectives until men, we’re supposed to trust, tell us they don’t need to hear it?
8chan has made it clear that even allowing access to sites that are known to spawn & nurture violent ideologies by hosting them is no longer acceptable.
So why are you still hosting apps that allow access to each of these sites? Passivity is clearly not allowed anymore, and so the line can't be drawn at active promotion, yet every one of the following apps are available on your main repos:
Hi everyone! My name is Chris. I develop apps for the GNOME desktop, and host social.libre.fi. I’m currently looking for full-time work so that I can pay essential things like food and rent. I would really appreciate any financial help you can spare.
Hi folks. The COC update was the last straw. Apparently English is the only permitted language on here. You'll find me on Twitter @brett_sheffield until I can find an instance that has more open views. So long and thanks for all the Toots.
Anyone remember when I said that Fosstodon letting patrons change their CoC was a bad idea? It’s because I knew it would lead to fossbro shit. I was right. Below is a segment from their CoC:
There are many important, controversial and political issues; and advocating for what you believe is important. However, Fosstodon is not the place for that advocacy. Even correct views can violate our CoC.
@schestowitz the number of screens you have isn't everything. I'm fine being productive with one screen, but I doubt I could be productive on a $500 laptop