Yanno what? Good for them! Not only for swiftly defederating at their discretion (which I support, full stop) but also this open dialogue that is happening.

People forget that defederating can be reversed, but it requires communication and cooperation for that to be an option.

With no one (and I mean me), and apparently the majority of Gen Z not knowing about it, no wonder they resorted to bots.

Yup. From exploding-heads; just block that entire domain and move on.

yup, looks like you're still a cunt

Hopefully the fact that we can defederate/block/silence/suspend will slow it down considerably.

I guess I better delete my Instagram!

snickers in agreement

We're glad to have ya, regardless!

I give old.reddit a year max before they finally axe it.

"A Modest Proposal."

Wait, this isn't satire? ;)

Fine by me. I'll stand by my votes!

Has also been handy for a makeshift bookmark, so I can return to the stuff I liked.

Appending:

Free speech also doesn't mean "freedom from consequences." And sometimes those include getting your shit deleted from a website or dragged up and down social media.

Sigh.

I'm mainly on Mastodon so I could be a little spoiled. My brain slips still when it comes to Kbin and Lemmy.

Nah, we're nipping this shit in the bud because the shitposting is only the Trojan horse.

This shit's already here. Now we gotta shine a light on it and deal with it.

I went back to Mastodon. Had to move my account twice more to find an instance a) I really gelled with, b) took the safety of marginalized people seriously, and c) did not hesitate to pushback against the hateful stuff.

It's been pretty nice.

I really doubt it; the corp stuff is here to stay as long as they can make money off of it. But at least now, people are aware of how vast the Internet can be-- and there are options besides the corp stuff.

m/mildlyinfuriating has arrived! :D Jokes aside, I hope it stays this way, OP.

When history doesn't rhyme, it repeats.

Hello, fellow ex-Digger!

You got any butter and salt? Mmm, salt.