It’s quite sad that
a) we have a default Mastodon instance
b) the default Mastodon instance is pro-genocide
#fediverse #mastodon #mastodonSocial #israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #Palestine #Gaza
It’s quite sad that
a) we have a default Mastodon instance
b) the default Mastodon instance is pro-genocide
#fediverse #mastodon #mastodonSocial #israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #Palestine #Gaza
Douwe
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Aral Balkan
in reply to Douwe • • •2. github.com/mastodon/mastodon/d…
Move the Mastodon flagship to a more neutral jurisdiction · mastodon mastodon · Discussion #34747
GitHubAlfred M. Szmidt
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Your claim was
> b) the default Mastodon instance is pro-genocide
The 2) link you posted has no such content or hint of it (only vague accusations that some moderators might have done something without any details) Instead you block people for asking honest question, and refuse to give a straight answer.
mastodon.social might have problems, but labeling a whole group in this manner is the same thing that Netanyahu is doing; do better.
@douwe
Tariq
in reply to Douwe • • •@douwe
I am one of the people who has had posts taken down by mastodon-social.
And there are too many others too.
Mastodon-social is particularly badly behaved on this - I'm told because it is German and they have an irrational stance on genocide.
Tariq
in reply to Tariq • • •@douwe
Alfred replied to say "one post removed is not the same as a whole site being for something"
then he blocked me
he probably realised he revealed himself
this is what we deal with every other damn day - weirdos who defend Israel based on nothing more intellectually honest than pure prejudice
Aiono
in reply to Tariq • • •MisterMultiverse
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •I'm also disappointed every time I see an x/twitter/threads post here.
Aral Balkan
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in reply to mat • • •Dźwiedziu
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Please don't move the burden of proof.
I don't want to explain that not all users see all posts, blocks, policies, interpretations, know what terms to use, etc.
Also being pro-genocide is usually not labeled as “pro-genocide”. Bonus hardness points for dog whistles.
If it's a post or instance not being moderated, then show it so our reports may blot out the sun. Things like \#fediblock are there for a reason.
For me moving instances will be a high-effort process, so I need good »
@mat
Dźwiedziu
in reply to Dźwiedziu • • •« reasons. And I have seen too many allegations without receipts to be comfortable with such.
Edit: clicking on #fediblock led me to your post, that was written 2h ago. Will read and act accordingly.
mastodon.ar.al/@aral/114629930…
Edit 2: the offending post is down, but not the user. Is this the bar of being pro-genocide? Asking quite seriously, especially I don't know if there is anything going on in the moderation background.
@mat
Aral Balkan
2025-06-05 08:58:50
Ciourte Piaille
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •I'm hesitant to get involved, but I think asking for the source supporting a statement or the trigger(s) for a reaction is not the same as asking you to do the research for them.
Tarknassus
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •@mat
“The burden of proof is usually on the person who brings a claim in a dispute. It is often associated with the Latin maximsemper necessitas probandi incumbit ei qui agit, a translation of which is: "the necessity of proof always lies with the person who lays charges."”
You said it, you back it up. Otherwise you’re like a conspiracy theorist who tells you to “do your own research” - a lazy cop out.
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