Anyone else like me—who is not a Facebook/Instagram user—learning for the first time that these things could not be said before?
Don’t get me wrong, I was taught better than that and anyone who says this stuff is a loser. Just never knew before this story that those posts/comments were blocked.
How about "billionaires are edible" or "Tech bros are welfare queens" or "Watch out for a-luigi"?
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nevermind
Private entities have the right to decide what is or is not acceptable content on their platforms. Consumers also have the right to choose which services they want to use.
I encourage everyone to stop using anything involved with Meta. I personally have a list of Meta domains blocked on my home network.
If enough people did this, the problem would resolve itself.
This is why its important for us to retain the right to what Cory Doctorow calls "self-help".
Our right to access and modify things are being stripped away and that gives the platforms even more power!
Today, if you released a tool to bring your Facebook friend list to another platform you'd get sued into oblivion.
The people I know are too addicted to quit. They need to leave for another platform like people did with x to blue sky… that’s the only way I see people getting out of the meta world.
It's always the same "free speech" they're being censored for
Look on the bright side: they're saying these things under their legal names. You'll know who they are and where they live.
they’re saying these things under their legal names
Facebook has plenty of promotional accounts, stale accounts hijacked by scammers, and straight up fake accounts. Hell, Meta's been premiering entirely AI generated profiles.
You could be getting N-bombed by a fully automated synthetic personality before too long.
True, but also, there will be plenty of morons that just openly reveal who they are on their Facebook timeline. That's still useful.
Although being called slurs by a chatbot will probably just make people stop using Facebook.
Good. Let people say what they want and if you don't like it, ignore them.
Trans people are immortal?
I'm feeling a little trans today.
How to live forever with this simple trick!
Mark Zuckerberg is Trash! Billionaires are immoral!
Fact check that shit.
Enough fact checking and arguing with their bullshit. It's obviously all lies and nonsense they spew, it's time to just dispose of them and start over.
Can I also say, that Trumpist are fundamentalist Christian snowflakes, who don't even know what their own fucking holy book is saying?
I guess, the field is leveled?
Some of the text said that saying “white people have mental illness” would be prohibited on Facebook, but saying “gay people have mental illness” was allowed, they said.
No, that's hate speech.
I'll leak my policy: unless it's clearly in an ironic sense, if I spot any of those examples here on the Fediverse, I will report them.
Eh, I'd say you've almost got it but not quite.
I wouldn't tolerate it in any sense, "ironic" or not.
Too many people are too stupid to determine irony from a serious statement, and just assume the "irony" is a legitimate support of their shitty opinions.
No tolerance at all is required, because we don't want to confuse anyone into thinking that maybe that crap is remotely acceptable here.
I'm expecting people here to be smart, respectful and use their brain.
First, hate and bigotry are not to be tolerated. Second, context also matters in language in addition to words. Third, it's also important to acknowledge that we are people with ingrained biases too, in order to tackle more subtle and casual forms of it. If people can demonstrate an understanding and willingness to give up their precognitions and learn from mistakes, they don't have to be kicked out on the spot. Trolls with a pattern of abusing or playing borderline with the rules have clear context outside of the thread that they aren't genuinely engaging and aren't welcome until they drop that behaviour. Lastly, the community where the discussion happens (a shitpost community, a community made for a specific group, a news community etc.) should also be considered. Every example from the document is demeaning, bigoted, and inappropriate within that scenario.
With all due respect, I think most users can recognize when people mean well or not, while still being impassioned over a discussion. If one is genuinely confused, we can afford the opportunity for them to learn.
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