Subj : Social Media Subsitute
To   : August Abolins
From : Richard Falken
Date : Mon Aug 03 2020 05:00 pm

  Re: Social Media Subsitute
  By: August Abolins to Matt Munson on Mon Aug 03 2020 07:55 pm

 > So, censored ex-FB and ex-Reddit users are not a good fit for fidonet.

I think you are painting censored users with a rough brush here.

People gets banned or mob-lynched-banned for lots of reasons. There is people
who got their Facebook account suspended because their REAL name sounded
offensive in some language in the other side of the world.

Not to mention that lots of censored rooms/pages/whatever that get erradicated
because they are "dens of dangerous derranged people" are sometimes therapy
groups more than anything else. Picking an extreme example: it is better for
Reddit to censor a sub for non-practicing pedophiles, but I don't think it is a
good idea to force otherwise legit users out of the network. That is the
equivalent of closing an anti-suicide support subreddit because it does not
look good in your platform to have depressed people who needs a reason to stay
alive.

For me, this is the real reason why things such as federated messaging
platforms (such as Fido) and darknets are so important. Unpopular people has
the need of their own corner of the Internet. Specially if they are really
unpopular, because when they are universally hated, the only support they may
find is in some obscure IRC server or network.


--
gopher://gopher.operationalsecurity.es
--- SBBSecho 3.11-Linux
 * Origin: Palantir * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FL * (1:123/115)

.