• @uthredii
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    3 years ago

    This article is confusing, it doesn’t really go into detail on the example of content that was de-platformed (DistroTube, which is still on youtube).

    But it does write this as the summary lol:

    Summary: The old lie that freedom (including freedom of speech) would be facilitated by the Fediverse is repeatedly being debunked, even by recent and relatively high-profile examples

    Fediverse gives you the ability to set up your own instance where you can post the content you like. It does not give you the ability to make other instances link to the content you like.

    If all the other instances in the Fediverse don’t like you content, it says more about your content than it does about the Fediverse.

    • @xe8
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      53 years ago

      The article is a bit unhinged.

      I had a look at distrotube’s video where he talks about being banned. Looks like it was because he got into an argument with someone because he was defending Trump, saying that he’s not a white supremacist. In his video, dt points out that the guy that banned him isn’t even black, as if you need to be black to denounce white supremacy.

      This article side-steps that and tries to make it sound like it had something to do with making videos about software like LibreWolf.

      The article also goes on to say “Controversial voices or dissenting views are often what drives change in society, sometimes progressively. We’ve seen over the years whose views get suppressed and by who…”

      lol.

      Yeah… I don’t think defenders of white supremacists are the controversial voices we need to advance society.