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Didn't most of the fediverse preemptively de-federate them already?
Mastodon.social, the biggest instance ran by Mastodon devs didn't and encourages wait and see approach.
I'm on that server and that's how I feel too.
If it goes poorly, then it can be blocked, but to not try seems silly to me.
And the frog could just jump out of the pot before he boils.
Sure, every other time the water has kept getting hotter and hotter like this it ended up boiling but honestly I really trust the corporations here and I think we should just wait it out! They promised they were just going to slowly heat the water up but not bring it to a boil so I don’t see a reason not to trust them.
Which they do, if you are trying to boil them.
Not in the obvious metaphor I was making.
I'm pointing out the metaphor is false and your argument might as well
The metaphor is clear, and your correction has no bearing on my point whatsoever.
Go be an annoying pedant somewhere else.
Your metaphor is on the Wikipedia's list of common misconceptions. No such luck for your argument.
Log off
Absolutely doesn't matter in relation to my point
I'm saying your point isn't true, you silly person
No, you said the common turn of phrase I used is apocryphal.
You haven't made any counterpoint that involved my actual point whatsoever.
How did you not catch on when I said "and so might be your point" or whatever it was?
Correct
"You're wrong".
Neat contribution.
I didn't think it was much but thanks. I'm just happy we understand each other now
Did it?
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/07/what-to-know-about-threads/
https://joinmastodon.org/en/about
https://mastodon.social/about
A lot of instances did, the flagship instances run by the Devs of Mastodon didn't. They think that it's good and want to encourage it, though at the same time their instances have a spam problem so bad many instances have decided to limit them, making it harder to follow people if your account is on them.
Also noticed that many people say they won't follow people who are on Mastodon.social or approve follow requests. Which is a bit extreme but I also get it, there's lots of spambots and not great people on those instances and moderation is slow since they're so big which doesn't really help.
some do.
I have a small community masto instance and don't. If my users want to block the instance, it's literally 2 clicks and a confirmation away.
Doing to server wide is massively patronizing towards the users
I see it as just virtue signaling. At the end, we can choose to not join those servers who defederate with them, but I can also think it's a stupid decision at the same time lol.
You might want to look up what patronize means, in the common phrase "don't patronize me" it's used sarcastically.
Essentially, replace the word with "helpful" in your sentence, and you'll see why it doesn't fit.
They used it in a perfectly acceptable and understandable way. The definition you're describing as sarcastic is an official meaning of the word. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patronize
yeah, I get what you mean. But it's still mostly fitting in the way I feel about it. Basically: users can think for themselves. They don't need me to take care of the bit scary world out there.
Doing so for a whole instance feels super condecending. "I know better than you what you want. I'm going to block it"
I get what you meant, which is why I replied, I'm saying that that word means the opposite of what you intended.
To patronize someone is not a bad thing, the word means "to be someone's customer/patron" and through doing so, supporting and helping them. That's where patreons name comes from, for example.
In the phrase "don't patronize me" it's used sarcastically to say "I know you're trying to help, but please don't" but the word doesn't actually refer to someone who is going over your head to do things for you. It's actual meaning is 100% positive, and hence confuses what you're saying. Which is that blocking threads should be done by users because it should be their decision.
Instead, your final sentences literal meaning, paraphrased, is "a server-wide block would be really good and helpful for all my users".
It might be, but I've only ever seen it used in the condecending way. And it seems to be used like this for quite some time
Can't argue with real-world use, but man that is a semantic shift that is doing the original word dirty.
Apparently patronage and other forms of the word are having their definitions affected, too.
I read a lot of books so I'm definitely a lot more used to how words are used up to several decades ago.
yup. language is weird
Welcome to humanity since the invention of language
I don't know if it's perhaps a regional thing but, in the UK, "being patronising" is used pretty much exclusively in the pejorative sense, with a similar meaning to "condescending". I don't think I've ever heard (in actual conversation) "being patronising" used to mean someone is giving patronage, in fact - we would say someone is "giving patronage" or "is a patron" instead. We also pronounce "patronise" differently, for whatever reason: "patron" is "pay-trun", "patronage" is "pay-trun-idge" but "patronise" is "pah-trun-ise".
It seems the pejorative use of the word dates back to at least 1755, too, so it's not exactly a new development.
It's the same in the US, and has been ever since I can remember. No idea where this person lives that the positive meaning would be the first thing they'd think of.
What if they're also using it sarcastically
They might be, but that's generally a bad idea online (without using /s), someone like me who can't hear their tone of voice could come along :D