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Oh, nice, looks like the Fosstodon instance (@fosstodon) silenced my profile.

fosstodon.org/@JoshStrobl/1106

I guess it tells you more about “FOSS”todon than anything else that they chose to block a human rights activist/privacy advocate who wakes up and works at a not-for-profit on free and open software every day. Maybe if I were to work at Google and hack on a hobby open source project in the evenings I’d be acceptable?

*smh*

Edit: “silenced” not “blocked (i.e., suspended)”

FosstodonJoshua Strobl (@JoshStrobl@fosstodon.org)Attached: 1 image @hyde@lazybear.social @aral@mastodon.ar.al This would explain why I haven't been able to see anything from Aral. Got a backlog to look into!

@aral @fosstodon You're a contentious figure that likes to make dramatic statements. That *does* tend to rub some folk up the wrong way. Fairly or unfairly.

@edendestroyer @aral @fosstodon Probably not. YMMV.

I thought that "Nuance for the oppressor is the hallmark of the privileged" was pretty dramatic, and I agree strongly.

I thought the idea that programs should say 'user' not 'account' was dramatic, and I thought it was very silly. (The two words do not mean the same thing.)

"Contentious" is the better word, I think, and you should not take it to mean I always disagree – or that it's necessarily a reason to mute someone.

Aral Balkan

@fishidwardrobe * account not user (or, ideally, person, when that’s what we’re referring to) ;)

@edendestroyer @fosstodon

@aral @edendestroyer @fosstodon My apologies, I didn't mean to misrepresent your position. I still think it's wrong, but other opinions are possible!