🧵 Rant incoming: This morning, I saw yet again a message of “don't sell stuff on the Fedi or I'll block you.” The pervasive mood of the “silence brand” GIF is embedded in the culture here.
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🧵 Rant incoming: This morning, I saw yet again a message of “don't sell stuff on the Fedi or I'll block you.” The pervasive mood of the “silence brand” GIF is embedded in the culture here. I get it. I was on the internet in 1994. I witnessed the influx of monetization as broadcast got wise to the power of social media. But if you (the Royal You) do not support independent/small businesses on platforms like this, we cannot hope to fund the causes that are vital to a thriving, global society 1/3
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hal_pomeranz@infosec.exchangereplied to mckra1g@mastodon.social last edited by
@mckra1g If people find such content objectionable then by all means block it and move on. But stop being the Mastodon HOA. Nobody needs that.
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edelruth@mastodon.onlinereplied to hal_pomeranz@infosec.exchange last edited by
I'm stealing "Mastodon HOA", to throw at some folk.
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thenexusofprivacy@infosec.exchangereplied to edelruth@mastodon.online last edited by
Totally agreed that the anti-creator / anti-small business "don't sell stuff here" attitude so many people have here is a problem ... but, be careful about the analogy.
"Mastodon HOA" and "fedi HOA" were originally used by @shengokai and @mekkaokereke to refer to the HOA-style structural and casual racism that's so endemic here. When the term gets used in a deracialized way, it's seen as erasing their perspecties - and more generally ignoring the racism of fedi and of HOAs.
Of course, others have come up with the analogy independently -- HOAs are annoying in a lot of other ways besides the racism! Still, unless you're specifically talking about the racialized aspects of people trying to police what can and can't be said here, finding another analogy will reduce the chances that your post will get taken in a way that you didn't intend it to be.
