Yisrael Dov @yisraeldov@mastodon.technology

People who stop using @fedilab in favor of @Tusky because it can be used by "nazis", do you know Firefox can be use by them too? Or Ubuntu? Or anything else? 😱

This is becoming ridiculous.

Just so you know, "git -amend" doesn't amend anything.

It gets parsed as: git -a -m 'end'

That is, it commits all modified files with a message that just says "end"

I suffer so you don't have to 🤦‍♂️

For anyone who doesn't understand why the Tusky change is wrong:

It may not be against the letter of free/open source software*, but it is certainly in the spirit. FOSS does not discriminate against its users and remain FOSS, including the users you don't like. The freedom to use the software as you wish is unalienable, including for gab users.

* both definitions

That, and don't add rickrolls to your project for any reason.

@bob Let's ignore what it is in spirit for a minute.

What does this achive?

Let's imagine I'm an angry nazi. I wake up and want to troll mastodon, but I can't. I'm slightly infuriated. Do I:
A. Install another app
B. Create a new account on another instance
C. Recompile the app without 67 lines of code

And does it matter which option I pick? In no time I'm back online more angry than before.

This change does nothing to tangiably benefit the fediverse.

It only forces choices on the user.

@sir "the first freedom: the unlimited use for any purpose."

Definitely against the spirit. And what's even the point? Anyone can pull down the source and git reverse 2 SHAs before compiling the code.

There are so many good ways to deal with abusive communities but this is not one. And it poisons the spirit of what freedom is about.

@fedilab thank you for taking the action that you feel is right. Fedilab is your software, developed by you, and you have the right to make decisions about how it functions.

@fedilab
Thank you.

In these polarized times, it makes an important statement: that users should be free to choose who they listen to, and that we are all human and can share the benefits of wonderful free software like #fedilab

@yisraeldov
It's similar to how people call others Nazis not in the literal way. Agreed. There are ways to show displeasure without needing to use charged terms for gain

I will stop here with #Gab by removing the block feature inside the app in the next release.

My motivations:

- I didn't receive a reply from Google policy team about a potential ban of the application.
- Without the previous risk, I clearly think that's not my role. I can't hard-code instance blocks especially when every tools are here for that.
- If you want a strong block, it's in the hands of social network developers or your admins.