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1. 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2019 07:58:49 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

   • iamo

   @iamo
   Its up to you. Why would **I** feel its a good idea. Did i give you the impression we were unhappy with something you did?

   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2019 09:38:29 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     • ｍｎｇｒｉｆ :kentucky:
     • iamo

     @mngrif

     I just want the erson to be happy. If leaving makes him happy, leave, if staying makes him happy stay.

     Either way he has my best wishes and I'm more than happt to listen to and discuss any concerns he may have.

     But if he leaves or not is on him, not me, as long as he is respectful he is always welcome here.

     @iamo

   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2019 13:11:27 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     • ｍｎｇｒｉｆ :kentucky:
     • Rob G.
     • iamo

     @design_RG

     I had checked iamo's profile before picking my pronouns and noticed none were listed. So i opted for "they", if i threw in an accidental "he" then my apologies.

     @mngrif @iamo

   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2019 13:27:57 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     • ｍｎｇｒｉｆ :kentucky:
     • Rob G.
     • iamo

     @design_RG

     Yea please link me to it, perhaps i can resolve the issue as a mod. We will silence instances if they do not respect a users right to disengage. So if they continued to attack after being told it wasnt welcome we may have cause for moderator action.

     @mngrif @iamo

   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2019 13:37:35 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     • ｍｎｇｒｉｆ :kentucky:
     • Rob G.
     • iamo

     @design_RG

     That guy is clearly very disgusting, but in the future my suggestion is when these people attack just say "please leave me alone" that way if they continue we have grounds to claim harassment.

     While his views were disgusting and would get him a block on qoto itself he is on another instance. So generally we arent as quick to block whole instances unless a person engages in harassment (doesnt go away when asked). Being rude and insulting gets you banned in qoto but not, by itself, would it get another instance banned.

     With that said this is somewhat related to the nature of qoto. Because it isnt local but is coming from an instance it gives users unique power to simply mute an entire instance and problem solved. There are only a handful of instances (maybe 5 or 6) that allow that sort of behavior so it is easy to mute the whole server from the users account.

     Obviously since we dont allow people like that locally it means you will never have to deal with them in your feed once you activate that initial mute.

     @mngrif @iamo

   • Rob G. (designrg@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2019 13:44:50 UTC Rob G.

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     • ｍｎｇｒｉｆ :kentucky:
     • iamo

     @freemo
     Wonderful.

     I thank the stars who guided me here, a brand new user in fediverse very recently, and finding my home at a place with this very essential control -- I had noted it and used it to block an instance I object to already, days ago. Made a public post and explained it to other users too, because I think it's a great tool to keep things sane.

     Kudos, Dr Freemo. This is first class work. 🥂

     @mngrif @iamo

     🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 repeated this.
   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2019 13:51:10 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     • ｍｎｇｒｉｆ :kentucky:
     • Rob G.
     • iamo

     @design_RG

     I noticed, thank you for sharing that with the community.

     Sadly as a moderator myself I do not have the privilage of muting instances because I need to be able to see harassment and help by stepping in where and when I can (even if its just to try to make peace).

     So while i encourage our users to mute anyone they wish or any instance they wish, I myself must rely on people respecting my right to disengage. But that has the advantage of possibly leading us to silence instance before they have a chance to harass our users.

     Youll notice we DID already silence spinster for example (one of only two silenced instances at the server level). This is for exactly that reason, when a user was asked to disengage they continued to harass for days on end. The moderators there responded by saying it was acceptable, and as such we silenced.

     So similarly if that ever happens to one of our users we would silence the instance if the moderators dont act. As such it may be a good idea to tell users to "go away" and if it continues to report them.

     @mngrif @iamo

   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2019 14:15:37 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     • ｍｎｇｒｉｆ :kentucky:
     • Rob G.
     • iamo

     @design_RG

     Europe seems to have a lot less prejudice and hate at least...

     Censorship is weird. Technically just banning a spam bot is censorship. Very few people truely want no censorship of any kind, particularly when you take that to its extreme

     To me qoto is no censorship because we dont censor ideas, we arent trying to construct an environment exclusive to one set of ideologies or thought or against any such ideology.

     We moderate (not censor) based only on how people treat each other. We basically just want people with good intentions, not people who conform.

     @mngrif @iamo