I disagree with your leadin that calling it "linux" shows ignorance of the origin. I'd say the opposite, it shows an understanding of the separation between these concepts and means you wish to specify something more general than **just** gnu linux.
As otehrs have mentioned many of us dont run a GNU userland, some of us do. Sometimes we want to be inclusive of all linux, not just GNU/Linux.
Its really no different than specifying Linux as opposed to your distro. You are intentionally be general so as to be inclusive of all the flavors.
@M0YNG I noticed, that is a step up. But my concern with microsoft isnt about branding or telemetry so much. My concern is that they usually just build poor quality software.
@tuxcrafting Fair argument but even then I'm skeptical. While i couod see the benefit of better visualizations I'd argue text is still the best way to code.
@drdej555 The toots you made are fine and they can be kept.
All we ask is that any future posts you make you do manually (not through a bot or script) and that you dont post the same message across multiple instances.
If that is ok to you then we should be fine and you can continue to make the posts.
I have removed the silence on your account, it is no longer restricted.
@realcaseyrollins I agree it is worrisome at the level it is presented. I wouldnt mind so much those rules on an individual instance. But I dont feel they have a place on joinmastodon.org itself in which case it begins to act a bit like moderating the universe of instances.
@drdej555 Contacted you multiple times, both before silencing and after.. not sure why but you have yet to respond to me (despite making posts complaining about the silence).
Perhaps you have me muted, if so not a smart move to mute a moderator... If not you only need to engage me in a discussion so I can figure out whats going on and I'd be happy to remove the silence.
Contacted him multiple times, both before silencing and after.. not sure why but he has yet to respond to me (despite making posts complaining about the silence).
Perhaps he has me muted, if so not a smart move to mute a moderator... If not he only needs to engage me in a discussion so I can figure out whats going on and I'd be happy to remove the silence.
Hi yes, which server policy do you disagree with? It was a temporary action because you were actively posting but unresponsive which suggested your posts were automatic mass posts possibly across multiple servers. Basically what we would consider a bot.
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