The way that antisemitism protection has been a contentious issue on here really has dipped my enthusiasm for the app. There is less content and more safety issues. People were even doing victory laps over this. But where is there to go even? Reddit/Twitter both have stormfront shit in left spaces
the person in charge of aegis' antisemitism label, which has been very contentious since day one, went over to taurus. people were very unhappy and the taurus dev basically went "none of this is worth my time or energy" and called it quits
frankly i'm not jewish and i don't know enough about the nuance of what people are upset about to fully have an opinion because my opinion on the matter isn't important, but the gist seems to be question of (implicit, i think) zionist bias within the labels
I mean, everyone on Bluesky is a Zionist. I don’t think that providing safety online needs to be a threat to Palestinian Solidarity. But hey, there’s still block/mute and there are still goofs, bits, riffs and jives to be had.
Just a bad joke. There are just people with a very fluid opinion of what Zionism is, between “support of Israel” to “when I’m called out for violating boundaries online” which means the definition is so broad anyone can fit it.
Like do you remember that Texas-NZ lady? Telling her that posting online wasn’t activism was Zionist behaviour. On the opposite side, telling that Daniel Goldman guy about how Judaism is an essential part of being Jewish even if you’re secular put me on his Hamas Supporter block list
Mute list. I don't block people unless they're outright abusers, if you're talking about me. And I have repeatedly said that Judaism is NOT essential to being a Jew. I said our indigenous connection to Judea is. Maybe if you actually listened to what I say, you might learn something.
