[tanepiper]

Yep, there was some really nasty stuff aimed at them - and I've known them for many years, absoutly none of it was deserved and was just hateful vitriol based on typical assumptions off an avatar.

I do get it - these people have been on the Fediverse longer and feel like it's a form of digital colonialisim, but as I've pointed out - if they keep shutting down individuals who do things in good faith, soon when the "BigSocial" comes along and does it anyway, they won't have anyone there to help speak up as they'll have blocked, defederated or just scared people off.

Also the underlying problem here is a tech one - it could be fixed by correctly implementing the "noindex" stuff and working on privacy and consent features. This can't be fixed as a people problem, and certainly won't be by shutting down any attempts to address the problem now

Also TIL that a "FOSSBro" is apparently a thing people now like to throw about.

[a_bonobo]

>FOSSBro

There's a similar term in science: bropenscience (bro + open science). The behaviour is strangely similar, people on the nerdier side who have been doing 'their' niche-thing for a while and are often condescending/aggressive towards newcomers. It's interesting that both FOSS and open science were made to make things more 'open' but sometimes lock/close things down even more.