StarlightDust

@StarlightDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A rant on left-wing online infighting⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Reflect on why I called you an idiot and OP got a proper response. Idiot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A rant on left-wing online infighting⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Actually, my own community is really nice and healthy. It takes a lot to get kicked out but people can choose not to hang out with people. Idiot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A rant on left-wing online infighting⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not particularly experienced in online moderation, especially in managing serious issues in those spaces, so I would have to ask a friend about it, though I think the space she manages has different rules to her own views from what she has said. I doubt that the same issues that I am talking about occur as frequently though. The internet is much more anonymous and its full of trolls. I actually think its much harder to cultivate a culture online. I don’t really think that anyone is actively changing their mind through anonymous online discussion. The idea of that being a thing was part of an astroturfing campaign to normalise shitty views.

  IRL, I work with others from all over the left and I tend to be someone who is responsible for the emotional labour of accountability. You can’t physically completely ban people from a scene without convincing as many people as possible not to hang out with them. You can ban them from chats easily enough, but people will cause a stink if you don’t “use proper channels” and the worst predators will still show up to events anyway. Most of the time garden variety bigotry doesn’t become enough of an issue to do that. Usually that only becomes an issue when someone starts hounding marginalised people and/or attending far-right events. People will often confront each other over bigotry before whisper networks develop but imo gossip is a really healthy way of keeping check.

  What I mean is that prioritizing reducing infighting means that people within a community aren’t familiar with raising issues, which means speaking out isn’t normalized. It replicates the patriarchy on a smaller scale.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A rant on left-wing online infighting⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Leftist infighting is often people being bigots, predators, or defenders. The right will not be held to account with conversations and discussion but the left will - though you should listen to survivor’s warnings if they say someone has been dodging accountability for years and that they aren’t worth the effort.

  As an organiser, a large chunk of my work is ensuring that certain predators, bigots and defenders don’t worm back in without changing anything. It means that survivors are safer to take part and that there is further freedom to speak up.

  Prioritizing avoiding infighting to keep the peace is cop shit and is useful for predators, bigots and defenders to bide time. It also allows for a culture where those unaffected by those issues gain power.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did it really used to be common for guys to go to a bar every night like in Cheers or The Simpsons?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  me and my friends used to be regulars in a shitty pub where there was a group of older people who would be in there all day every day.

  he was probably double my age but it didn’t stop him coming over to our table and pestering me and some of the other women.

  we didn’t go in too frequently but the staff recognised us as regulars. we had to stop because some nasty people would come in on a specific day and one of our group wqs afraid of running into them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The people who protest against the Palestinian Genocide would be the same people who protested against the Holocaust.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I completely agree. anti-Deutsch have be3j internationally condemned

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The people who protest against the Palestinian Genocide would be the same people who protested against the Holocaust.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  its a bit more complex, sadly. german antifascist groups have been leaning towards being very zionist

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One iPhone led police to gang who sent 40,000 snatched phones to China⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah our cops are also absolutely awful racists who never actually do any good too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit users in the UK must now upload selfies to access NSFW subreddits⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That said, as someone who has posted stuff like that and had it spread without my consent, screw (very much not literally) consuming that shit without taking the same risks as the people sharing what they get off to.

  I do think its gross to require it for the other NSFW stuff. Drug forums are very important resources for harm reduction.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hytale, once touted as the Minecraft killer, is ceasing development⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Does anyone remember Yogventures?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘FuckLAPD.com’ Lets Anyone Use Facial Recognition to Instantly Identify Cops⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Putting it out there for someone to do this for cops in the UK. I can’t run infrastructure but the cops terrorise out local community and constantly refuse to identify themselves/turn off their badge cam.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you think the solution to selling progressive politics to young men is ?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think I’m just gonna tag you as a misogynist with my Lemmy client and move on with my day. Maybe less demanding women debate you in the marketplace of ideas might be good for you. This is weird and beggy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you think the solution to selling progressive politics to young men is ?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you actually trying to say you are not a misogynist while simultaneously calling a woman hysterical? Did you know that the Greek word for womb is “hystera”?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you think the solution to selling progressive politics to young men is ?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Christ - some of these replies are exactly what a lot of women talk about when we say that Lemmy has a misogyny problem.

  Blokes really don’t recognize how much harder shit actually is for women, overall. It would be lovely to just sit on a bench for 5 mins without a stranger coming to chat me up, or if people would stop crediting men for my work when they don’t even ask for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it a prison break if the prisoners have been unjustly detained? Who decides when it is a hostage rescuse situation?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you want a detailed response to this, reading Michel Foucault would probably be better than anything I could really say. He is a bit of a weirdo (putting it likely) like plenty of philosophers though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More Australians get their news via social media than traditional sources for first time, report finds⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This isn’t just because people just see it on social media. It is because Murdock has a monopoly on the press. What isn’t propaganda is clickbait nonsense and a good chunk of the public have noticed, even if that isn’t specifically the words they would use.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Zealand parliament gives record bans to Maori MPs over haka⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It is easy to see is in the wrong by how Peter speaks about traditional tattoos. It really demonstrates the fact that these are confident, unrepentant racists, who know they aren’t going to suffer the consequences for it, the Maori they are harassing will.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that is where it feels iffy to me, personally. Also, like, since you are asking this, there is a feeling of there being a power imbalance from you already so I would avoid it.

  Don’t go off what people say on here. Men on here are particularly weird and misogynistic - and I say this living somewhere where I frequently get catcalled within 30 secs of stepping through the door.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A 19-year old cis lesbian woman was beaten unconscious and robbed after she tried to use the women's restroom at a McDonald's in Carpentersville, Illinois⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is more common still for trans people who are earlier on in their transition but the media doesn’t talk about it. This violence was intended for a trans person so why do people only care when it impacts the cis? This ultimately says that violence towards trans people is ok but that it is a problem when those who aren’t trans are impacted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A 19-year old cis lesbian woman was beaten unconscious and robbed after she tried to use the women's restroom at a McDonald's in Carpentersville, Illinois⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Trans comes from “on the other side” as cis comes from “on the same side”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Europe’s onlyfans performers can’t get justice⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Its down to preference but it is someone’s job at the end of the day. It takes work to create, edit and dignity. You are essentially dining and dashing from a small independent restaurant. Its the same reason why shoplifting from a chain isnt as bad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I installed Linux on this 8-inch mini laptop, and it's my new favorite way of computing⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Urgh. Why do they always have to ramble about AI?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google accidentally reveals details about its new Android design language, Material 3 Expressive⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I use a custom Material 3 theme for accessibility reasons as I am dyslexic. It was a really positive accidental side effect of the design choices. I just wish they would make it official and have it possible to use more colours that may appear to clash to their designers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DRM-Free OnlyFans Downloads See Widevine Project Nuked From GitHub⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t be a bell end

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PewDiePie: I installed Linux (so should you)⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Summit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DRM-Free OnlyFans Downloads See Widevine Project Nuked From GitHub⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ngl if you pirate indie porn you are scum. Most people who make it aren’t well off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Report: Apple CEO “cares about nothing else” Than Building Breakout AR Glasses Before Meta⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is just another attempt to capture even more control over our attention - advertising everywhere. Of course Apple wants it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PewDiePie: I installed Linux (so should you)⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I love my Lemmy client having the ability to label people. I already had you labeled as a Nazi apologist before opening this thread so it tracks to find you saying this here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Social media sites should have 'reverse' Parental Controls; where adult children can block their boomer/senior parents' accounts from viewing conspiracy and radicalizing content.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I just keep their Facebook accounts logged in on my phone. Every few months, I will go onto their profiles and unlike pages like “Wear your poppy with pride” and deradicalize their algorithm. Poppies for British boomers on Facebook are like Elsa and Spiderman on YouTube for babies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trans women should use toilets based on biological sex, Phillipson says⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Originally they came about as a means of keeping women out of public life and in the home. Buildings would often designate toilets as “Men’s” as an excuse to make them inaccessible. Its really that daft and sexist.