mastodon.art defederating calckey firefish social. Cites behavior of lead project dev

trashhalo@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org – 138 points –
Suspending firefish.social
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cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6853479

mastodon.art has decided to suspend firefish.social from their instance due to issues with its administrator. The administrator of firefish.social was found to be boosting posts from a known harasser on another instance. mastodon.art takes a firm stance against racism and suspending full instances in these situations is part of their policy as a safe space. The known harasser has a history of using slurs, harassment, and editing screenshots to spread misinformation. However, the administrator of firefish.social has now forged a screenshot to paint mastodon.art in a negative light.

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Thread where calckey dev responds. https://firefish.social/notes/9hp49vhkce098zn8

what was wrong in boosting that post? was that article bad or something?

article was fine, mastodon.art's mod didn't like the person who originally posted it

i just wonder how one could possibly know whether that person was racist before boosting it. i mean, sometimes we all see stuff and repost or boost it without making a whole profile check on that person right?

I think it's supposed to be """common sense""" that disqordia is an iffy server that members of polite fedi shouldn't interact with