That’s not how I see it. It’s completely parallel to Facebook and Twitter: there’s value for being on those platforms, it’s not hypocritical to be there while at the same time criticizing them and pointing out the safety risks. And I’ve never said that being on Threads – or being on an instance that federates with Threads – isn’t worth the compromise, I’ve consistently said that it’s something that everybody has to decide for themselves. I have criticized instance admins who have deciding to federate with Threads without discussing with their users, without involving LGBTQIA2S+ people in the decision, or while inaccurately minimizing or ignoring the risks to LGBTQIA2S+ people on their instance for federating with Threads; in my view, they aren’t acting in line with their stated values. And I’ve predicted that many LGBTQIA2S+ are likely to move as a result. But when instances like infosec.exchange have had discussions with their users – or instances like hachyderm.io that have LGBTQIA2S+ representation in leadership – have said they’re federating, I haven’t criticized them.
As for what is and isn’t oppression, people outside a community often have different views than people inside a community. And, people who put a high value on privacy have different views of the tradeoffs that are required to participate in society today. I know people who have lost their entire social life because they won’t be on Facebook, people who have lost job opportunities because they’re not on LinkedIn, people who been physically harmed or had their mental health affected as a result of being on Facebook because they felt they had to be there for family reasons. So I’m sorry that you’re offended that they (and I) see that as a form of systemic oppression but that doesn’t change how I’d describe it.
That’s not how I see it. It’s completely parallel to Facebook and Twitter: there’s value for being on those platforms, it’s not hypocritical to be there while at the same time criticizing them and pointing out the safety risks. And I’ve never said that being on Threads – or being on an instance that federates with Threads – isn’t worth the compromise, I’ve consistently said that it’s something that everybody has to decide for themselves. I have criticized instance admins who have deciding to federate with Threads without discussing with their users, without involving LGBTQIA2S+ people in the decision, or while inaccurately minimizing or ignoring the risks to LGBTQIA2S+ people on their instance for federating with Threads; in my view, they aren’t acting in line with their stated values. And I’ve predicted that many LGBTQIA2S+ are likely to move as a result. But when instances like infosec.exchange have had discussions with their users – or instances like hachyderm.io that have LGBTQIA2S+ representation in leadership – have said they’re federating, I haven’t criticized them.
As for what is and isn’t oppression, people outside a community often have different views than people inside a community. And, people who put a high value on privacy have different views of the tradeoffs that are required to participate in society today. I know people who have lost their entire social life because they won’t be on Facebook, people who have lost job opportunities because they’re not on LinkedIn, people who been physically harmed or had their mental health affected as a result of being on Facebook because they felt they had to be there for family reasons. So I’m sorry that you’re offended that they (and I) see that as a form of systemic oppression but that doesn’t change how I’d describe it.