I'm really loving how Mastodon has become a refuge for all the grizzled seafarers on the ocean of the internet. They pop up in my feed and their bios all say something like
"I've been online for longer than the internet. I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. 56k modems on fire in the light of Usenet. I watched IRC forks glitter in the dark near the Gateway 3000. All those moments will be lost in slop, like tears in rain. Time to deshittify."
Unless those refugees are Jews, then it's basically like being on Twitter or Facebook circa 2017.
@serge I initially had a harsher response to this, then I went through your feed, and I'll instead simply say this:
I get where you're coming from, but your post was extremely off-topic, and I think is more likely to cost than gain you allies. You can agree or not agree with how Mastodon has a disproportionate number of grizzled tech veterans, but I don't think that's the right context to bring Zionism into the chat. And if you were actually around in 2017? Honestly, I'd *take* 2017 Twitter or Facebook over 2025 *anything*. So I'm not even entirely sure what your point was
I'm pointing out that there's a high degree of antisemitism on the Fediverse.
I didn't bring up Zionism. I talked about antisemitism, and I can assure you that there's plenty of antisemitism thrown at Jews who have either never expressed an opinion on Zionism, or who have expressed anti-Zionist views.
I was on Twitter in ~2008/2009, so yeah I was on twitter in 2017.
My point was that antisemitism and harassment of Jews was widespread then,. and that's about the level that the Fediverse is now.
@Duckbill4994 @bmp @serge@babka.social
I think so. I also think the first amendment doesn’t apply to this anymore, so watch yourself. It’s not nice out there.