fedidrama
"THERE'S GOING TO BE A FORK WHERE PEOPLE JUST WANT TO CREATE A 'SAFE' MASTODON"
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...okay?
i don't see how this is an issue
fedidrama
@boots
Well. I can't speak for everyone on this but I'll lend a bit of my personal experience as to why it could be 'bad'. (I don't actually disagree with the goal)
The methods of creating a 'safe space' that seem to be popular (awoo's defederation list in particular) mean that by necessity my ability to choose an alternate gatekeeper is significantly diminished if I value talking to my friends. It would be bad that I was coerced into complicity with these practices.
fedidrama
@boots
To be more clear. I mean gatekeepers with coercive power, rather than ones who can/do speak as equals.
fedidrama
@boots
I don't think it's a bad idea but as I'm reading more of Towards a Theory of Network Gatekeeping the more that I'm seeing that the function of gatekeeper doesn't strictly revolve around the technical skill hierarchies though they are a component of it. Without functional discourse of acceptable behavior and power consciousness we'll just see defacto gatekeepers arise. I firmly believe we need to create highly visible civil dialog and accept amiable disagreement.