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An interesting case of moderation in the fediverse (blog.ownlifeful.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by nightauthor@kbin.social to c/fediverse@kbin.social

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A small group of people were offended by a joke that unintentionally came across transphobic, and as a result this persons account was blacklisted. Even after getting the account reinstated, there were lasting complications with the state of the account (these probably technical issues) and the account was basically lost for good.

The 9th paragraph is where the incident is discussed.
What do yall think of this?

I've definitely been misunderstood myself, and it kinda sucks to think that my account could be lost for good due to a few reports, hasty banning, and some bug in the software.

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[–] nightauthor@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The issue was the use of a specific word, that is now uncouth, but with which OP identifies. They claim to not know the word had fallen out of favor. Other than the word itself, I don’t think there was anything wrong with the comment they left.

[–] retronautickz@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a slur, not only a term that "has fallen out of favour"

OP was rightfully moderated. Their comment was transphobic.

[–] nightauthor@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm coming around to agreeing with you. But I feel like if I try to clarify and really understand I may end up offending someone. It's hard to have these kinds of conversations online, with people who don't know you or your intent.

I may be an imperfect ally, but I'm honestly trying.

[–] retronautickz@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

But I feel like if I try to clarify and really understand I may end up offending someone

Who would you be offending by admitting you were wrong in thinking OP was wrongly moderated?

OP knew what they were doing. They got rightfully suspended for transphobia and now they are crying about overzealous moderation and censorship, like all the bigots do.

Not only did they used an slur, but OP's "joke" is based around a transmisogynistic stereotype.

Next time you want to post about someone being "wrongly moderated", ask people from the community affected if they feel the comment was truly offensive or not, and if it deserves any kind of moderation.

[–] Nyla_Smokeyface@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

For what it's worth I appreciate you trying and trying to understand!

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

If they have been on social media during the last 10 years it would be pretty much impossible for them to not know that tranny is now considered a slur when referring to a trans person. Maybe an old fart who just watches cable TV could be unaware, but the odds of being on social media and not being aware is pretty much zero.

I also thought maybe it was a misunderstanding, but really it has been long enough for people who are online regularly and have a blog.

[–] brain_pan@infosec.pub 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I mean, it was never "in favor"; as far as I know, it had always been a slur

I can't see how OP was "failed by moderation"; I assume the instance they were on had a zero tolerance policy for such language, and honestly someone with a blog on the internet that had a twitter account probably should have known that that word was a slur and still is

maybe they'll realize why they got banned and figure out that "jokes" like that aren't tolerable, but with how they reacted here I don't know

[–] Nyla_Smokeyface@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah it's important to know the difference between a trans person calling themselves that and someone randomly saying that slur.

I also hope OP (as in the blog owner) knows that being bisexual doesn't make him exempt from transphobia.