Or i could just not like it and speak on why I don't like it and why I think it's dangerous. Regardless, glad I have the ability to post this on Lemmy without being banned.
Nevar
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I replied to a different comment but I think there's a difference between servers (bars) banning other servers, and apps disallowing access to certain servers. If the app became the defacto connection to Mastodon, blacklisting a server will result in new servers being created, and then those will be banned as well. Eventually it would be easier to whitelist servers. At that point the tusky app becomes the gatekeeper for ideologies. Which I think would be bad.
The challenge I have with this is, mastodon servers should be able to ban other servers that are toxic, but once an app starts blocking the ability to connect to certain services because of political views it becomes a different beast IMO. Servers blocking other servers is maintaining community health. Applications blocking servers is censorship. Pirate servers would be next. Then porn. Then gun sites, etc. It may be slippery slope fallacy but it sets a dangerous precedent imo.
IIRC he blocked more than just alt-right Nazi instances.
Lol tries to protect the rights of socialists gets called a Nazi.
I've heard that too. My understanding is that Xfce doesn't get updated very often and has become a meme in Linux community for diehards. KDE received a lot of hate in the 2000's for being the bulkiest and slowest DE. They did a huge overhaul of their code and now it's one of the fastest. Phoronix has a bunch of tests on their site you can check. On the why, I don't know the technical details but it's a community of 4 or 5 people at Xfce vs a community of >100 at KDE.
IMO Cinnamon DE or MATE are the most like Windows desktop.
If they don't like Libreoffice you could get them on OnlyOffice or WPS Office instead. Those are both better.
I don't see XFCE or KDE to be beginners desktop environments to be candid. They're great desktops but from a beginner perspective you probably want Cinnamon. Deepin is getting there but it's buggy. Cinnamon is the easiest, MATE is good on system resources. But XFCE is too bare bones for some people.
You can't force people to agree with your opinion man. I agree they shouldn't dismiss an argument based on its source alone (unless they're unable to think critically in which case that's sad.) But mod is right. Downvote and disagree, but don't insult. It hurts your arguments position. You're trying to take shortcuts when you insult in trying to convince people of your position. It rarely works on the internet, not least because we're in a world where your opinion is a minority one and the US government is actively trying to quell dissent and push a narrative.
So you willingly admit you use fallacies to cloud your logic?
Are VPN services regulated anywhere?
I think there's just a lot of american leftist reactionaries on this site and it's sort of a microcosm of the US left mob mentality right now.
But you're here, and even though you're getting downvoted the mods are mature and open to differing opinion. So keep speaking your mind respectfully and if your ideas make sense eventually other will join and the culture will evolve. Or it won't, and move onto something else that fulfills you and helps you learn and enage in community.