12 Feb
2025
12 Feb
'25
6:56 p.m.
On Wed, 12 Feb 2025 at 12:27, MSavoritias <email(a)msavoritias.me> wrote:
Let me also point out (I become a broken record a bit
I know) that our CoC
is explicitly against racism and also implicitly against transphobia that
Twitter doesn't seem to care about
https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0458.html#pick-your-words
It's certainly intended to be explicitly against both. But to be horribly
accurate, it's intention is to be against either being a factor in not
being welcoming. Point is it's about actions not labels. Effects, rather
than causes.
People are biased and prejudiced in all manner of ways, and I certainly
include myself there. But we should all strive to be welcoming nonetheless.
So I also urge the XMPP membership to consider (and
speak up please :) )
about following our own CoC and principles.
The XSF doesn't use Twitter X in any way that contravenes the CoC, and nor
should it.
If the site's stated purpose was for racist and/or transphobic remarks,
then that would indeed be an issue, but it's not.
As I've said before, I'm absolutely fine with ceasing to use the site if
we're not getting useful engagement. I'd imagine the most likely reason for
not getting useful engagement is Musk right now, but that's a cause, not
the effect, and it's the effect we should concentrate on *as an
organisation*.
Dave.