No. I won't start a brigade against a specific user, even a transphobic one. And ultimately, the defederation is due to the feddit.uk admins approach to transphobia rather than the specifics of the posts.

Like a phone book?

I can do that. The fact the mods left it up for so long is reason enough

It's a federated protocol, but the network itself isn't meaningfully federated, and is basically just Bluesky (the company) infrastructure. Hopefully that changes, because until then, it's still a centralised social media platform, despite the underlying technology

It doesn't so much "allow" as "forces".

Cis gay man? Get surgery or die.

Trans woman who doesn't want surgery? Get surgery or die.

If you think you look better with it on, then chances are you do look better with it on, because you'll feel hotter and more confident! So wear it :)

"The first thing that jumps to your mind isn't always what you truly think. Sometimes, it's just what you've been trained to think. What matters, is what you do next"

I grew up in a really racist, queerphobic environment, and that comment really helped me by letting me give myself space to undo the bigoted indoctrination I had been taught, without getting trapped in guilt and self disgust whenever one of the racist or bigoted things I was raised with jumped in to my mind.

It let me recognise the bigoted thought as something I was trained to think, rather than being what I actually believe, and by recognising it, I could disempower the thought, and start to unlearn it

Using GitHub is a skill of it's own, and requires knowledge of coding practices. It's hugely confronting to someone without coding experience

We blocked them 5 or 6 months ago. They have housed hate groups since they first started. They will remain defederated as long as that remains true.

Cheating is when you do something that betrays your partners trust.

I couldn't care less if my partners post nudes, anonymous or otherwise, so it wouldn't be cheating for me.

Other people feel differently, and so it could be cheating for them.

Nothing? She already has access to it all anyway...

Capitalism and the 5 day 9 to 5 work week