so @cbouzy appears to have targeted my #spoutible acct & suspended access to it despite my not having broken any community policies (in part bc there aren’t any but mainly bc I hadn’t posted anything yet). but my account is still live—he’s just taken control of it 🫠
this is likely in response to my critiques of spoutible’s content moderation practices (or lack thereof). I was genuinely excited for the platform & disappointed last week when bouzy rolled out an unfinished product, flaws in which I wanted to point out before it got out of hand
but it’s also more than likely that my little fanclub slid into his DMs to tell him I’m a racist homophobic antisemitic nazi or whatever…a harassment technique w which he should be more familiar if he wants to create a digital space free of harassment
he should also understand that the optics of blocking me outweigh the utility by demonstrating exactly how “open to critique” & willing to “hear you guys out” he is (not very, apparently)
then again, this may just be the result of disinformation & run-of-the-mill whorephobia as you have to be…confused to think my concerns about policy & content mod meant I “wanted to post porn,” which—even if I did want to do that—I haven’t on any platform, including spoutible
but, as usual, my being “a sex worker” is indistinguishable from my posting photos of “my hootchie” w/o anyone’s consent, including my own in this case 🥴
yknow this really throws a wrench into my work on cross-platform surveillance…I’ve been writing about how it’s mostly algorithmic but this shit was clearly done manually!
this thread is attracting racists & sexists bc bouzy has supported meghan markle & amber heard. I also support meghan markle & amber heard, so SCRAM. I’m blocking y’all on sight 🤨 I am not your people, go away!
oh ok, so @spoutible’s policy for when a user reports suspected unauthorized use per ToS is to…block her lol?
my favorite part about reading the ToS is that it’s all copied & pasted together but they didn’t bother to clear the formatting so there’s goofy shit like this 🥲
lol, lmao
1. how exactly am I temporarily permanently suspended 2. what policy did I violate, considering there are no policies 3. I personally wouldn’t call it, ah, “safe” to compare mArGiNaLiZeD cOmMuNiTiEs to a beached whale
now why would @cbouzy have essentially chosen to prove he did indeed personally fuck with my account by adding this suspension notice 🫣
many platforms share data. this is typically done algorithmically. manually monitoring specific accounts from twitter, banning them based on what appears to be their RTing one of your critics, & then sharing details of that decision back on twitter IS ITSELF TARGETED HARASSMENT
I get why @cbouzy is loathe to discuss plans to moderate CSEM. but for @spoutible to survive, it needs to be in compliance w 18 U.S.C. § 2258A, which mandates that platforms report CSEM—even if it doesn’t ultimately go live—to NCMEC. failure to report comes w a fine up to $150k.
I was already concerned about #spoutible’s mission to create a safe space for marginalized communities when I saw its gender & language options, but these are issues that can be easily addressed & tweaked down the line.
but #spoutible’s complete lack of community guidelines—which @cbouzy brushed off bc other platforms like youtube & twitter have solid policies but rarely enforce them—is practically an invitation for bigots to attack marginalized users, now conveniently collected on one platform.
the nyt article on social transition has been vexing me all day, so I’m rereading & noticing all kinds of bizarre & absurd editorial decisions…
1. the first student “had tried to come out to his parents before, he said, but they didn’t take it seriously, which is why he asked his school for support.” so the parents DID know, & the school knew they knew, they just didn’t believe him until some cis adults did.
2. this takes the idea that teachers are “required” to disclose anything a student tells them (if it isn’t that the student is in danger or poses a threat to themselves or others) to their parents seriously, despite this disclaimer. why is this not in the first fucking paragraph.
here’s my covid take I’m likely to regret posting: the biggest mistake we (as a society or w/e) made throughout this thing is the early-pandemic insistence that masks don’t protect you, only others. it was probs to keep ppl calm during a global mask shortage but now here we are!
tweeting that not taking precautions can kill someone (eg “indoor dining is eugenics”) is not inaccurate, but it’s also not going to convince anyone to change their behavior beyond muting the word “mask” for 2 reasons:
1. nagging doesn’t work 2. ppl are selfish
disclaimer: I wear a mask in all public indoor spaces, don’t @ me