Nostr notes by jrm4

you keep doing the thing of presuming that you, or whoever, can ...

2026-04-20T03:02:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…l453
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you keep doing the thing of presuming that you, or whoever, can be a very accurate barometer for "bigotry"

I have already seen this not work here, even under a policy like the one you put here. Sounds great in theory, harder in practice

No, I do what I would do in real life which is to respond like a ...

2026-04-18T13:56:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…3clt
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No, I do what I would do in real life which is to respond like a *grownup* and not a like catty sorority person.

"Okay, what is our *policy* on speech? Does what they are doing fall under genuinely harmful speech or is this merely objectionable?"

I think what you have is what the kids call "privilege," Black man pushing 50 here and I've never just been able to wave a magic want and say BYE BYE BAD GUYS. That ain't how life works, and doing that here is corny.

No sir, I am actually directly referencing behavior I've ...

2026-04-16T23:59:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…lfs4
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No sir, I am actually directly referencing behavior I've witnessed with e.g. "the bad place/space" whatever people, which I'm presuming is a thing all over this place. Could be wrong.

Likely formerly bullied nerds wielding banhammers all over the place. Again, glad if it's cathartic but not good for making this place good.

Policy, not vibes

I have absolutely no clue what you were trying to say here but ...

2026-04-16T23:04:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…38ut
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I have absolutely no clue what you were trying to say here but lets try this:

Yes, dangerous bigots exist.

But it seems like people like you want to remove them based on like vibes or something.

Nope. Grown-up working systems (like the fediverse) need grown-up methods that look like policy to do this effectively.

And as I have seen, not doing this is what fucks the fediverse up

Hey this is still going, fun. So this conversation deepens in ...

2026-04-16T22:52:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…z0n0
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Hey this is still going, fun.

So this conversation deepens in stupidity mostly because of this "what is a bigot" thing.

"bigot" here is now becoming a magic bad word like voldemort and it's really making the conversation stupid.

Smarter: What makes someone "unnacceptable" or "bannable"

Use policy or something clearly defined, instead of big scary words

Again, I want this place, mastodon, to succeed. But right now, ...

2026-01-20T23:41:14Z

Again, I *want* this place, mastodon, to succeed.

But right now, we gotta be real. Twitter is *the streets.* Bluesky and here are safe spaces and that's fine.

But *us* being over there is still unfortunately probably important.

#blackmastodon #blackfedi #uspol

(oh wait, I meant twitters feed, not here)

2025-10-10T17:54:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…mkxr
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(oh wait, I meant twitters feed, not here)

Since Elon, I noticed a sort of gradual decline (as well as a ...

2025-10-10T17:52:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…w2a2
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Since Elon, I noticed a sort of gradual decline (as well as a boosting of non-essentials, like lots of kendrick/drake opinions) -- but no MAJOR shift in "ideology"

But literally over the last few days -- a near 180 with a FLOOD of right-leaning (And oddly, "pro-Drake? lol) stuff

If you know me, you know I've always thought that leaving ...

2025-10-10T17:47:52Z

If you know me, you know I've always thought that leaving twitter was 1) an absolutely fine personal individual choice but also 2) NOT something you should *insist* others do because it was *possible* that the good of speaking with others etc might outweigh the bad

Saying this because in the past few days, the feed got REAL bad. Anyone else noticing this?

#fediverse #mastodon #socialmedia

I'd say it's worse than that; the main thing that makes ...

2025-09-22T14:40:48Z

In reply to nevent1q…4m6t
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I'd say it's worse than that;

the main thing that makes this place suck and be not fun are all the vibes-not-policies server runners et all who do this all the time

#mastodon #fediverse

Me and every other Black voter I know? Not sure what you're ...

2025-07-23T15:13:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…0kra
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Me and every other Black voter I know?

Not sure what you're fishing for here but --quite well, actually.

Look, *we* see through the bullshit and we understand that NO SIDE can promise rainbows and perfection; you work with what you have and make incremental change.

"Sits ATOP?" That's facially one of the dumbest ...

2025-07-23T14:32:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…n6k4
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"Sits ATOP?"

That's facially one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.

He's a Black Man in AMERICA, fam. They're not letting him 'sit atop' anything.

And that's most of my point. He's threading a needle. I feel like in these conversations about politicians people never Google "$POLITICIANS accomplishments"

Blah blah left right wing. Who gets things done.

Jefferies is (likely) between a rock and a hard place The thing ...

2025-07-23T03:33:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…8anq
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Jefferies is (likely) between a rock and a hard place

The thing is folks, we presently have *no clue* how good Mamdani is at "the rest of the job"

One can be popular in one space and still be mostly a loser elsewhere, e.g. Bernie Sanders (who I voted FOR in the primary for the record, but yeah)

This sounds deep but is saying literally nothing controversial; ...

2025-07-23T03:30:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…uqmy
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This sounds deep but is saying literally nothing controversial; yes if you dont get elected you cant do things

You don't need to agree with Hakeem Jeffries being lukewarm ...

2025-07-22T14:47:36Z

You don't need to *agree* with Hakeem Jeffries being lukewarm on Mamdani; but you do need to understand where it's coming from.

Because if you think it's because *Jeffries* is some kind of corrupt old school insider, you're an idiot.

It's a complex game and behind the scenes maneuvering matters, like it or not.

#uspol #blackmastodon #blackfedi

okay so here on Mastodon there is now a content warning for ...

2025-02-07T17:31:57Z

okay

so here on Mastodon there is now a content warning for "potentially controversial takes?"

I understand that Mastodon is still the best model and I've been telling people that for years now.

But if this catches on here, I'm absolutely out, this place is FINISHED and not worth considering.

This idea is quite literally worse than even anything Elon has done over at twitter.

#mastodon #twitter #uspol

Twitter is better than Mastodon because Elon Musk wouldn't ...

2025-01-04T03:50:23Z

Twitter is better than Mastodon because Elon Musk wouldn't make a fake account under the name Adrian Dittman and talk about how he gets lots of sex on here, like which instance would he even join to do that

#mastodon #twitter #uspol

Sure: but that's not the POINT of FEDERATED SOCIAL MEDIA ...

2024-12-14T05:43:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…5swq
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Sure:

*but that's not the POINT of FEDERATED SOCIAL MEDIA*

It's fine to want a closed space; that's what forums and discord-esque places are for.

The purpose of *federation* is to spread things far and wide.

I wish I shared your optimism, but overall I think people here ...

2024-12-12T17:51:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…uy9w
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I wish I shared your optimism, but overall I think people *here* really miss the point that, on social media

CONFLICT IS GOOD.

This place is absolutely the right theoretical model, but it dislikes conflict TOO much. The banhammers here make the place boring (again depending on what you'd like this place to look like. I want to be the town square, not the "safe space")