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* '''site''': https://bylines.social/ | * '''site''': https://bylines.social/ | ||
** '''main/admin''': [https://bylines.social/@clarion @clarion] | ** '''main/admin''': [https://bylines.social/@clarion @clarion] | ||
==About== | ==About== | ||
| − | [[bylines.social]] is a Mastodon instance created by/for the [https://bylinesnetwork.co.uk/ Bylines Network], with Yorkshire Bylines as the primary poster currently. | + | [[bylines.social]] is a Mastodon instance created by/for the [https://bylinesnetwork.co.uk/ Bylines Network], with Yorkshire Bylines as the primary poster currently. While they appear to be firmly reality-based, they also appear to have had rather poor judgement regarding moderation. |
| − | == | + | ==History== |
| − | + | * '''2023-01-17''' [https://toot.cat/@news/109706098784877596 blocked for transmisia] -- I guess they were still being too light in moderating the fash. {{w/init}} | |
| + | * '''2023-01-03''' [https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/01/03/effective-shunning/ Effective shunning] ([https://octodon.social/@pzmyers/109625736155255416 via]) {{fmt/quote|One of the bonuses of being on Mastodon is the fediverse is actually strong about crushing bad actors. A shiny new newspaper out of Yorkshire trying to make it in an online world published a lazy, stupid opinion piece about trans people — it’s England, you know, the place is infested with transphobes — and got [https://masto.ai/@stavvers/109625132804829976 slammed hard for it].}} | ||
| + | ** Note: I have not been able to find the opinion piece described. {{w/init}} | ||
* '''2023-01-02''' [https://bylines.social/@YorksBylines/109619544194168335 bylines.social/@YorksBylines] {{fmt/quote|If we can establish a consensus that trans men are men and trans women are women, it is likely to add to the safety of all as it increases the open-mindedness of society and challenges fears and divisions | Andy Brown / #Bylines #Transgender #TransRightsAreHumanRights}} | * '''2023-01-02''' [https://bylines.social/@YorksBylines/109619544194168335 bylines.social/@YorksBylines] {{fmt/quote|If we can establish a consensus that trans men are men and trans women are women, it is likely to add to the safety of all as it increases the open-mindedness of society and challenges fears and divisions | Andy Brown / #Bylines #Transgender #TransRightsAreHumanRights}} | ||
** linked: '''2023-01-02''' [https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/transgender-rights-everything-old-is-new-again/ Transgender rights: everything old is new again] {{fmt/quote|Whenever any section of society starts to stand up for its rights it faces a barrage of criticism and people come up with some very overblown theories about what will go wrong if we start treating them more reasonably.}} | ** linked: '''2023-01-02''' [https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/transgender-rights-everything-old-is-new-again/ Transgender rights: everything old is new again] {{fmt/quote|Whenever any section of society starts to stand up for its rights it faces a barrage of criticism and people come up with some very overblown theories about what will go wrong if we start treating them more reasonably.}} | ||
| − | + | ** A user reported [https://bylines.social/@YorksBylines/109619544194168335 this post], concerned that it represented an invitation to (re)open "debate" on whether trans people are who they say they are: | |
| − | It's entirely understandable to be concerned about any framing of trans rights as a "debate", but I think this post is more about seeking to establish a solid consensus ''against'' the the idea that such debate is legitimate -- where the purpose of "consensus" in this context is that nobody can get away with pretending there's any serious debate on the matter. | + | *** It's entirely understandable to be concerned about any framing of trans rights as a "debate", but I think this post is more about seeking to establish a solid consensus ''against'' the the idea that such debate is legitimate -- where the purpose of "consensus" in this context is that nobody can get away with pretending there's any serious debate on the matter. Looking at a smattering of other posts on the instance and on the Yorkshire Bylines site, they seem solidly reality-based. {{w/init}} |
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| − | Looking at a smattering of other posts on the instance and on the Yorkshire Bylines site, they seem solidly reality-based. | ||
Latest revision as of 19:25, 17 January 2023
- site: https://bylines.social/
- main/admin: @clarion
About
bylines.social is a Mastodon instance created by/for the Bylines Network, with Yorkshire Bylines as the primary poster currently. While they appear to be firmly reality-based, they also appear to have had rather poor judgement regarding moderation.
History
- 2023-01-17 blocked for transmisia -- I guess they were still being too light in moderating the fash. —W.
- 2023-01-03 Effective shunning (via) «One of the bonuses of being on Mastodon is the fediverse is actually strong about crushing bad actors. A shiny new newspaper out of Yorkshire trying to make it in an online world published a lazy, stupid opinion piece about trans people — it’s England, you know, the place is infested with transphobes — and got slammed hard for it.»
- Note: I have not been able to find the opinion piece described. —W.
- 2023-01-02 bylines.social/@YorksBylines «If we can establish a consensus that trans men are men and trans women are women, it is likely to add to the safety of all as it increases the open-mindedness of society and challenges fears and divisions »
- linked: 2023-01-02 Transgender rights: everything old is new again «Whenever any section of society starts to stand up for its rights it faces a barrage of criticism and people come up with some very overblown theories about what will go wrong if we start treating them more reasonably.»
- A user reported this post, concerned that it represented an invitation to (re)open "debate" on whether trans people are who they say they are:
- It's entirely understandable to be concerned about any framing of trans rights as a "debate", but I think this post is more about seeking to establish a solid consensus against the the idea that such debate is legitimate -- where the purpose of "consensus" in this context is that nobody can get away with pretending there's any serious debate on the matter. Looking at a smattering of other posts on the instance and on the Yorkshire Bylines site, they seem solidly reality-based. —W.