Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@SecurityWriter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SecurityWriter</span></a></span> I don't defend this, nor anything else that <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MastodonEngineering</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/devs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devs</span></a> do, including <a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/28605" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">stifling and sabotaging</a> the need for good moderation tools.</p><ul><li>In return I think that the arguments pushed against the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> by (alleged) <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> are not worth entertaining, cuz the same folks would also dismiss any alternative to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GMail</span></a> cuz <em>they'd have to 'choose a Server'</em>....</li></ul><p>If we can't expect <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/users" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>users</span></a> to make informed decisions, then maybe they should not be allowed to use tech.</p><ul><li>Sorry for me <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/venting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>venting</span></a>, but noone would dismiss <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eMail</span></a> because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/mutt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mutt</span></a> is not a beginner-friendly eMail client for folks that can't even use a goddamn mouse, as so many <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Zoomers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zoomers</span></a> these days do.</li></ul><p>I gladly <em>teach people tech</em> but most don't want to learn or even follow through on suggestions, advice and take explanaitions to their answers, and at a certain point that's just tiring...</p>