We Jews on the Fediverse have tried talking about issue of antisemitism as part of the larger values of anti-hate on the platform. It didn't work.

We tried to contact instance admins directly to open up a line of communication. It didn't work.

We tried to join collections of instances and discussed what we've gone through. It didn't work.

We tried to use education to explain why things are antisemitic. It didn't work.

We tried to bear our souls about why things people are posting cause real harm to us, individually and collectively. It didn't work.

We tried to show how hate speech is illegal in many countries. It only works with German instances.

We tried showing examples of antisemitism on the Fediverse to highlight the problem. It only works a little.

Now we know that this network is very unsafe for Jews, many have left, and a few have resorted to making fun of the antisemites out of frustration. If that bothers you, take antisemitism on this network seriously.

#Fediverse #Hate

@serge I'm skeptical that human nature - when looked at collectively, across large numbers of people - really has the psychological stability and maturity for federation to _really_ work like everyone seems to idealistically assume it can and should.

In other words, virtually everyone here seems to be optimistically assuming that no psychologically-toxic "tragedy of the commons" will occur, but then alas, that's what comes along and happens.

The technologically-inclined, geek perspective on federation assumes "what could go wrong?", but then psychologists like Sam Vaknin warn about how "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished" (the "good deed" here being the creation of the Fediverse):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOYjHm7dhak