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what makes this any different than Libsoftiktok?

also he did violate the terms of service

Aldo he violated the tos, was banned, and then called all his friends to get in touch with someone high up to unban him and make him specially immune to the rules.

Also, he did violate the ToS. A lot.

Not a great look TechCrunch

Maybe you'd be better at journalism if you didn'ty use such wishy washy language. It's not just his views, the man has been documented as harassing trans people and you say it's just 'views'. Stop being part of the fucking problem.

Ban over aggressive confrontational tactics designed to pile on to people he disagrees with

Views? He literally organises harassment campaigns, you cowards.

Just block and move on. Don't Streisand the trolls.

It’s not over the anti-trans views. It is because he encourages harassment against trans communities. Can you at least make an honest headline here?

I hate when I come to a crossroad and I have to choose between letting a single insufferable asshole make thousands of people's lives worse because we live in a hell designed by idiots that think every platform ever has to make space for contentious stupidity, or having a nice time.

If he's gonna put that much effort into being a shithead, even banning him would make no difference; he'll just switch to a burner account and do the same damn thing on Xitter. I don't know why I keep having to tell people this, but if someone's socmed harassment turns into IN PERSON harassment...

Over his active, currently happening, harassment. Not hypothetical or in the future

Its stochastic terrorism lol

he harasses people and is a pedophile, actually

In the long run, what needs to happen is a service one can subscribe to that creates a dynamic block-list of anyone that follows bad actors. If you follow a bad actor you get an automatic warning after which anyone subscribed will auto-block you and you will be added to the bad actor list.

Oh wow you're smart

no

bluesky should be a beacon of anti-bigotry and anti-hate ideas only. if people want to spread hate, go on x or facebook or whatever ... get off bluesky, this place is not for them.

he’s already broken the rules, which has been outlined in the petition :)

Nah nah nah. We aren’t here for this “I’m not touching you” bullshit. We actually don’t have to support giving Singal a platform over this free speech nonsense; you want to live that way feel free to go back to X.

Your headline is wrong. His views are not a violation of the terms of service - his ACTIONS are.

"Should we pass the easiest moral test possible at exactly zero cost to the platform?" sure is a thinker

Can @bsky.app also introduce a feature/option/tool that allows users to automatically block all followers of an account they blocked, except for ones a user is already following or selectively excludes from auto blocking?

Huh, must be a different pettition. The one i signed was to "actually enforce the TOS as stated, which there are several clear violations of which have gone unenforced for mysterious reasons." Where's the petition you're talking about, I'll sign that one too.

Not true people left twitter in order to get away from he bigotry.

Thanks for taking the time to share that context.

And that's only the tip of a very disgusting iceberg

Just block and move on. Block any mentions of his name while you're at it. Bluesky makes it very easy to dodge the ragebait. Don't get dragged down into the mud with them. Just block and move on.

If he's just posting an opinion without doubling down on it or threatening anyone then no he shouldn't be banned. But I've never encountered him here so what do I know?

You tried. But hey you got kinda close to making an accurate headline! At least you didn’t blame trans people automatically! That’s a baby step.

Not leading with the specific, *substantiated* point that the stated TOS aren't being followed feels... questionable. Implying this is primarily about "views" (seriously, look at the word order and article content) borders on nonsense; It's re: ongoing, targeted harassment that's against TOS.

Actions. Not views. No one gives a leperous shit what he thinks. The problem is his actions.

Brigading just ruins the site

Guys, "banned for his views" is a swing and a miss, big time. I hope you get the clicks you wanted.

Ban the fuck He can have xitter

His anti-trans actions have been far more significant.

Not heard of him or seen his posts, probably because I've subscribed to a list that collects these bastards and blocks them for me. As far as I know he doesn't exist.

People can just block. We do have a great blocking system

Y'all should be ASHAMED of having glossed over harassment by calling it "views".

Hate speech is hate speech no matter the vagueness of the words. Intent is intent. This should be the base of hate speech.

just to be clear it's not just "views" he actively harasses people and is part of the reason why a bunch of minors in the UK are going to be forced through a traumatic puberty. yet more media passive voice type downplay.

Correction: users petition to ban Singal over anti-trans actions.

AND he said quite specifically on Twitter that he plans to do this here because he thinks Trans people are too safe here.

Who even is this guy? What did I miss?! 😅

We don't care about his views, we care about him facilitating real life hate attacks on people, including terrorist threats in Ireland. The hosts of his website stopped hosting it because of how dangerous it was, and he's actively posting about restarting it. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Not over his views. Over his actions. He's using the platform to hurt people.

That's good

Damn maybe you should learn anything at all about what you're talking about before talking about it

He targets trans people and especially minors when he leaked information from a children’s health clinic pertaining to gender dysphoria. He’s also posts articles defending pedophiles in the same breath. He’s genuinely a monster and imho a pedo himself. I’ll say it out loud and idgaf.

sorry I posted that befor I did.

I didn't know the guy either. He is however explicitly gloating about how he is violating TOS and not getting banned though, so uhh.... probably should get rid of him.

Your headline is bad and you should feel bad.

Nobody as awful as this person should be allowed to spew their garbage in ANY platform. Allowing it is condoning it.

Relatively new here. Is Bluesky an echo-chamber?

Oh, just "views"? It's conduct, too. TechCrunch, stop both-sidesing this shit okay Unless you're starting "hate the t-slurs" vertical you really don't need to defend Singal, even in slight

I would have recognized him for what he was and banned him when I was a mod in like 2004. Not being able to see what he's doing in 2024 feels disingenuous. At BEST.

Is it for his views @techcrunch.com , or is it for his role in coordinated harassment and doxxing?

Clarification, I don't mean YOU, specifically. I mean people shouldn't expect moderators to hold their hand and protect them from all the big meanies. Just encourage everyone you know to use block lists, and block at the first sight of MAGAtism. They thrive on the attention and little else.

No need for it to be automatic. Be a big kid and do it yourself. bsky.app/profile/did:...

He uses alts to stalk,dox and harrass people. That doesnt help in this situation

yes it is. They own the platform. if law enforcement gets involve. Its already too late and they would be still held responsible cause it happen on THEIR platform.

It's one thing to voice your opinion. It's another to purposely attack.

He knowingly, repeatedly broke the terms of service. It’s just asking for accountability

Views? No mate. His BEHAVIOR requires a banned.

How about we ban TechCrunch for terrible journalism and twisting the narrative of this story? You're intentionally ignoring that Singal harasses people, which is a very clear violation of the TOS. It isn't his views. It's the fact that he acts like an asshole.

over his actions, not his views. i know it's easy to make people sound puritanical when they're upset about something, but this is a practical matter

nobody wants to ban anybody over views, but apparently some people are allowed to break the Terms of Service without consequences that is the issue

Look at you. Trying to bring 2010 cancel culture back. Do you miss it?

Views is a weird way to describe telling a bunch of people to bring targeted harassment to a website. Dont we normally call that brigaiding?

It’s about his organised and targeted harassment, not his views.

There has to be some ability to say your piece. Just don't follow them. If someone is harassing, threatening they should be gone.

actions. not views, actions. plenty of transphobes are here. we don't expect them banned until they do something harmful.