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minus-squarejjjalljslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·2 days agoNazis and their allies should not have a platform. When blueksy verifies them, it tells you that bluesky is aware of their presence on their (private, centralized) platform and accepts it. Thus, the verification requires allowing them to have a platform. Since they should not have a platform, they should not be verified.
minus-squareSaapas@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 days agoSo it’s not the verification itself that’s a problem, but rather the platforming
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 days agoYou do not platform Nazis, let alone legitimise them with “verification”.
minus-squarejjjalljslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agoYes. And verification requires platforming, so transitively they shouldn’t be verified.
Nazis and their allies should not have a platform.
When blueksy verifies them, it tells you that bluesky is aware of their presence on their (private, centralized) platform and accepts it.
Thus, the verification requires allowing them to have a platform.
Since they should not have a platform, they should not be verified.
So it’s not the verification itself that’s a problem, but rather the platforming
You do not platform Nazis, let alone legitimise them with “verification”.
Yes. And verification requires platforming, so transitively they shouldn’t be verified.