Misha

No group of people in human history, not on-line, not in real life, has ever existed without content moderation.

The idea that Reddit, or Twitter, or Nostr, or any other place, virtual or otherwise can, should, or ever will exist without content moderation is fucking absurd. You have to be brain-dead to believe something so obviously idiotic. And to frame that ridiculous delusion in terms like “free speech” only goes to show that nobody has a clue what they’re talking about.

We gleefully wallow in neo-Puritan sex-phobia,

all under the guise of criticizing “sexualization”

#SPR860

Content moderation is like knives. A lot of people are murdered by knives every year. If your brother was killed with a knife you might have very strong anti-knife feelings.

but the solution is not to outlaw all sharp bladed objects. The concept of the knife (content moderation) is not to blame for the bad things people do with the knife.

Knives are much more often used for good than for evil. They are extremely useful for food preparation, and opening packages, for example.

I've had several social media suspended. People try to murder my message with content moderation (knives) all the time. But the knife (content moderation) is not to blame. Social media platforms must delete malicious accounts. Otherwise they become unusable. My message is quite controversial. A lot of people don't want their false narratives scrutinized, or their goofy myths challenged in any way. They will use knives (content moderation) to try to stop me. That's ok. That's normal civic discussion.

A radical change in the way we see ourselves, our bodies, and sexuality, and normal human interactions, coincides with the meteoric rise of the word "sexualize"

https://kraut.zone/w/vNBPA96oiUohpm2HpT7HuF (5-min PeerTube video)

I went to high school in the 1980s, and everyone was saying all the same things back then too.

I have absolutely no doubt that this exact same message was conveyed in the 70s, in the 60s, in the 50s... people are ALWAYS complaining "There's too much sex in media these days."

The Word Sexualize Has Hijacked Our Minds

Never used before about 1995 the skyrocketing popularity of the word "to sexualize" represents not only a brand new concept, but also a profound paradigm shift in the way we think about our bodies and our sex lives.

https://kraut.zone/w/3qDRm34m3wh88Jb6sYxR7z (5-minute PeerTube video)

I got attacked by trolls on lemm.ee and the admin over there, in his infinite wisdom, decided to punish me for getting bullied.

Sexy has positive connotations. Sexual is neutral. Sexualized has negative connotations.

The first two have been almost completely replaced by the third over the last 20 years. It's a profound change in the way we perceive the world.

https://kraut.zone/w/3qDRm34m3wh88Jb6sYxR7z

Elvis was the demon

Everybody said that Elvis moving his hips on stage was causing terrible harm :-)

Every generation has some idiotic bogey man which is sexual and destroying society :-)

Today it's "sexualized culture" :-D

#Ridiculous