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2 Kings 2:23-24: A story about what happens when you make fun of bald dudes

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Other Fediverse systems use the syntax @Utah@kbin.social.

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I'm not sure if it used to be different, but you have to click "Magazines" first, and then search.

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They can do it at the library during the day, I guess.

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Have you ever read The Empyrean by Katherine Franklin?

Account migration to other instances?

I'm quite sure this has been asked before, but I couldn't find a relevant article. Is there a way to migrate an account from, for example, kbin.social to a different Kbin instance? I'm thinking of creating my own instance to help take the load off kbin.social, but I'd like to be able to transfer my account before I do that. Is...

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Alright, thanks for letting me know!

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They both use the ActivityPub protocol. In fact, if you look at the users participating in this discussion, you'll find they are from various Lemmy and Kbin instances.

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Break out the popcorn.

Steam-Roller, to silverbugs

First post! I had an awesome find at a garage sale recently. $13 for 4.3oz of 925 silver. There are some name brands in there too like Silpada and counterfeit Tiffany 🤣

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@Steam That's quite a haul at an epic price. How do you test them to ensure they're legit silver?

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I really like my TWSBI Eco and Jinhao X750.

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I haven't had a lot of time to write welcome posts, but I made one for /m/aquariums and I've been working on specifying some basic rules for the magazines I've made. But yea, definitely "build it and they will come" mentality going on.

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Badges are like the post flairs in Reddit.

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Jinhao X750 with Diamine Bilberry
Jinhao 100 with Diamine Oxblood
TWSBI Eco also with Oxblood

I think that's it right now. I've got a Cross something or other but I don't remember if I refilled that or not.

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I love them. I like the X750 better than the 100 because it has a snap cap. I prefer those over twist caps.

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I'm going to hold off on deleting my Reddit account for a bit longer as well, but I'm ready to nuke it if things don't turn around there. Just don't wait until after the end of June, because most tools that help with downloading your data and nuking your posts (to prevent Reddit from continuing to profit from them) won't work then.

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I'm going to call my anniversaries on Kbin "Kake" days, lol

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    One of your posts was about Tucker Carlson. Not all conservatives like him.

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    Yeah, it was definitely a brigade. The Fediverse is known to be highly left, as most of the early adopters were leftists and members of the LGBTQ community.

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    I don't know specifically what I want to do in IT, but networking or system administration are kind of what I'm mostly interested in. I can do some programming but I don't have much experience with it. I really want to work in the non-profit or public service space, because the idea of using my skills to further enrich wealthy corporations doesn't really appeal to me.

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    You're absolutely right, and I think you've helped me figure out a bit more precisely what I'm looking for. Particularly this:

    Distributed ownership of a wiki is definitely a good idea, but i don't see the benefit of it being federated.

    Decentralization is what I'm after, not necessarily federation.

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    An emotion of intense revulsion. Hate speech? Excessively vulgar or violent language directed toward a person or group because of an integral or inalterable component of their identity, such as their skin color, ethnicity, religion, or inalterable physical characteristics.

    Many people have a watered-down standard for defining "hate". In my opinion, it's a strong word to be reserved for more extreme circumstances. "Hate" and "hate speech" are most often found in invective by left-leaning people against right-leaning people. Accepting a watered-down definition of hate and hate speech promotes left-leaning echo chambers and disenfranchises right-leaning users, prompting them to flee to more extreme online forums.

    EDIT: After a bit more thought, I realized that hate and hate speech are mostly besides the point for me when it comes to content moderation. People should be friendly and courteous in any group I moderate, period. I don't care about the morality of their speech as long as it's courteous and friendly.

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    Yeah, they're definitely a bigot--from a certain perspective. But when you boil it down, bigotry goes both ways. It's value-system-agnostic. By outright banning all bigotry based on your value system, you're not really banning bigotry. You're banning any value systems other than your own. By not tolerating their polite bigotry, you aren't going to change their mind. You're going to alienate them and drive them to more extreme corners of the Internet where they will most likely be radicalized while creating a feel-good echo chamber of your own.

    This essay on The Atlantic summarizes my views quite eloquently: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/12/conservatism-without-bigotry/544128/

    In short, I believe that polite bigotry should be tolerated in order to prevent the formation of echo chambers and to avoid enticing people to seek more extreme online communities to participate in.

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    I try to understand things from other peoples perspective, but I will not emphasize with those who consider me inferior and undeserving of my human rights.

    You'll never understand other perspectives if you deny them the ability to speak.

    Additionally, we know what happens when right-leaning people are denied access to mainstream platforms with their non-extreme, politically incorrect speech: they move to fringe, extremist platforms where they are radicalized and encouraged to engage in acts of violence and terrorism.

    I understand your frustration with conservative viewpoints on things like race and gender, but silencing them isn't going to change their minds. I have very close family members who have never been further from changing their viewpoints because they're never invited to discuss them, just told their views are unacceptable and they can either silence themselves, or go somewhere else. And so they abandon mainstream platforms and turn to fringe websites promoting violence, intolerance, terrorism, and more extreme forms of bigotry.

    Unless you would prefer those people to stop existing (that being bigotry as well), some tolerance of them is necessary. Pluralism is a net gain for all people, and is a two-way street.

    Again, I'm not saying violent or extreme rhetoric shouldn't be prohibited by owners of Kbin or Lemmy instances. I'm simply saying that I don't believe it's healthy for only left-wing perspectives to be allowed in the Fediverse.

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    Well, it sounds like we have diametrically-opposed value systems. I value pluralism and listening to multiple perspectives, even ones I disagree with. You seem to believe that certain viewpoints you disagree with should be silenced. It has been an interesting experience debating this with you, but I don't believe it would be productive to prolong our interaction.

    Good day.

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