X has, once again, quietly changed its rules around deadnaming and misgendering without an explanation.
  • Ekybio@lemmy.world
    273·
    9 months ago

    As with so much of what happens at X, there is significant confusion about the policy as the company’s rules seem to change based on the whims of Musk rather than a considered process.

    Here is what I assume happend:

    Elon, desperate for approval from his “fans” personally changed this, because almost all the people left on twitter that engage with him are “right-wingers”. And they dont want to be held accountable for being vile garbage.

    And so they, like the most fragile of snowflakes, started to whine about having to follow basic rules of human decency for once in their online existence, making them deeply uncomfortable.

    And Elon followed suit, because these are the only people he has left now. People who exploit him for his position and clout, just as he exploits them for small ammounts of dopamine, when they applaud him for making the worls worse again.

  • BothsidesistFraud@lemmy.world
    410·
    9 months ago

    Misgendering is a very mild form of disrespect compared to what all is out there, regularly, on X and every other social media site. It is a good thing that these sites do not generally regulate disrespect, although for community controlled forums (such as subreddits) I think it’s good that moderators can choose their own rules.

    • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      71·
      9 months ago

      Misgendering is a cornerstone of the antisocial system of harrassment that contributes to trans deaths. Calling it a mild form of harassment is deeply misguided.

      By the way, this is one of those places where engaging in transphobia (or any other form of bigotry) will get someone banned.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      204·
      9 months ago

      I assume you wouldn’t mind if someone went to all of your neighbors and told all of them you were a pedophile.

      Let people say what they want, right?

      • theangryseal@lemmy.world
        53·
        9 months ago

        Slander isn’t the same thing as being insulting. I couldn’t take you to court for calling me Stevie or telling everyone to call me Stevie.

        I think twitter is stupid. I think the policy is stupid. I don’t think bullying people on any platform just to bully should be tolerated. Still though, that’s a whole different idea there.

    • Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee
      620·
      9 months ago

      Agreed. The hypocrites here are perfectly fine unjustifiably calling people they disagree with fascists, nazies, pedophiles etc. but then lose their shit when someone misgenders somebody. Some people are assholes - deal with it or block them.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        192·
        9 months ago

        Listen to yourself. You don’t even know the difference between plain old name calling and actual bigotry.

        “Nazi” or even “pedophile” is not the same as calling a trans woman a man for the same reason that it’s not the same as calling a gay man a f- or a black man a n-. When you insult someone for an innate quality about themselves that harms no one, you’re a bigot. It’s really that simple and it’s sad that you don’t understand that.

        • ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world
          4·
          9 months ago

          The key qualification in the comment you’re busting is the word “unjustifiably.” It is pretty easy to justify calling people fascists or Nazis based on the subject’s own behavior. You can’t justify bigotry with anything but hatred.