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Re:Mastodon for Metalheads by Digit-Al on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @09:17AM (#19085433)
This is only a guess, but from the context I would assume that he means that if you see someone posting racist or other discriminatory toots(?) that you should challenge them.
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Re:Mastodon for Metalheads by gfwhukuu on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @09:23AM (#19085491)
So if they check server-side that I've read a "discriminatory toot" (whatever that means) and I haven't "challenged the guy" (whatever that means) or reported him I can expect to be banned?
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Re:Mastodon for Metalheads by laumars on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @09:34AM (#19085558)
Clearly the intent of that line is just that people should feel encouraged to report any hate speech.

I don't really understand why you've taken such an objection to the very concept of keeping hurtful comments to yourself on some specific public forums; but in any case I get the feeling that you're now just arguing for the sake of arguing.

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