cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/15541577
The extension shinigami eyes is back.
Quick context: the extension allows you to see which profiles are supportive or transphobic and it wasn’t updated for 2 years.
I was worried it was abandoned. Hopefully we can get Ecosia and Lemmy supported and have it expanded it to cover racist/sexist profiles soon. I would like to donate to the developer if I could.
It is my favourite Firefox extension because it would protect you from seeing all the hate online and prevent unintentionally supporting a slimy transphobe😡 and it literally reveals to you people’s true colours.
2/10/2024
*support for blue sky *updated bloom filter *Fix colonization of Tumblr tags
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Never heard of that extension. Neat idea, but seems open to abuse by bad actors on both sides.
Wish they said more about vetting reports.
Exactly, who determines which one you are?
You do, by deciding whether or not to be transphobic. They give examples on their website
It’s really hard to say stuff that would get you flagged unless you’re trying
The community does.
I won’t be impressed by this extension until it shows the user’s remaining lifespan too
Well, imagine you don’t read terms and conditions and end up with half of your remaining lifespan.
Chances are if someone is marked red they’re likely to be antivaxx.
This seems like a dystopic tool for exerting social control. Better not step outside the lines, or the algorithm will make you the wrong color. Will this comment itself turn me red?
My understanding is that it’s rather strict. You basically have to explicitly be transphobic, saying shit like “you will never be a woman” or “trans is just a fetish.” They don’t tag someone as harmful unless they actually say harmful things.
the internet is just stuff on various computers, most of which are privately owned - imagine someone complaining that their free speech rights override your right to control your property, because you took down a note stuck to your door. “dystopic tool for social control” dude go meet your neighbors and make some connections that matter instead of worrying about forcing yourself onto as many strangers’ screens as possible. so fuckin dramatic.
I am fine with anyone blocking me. I absolutely agree that doesn’t somehow ‘infringe on my free speech’ or whatever. My concern was about self censorship, social pressures, enforcing taboo within communities that would use tools such as this. I think the real victims of labelling ‘good’ and ‘bad’ people by color will end up being the members of the very communities that embrace this kind of idea. It does absolutely remind me of an episode of Black Mirror. I think it’s a very ‘dark path’ kind of thing, whether people might find that dramatic or not.
“go meet your neighbors and make some connections that matter” - is pretty condescending. My neighbours are nice. Danish woman and a Polish guy. But then again, I can’t see their ‘color’, so who really knows.
What self-censorship, social pressures, and taboo enforcement? The kind of person who will install this extension would not have done a transphobia if they weren’t aware of it
You have a wildly inaccurate idea of what this extension is
It’s a reporting system used by the community. It’s no different from getting banned by being toxic on the internet.
Free speech doesn’t give others the right to put vulnerable people closer to genocide.
It is different, in that this doesn’t even ban anyone. It’s little different from just a group chat where people tell reach other “hey, this chick is a terf, you might wanna block her”
If you have the ability, please flag me red in your system.
It wouldn’t pass moderation, because you haven’t said anything transphobic
To anyone who might be moderating a report over me in this comment chain: I am pretty confident that among my many opinions on all sorts of things are some you would label transphobic.
I’m also strongly against what you’re doing with this extension. I think therefore I deserve to be labeled as one of the ‘bad people’.
Ok? If you want to get flagged, say something awful and transphobic or link to a comment where you did. Nobody is gonna flag you just because you’re against the concept of this extension lmao
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ITT people worry their hate speech won’t be seen
Yeah free speech absolutists suck! Try criticizing their right wing ideas and watch them become hypocritical.
Hate speech needs to be punished because it is the first step of dehumanization.
i don’t think it even rises to the bar of a free speech issue, honestly. it’s akin to throwing a tantrum because someone took your jerkass note off the corkboard, it was a courtesy to let it stay there in the first place.
