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Euuuuh... Is it me or is some parts of the article setting up/opposing LGBTQ+ against non-lgbtq?
"One of the interesting dynamics of the discussion so far is so much of the resistance to Meta has come from queer and trans people, and that most of the loudest supporters of Meta in the fediverse are cis guys." This sentence may be technicaly right, but it's ~~sooooo stupid~~ mostly interpretation. Edit: wrong and uncalled for
Starting from there, the article seems to be as much about "us va them" than threads and meta...
Why is it stupid? The article isn't setting up the tension, it's describing the tension that exists.
Unless I'm mistaken, if you remove the LGBTQ community everybody that left... Is cis persons. As in general "techy" world, most of the person using fediverse (and it's currently changing rapidly, which is good) is male.
I may very well be mistaken, but the way this sentence is constructed make it feels like one information is being phrased in a way that fitting a certain point of view.
Anyway, I'm probably over analysing, as usual.
Yes, I certainly constructed the sentence to highlight the different reactions. Later in the article I say "And by prioritizing their desire to be embraced by Meta over queer and trans people's safety, Meta's cis advocates undercut their claims to be allies in ways that may be hard to recover from" -- which is true no matter what Meta does or doesn't wind up doing with Threads. Of course it's not the only thing going on, but I think it's important enough that it's worth highlighting.