Discussion
Another fedi friend - @alice - has fallen victim to the whims of payment processors :(
I wish that there was a good solution to this, as I have seen this happen to so many people here.
(lgbtqia.space blocks UK IP ranges, because of the Online Safety Act, so people here might not see Alice's toots.)
@neil @alice It happens to so, so many of us. And at times over the most unquestionable content.
I finally got my kofi back after removing any links from my fedi account but was basically told I'm just not allowed to share it.
It's fine if I use linktree or my website to point to it, then point people to that, just not directly. It's absurd.
@babe @neil @alice
What irks me is that the groundwork is there for payment processors to start classifying even photos at a pride party/parade as "questionable content". And where does it end? "To unlock your kofi, you must answer my riddle three." This is some bullshit theater, and none of us signed up for it
> Being allowed to be, solely at the mercy of others is not freedom.
I'm genuinely happy for you that you got your kofi back, even if you had to jump through hoops
Mastodon really needs a "followers-only" section to the profile bio, where you could put a line or two of text visible only to followers. Feels like that would work as a workaround to the sort of scraping likely used to determine if a profile is in compliance with these companies' rules.
@simon_brooke Sadly it won’t work because the payment processor can see the referrer link.
@joykill could be a useful feature for someone who wants to keep those links away from the public.
But it also feels like a technological solution for a social problem in this case. Because the reason why it is needed now for @alice is because companies decided what they are doing isn't decent.
Next thing pronouns or mentions of disabilities should be follower-only, only because some regime doesn't like it when folks communicate their existence and needs.
No; it is a risk decision.
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