@artyom as I wrote here, Weinthal’s message is dangerous—both because of the falsehoods it asserts and because of the credibility he holds with his audience. The fact that, rather than stating just one falsehood (“Mastodon is antisemitic”), he states two (“Mastodon is a platform that is antisemitic”), does not make matters any better…
The general public does not understand the nuances
@Pamasich The mastodon used in my instance is an enhanced fork that allows me to write in Markdown.
In the past, I’ve encountered some Lemmy apps that didn’t compile the formatting correctly (for example, a hashtag at the beginning of a paragraph was interpreted as the # that defines the head, resulting in a paragraph written in huge letters).
Another problem is the size of “header 1” compared to “header 7”: since these tags were designed for typographic output, it’s not possible to maintain a consistent difference between all seven “headers” on screen, otherwise you’ll end up with a gigantic “header 1.” A good compromise for developers is to focus only on the first two or three headers.
@NetscapeNavigator@vivaldi.net @fediverse @iftas @Zomg@piefed.world @Zomg@lemmy.world
@Zomg This is what I see with my app
@mrdown yes but this has fuck nothing to do with what I said
@Zomg I’m sorry 🙏, but my post is beautifully formatted and reads perfectly on mastodon, on lemmy, and on mbin.
If piefed fails to format correctly by oversizing the titles, it’s not my fault, but you can file an issue on their codeberg:
What’s the point of the formatting bar? Is it to help with markdown?
Yes, Mastodon glitch-soc is a fork that allows you to create posts in markdown, but its web interface does not have formatting bars (unlike Lemmy). So it is not easy to write a formatted post with links in the right place from your smartphone
@gon You may have heard of another app, Raccoon for Lemmy, which was made by the same developer.
I also use Raccoon for Friendica from my glitch-soc Mastodon instance, because it is the only Mastodon App that has a formatting bar
@piratepost marvelous!
@artyom In here, we are all well aware of the truth. But outside of here, that’s not the case. The problem isn’t just the defamation itself—it’s that this defamation is actually credible to the general public!
When someone invites a friend to join Mastodon, that friend might recall Weinthal’s words and feel a sense of doubt or hesitation—and perhaps they won’t sign up, because, well, maybe Mastodon is an “antisemitic platform”.