Welcome to radikal.social!

This Mastodon instance was created by a group of activists who seek to create a decentralized social media platform and provide access to the Fediverse for the radical left in and around Denmark that is independent of the mainstream centralized and intensively surveilled platforms.

A digital space where we can share knowledge and ideas, spread propaganda, connect with each other, and reach new people on our own terms while being in control of our own data.

We are progressive, extra-parliamentary leftists fighting for a different and better world based on principles of freedom, equality and autonomy and without discrimination and oppression in all its forms.

We hope you want to join!

Guides

Are you new to Mastodon and the Fediverse? Here are some guides that might help you get started:

English

Danish

Contact us

Modstand | they/them | @modstand | Danish, English

Fraktal | he/him | @Fraktal | Danish, English

Sigurd | he/him/they/them | @siggi | Danish, Icelandic, English

Snue | any | @snue | Danish, English

Code of Conduct

We expect everyone joining radikal.social to be aligned with the general goal of the instance as described above. At the same time, we realize that "the radical left" isn't a unanimous group and that disagreements and opposites exist within our movements.

Therefore we have specified how we moderate the instance here.

How we moderate

Every report is reviewed individually. We always initiate a dialogue with the reported account explaining why we think their behaviour is wrong and which actions we plan to take.

We differentiate between ignorance and malicious intent and want to give people the chance to learn and better themselves. If you have been reported we expect you to participate in the dialogue we initiate with you.

What we moderate

This is not a complete list of what we don't want on the server as such a list could never exist. Instead, we rely on trusting the reports we receive and listening to the people being harmed.

No discrimination, meaning:

• No racism
  • No anti-blackness
  • No tone policing
  • No gaslighting BIPOC experiences
  • No cultural appropriation
  • No racial slurs (unless they are being reclaimed)
• No sexism/femmephobia
  • No toxic masculinity
  • No sexist slurs (unless they are being reclaimed)
• No trans- & queerphobia
  • Don't assume anyone's gender, pronouns or sexuality
  • Don't misgender or use deadnames
  • Limit gendered language
  • Don't "out" anyone
• No ableism
  • Don't favour able-bodied/neurotypical people
  • Be aware of ableism in language and humour
• No fatphobia
• Don't use fat as an insult or skinny as a compliment
• No bodyshaming
• No classism
• No xenophobia

No harassment in other forms:

• No pornographic and/or sexualized images depicting people who did not consent to their image being shared
• No threats of violence or incitement of violence towards any individual (including encouraging a person to commit suicide or to engage in self-harm)
• No stalking or doxxing
• No continued one-on-one communication after requests to cease
• No purposeful misinformation
• No spam

What we don't moderate

We prioritize marginalized people’s safety over privileged people’s comfort. This means that we will not act on reports regarding:

• ‘Reverse’ -isms, including ‘reverse racism,’ ‘reverse sexism,’ and ‘cisphobia’ (because these things don’t exist)
• Reasonable communication of boundaries, such as “leave me alone,” “go away,” or “I’m not discussing this with you.”
• Refusal to explain or debate social justice concepts
• Communication in a ‘tone’ you don’t find congenial

Reporting

We rely on user reports to be able to moderate the instance. Reports should contain links, explanations, or other information that is relevant to the report.

A report does not guarantee the moderation response that you've requested. If reporting users are not satisfied with our decisions, we suggest using the Mute or Block functions.

We will do our best to follow up within a reasonable time frame.

Instructions on how to report a post can be found here.

Blocking & muting

We encourage users to make use of the block and mute options to help control what content appears on their timelines. While moderators will do our best to block bad offenders and defederate from toxic instances, we recognize that people have different limits and expectations of the fediverse, and these options allow for a more personalized experience.

Instructions on how to use personalized Block and Mute controls can be found here.

Content Warnings

Please use Mastodon's built-in Content Warning (CW) tool to label posts that other users may find upsetting. The following must always be labelled with a content warning:

• Visual depictions of physical violence, blood, severe injuries, torture, murder, or medical procedures
• Mentionings of suicide, self-harm, abuse, rape, or sexual assault
• Pornographic content and detailings of sexual acts
• Spoilers (within reason)

Accounts that regularly post these types of posts without Content Warnings may have their accounts silenced, or suspended, based on the severity of the behaviour, and may be asked by the moderators to migrate to another instance.

All users are encouraged to be considerate of others’ needs and preferences. Please listen and respect if someone asks you to label a post with a content warning.

Accessibility

We encourage the usage of captions and descriptive text when posting images, to make your posts more accessible to users who use screen readers.

For the same reason, we also discourage the usage of excessive emojis or unicode text symbols in posts or usernames.

Privacy

Posts on Mastodon are not end-to-end encrypted and IPs and other metadata are recorded when you use the site.

Therefore, radikal.social (as well as any other instance) should not be used to send sensitive information or post things you wouldn't post publicly anywhere else on the internet.

You have four different levels of publishing to choose from when posting. You can read about them here.

You can choose if you want to require follow requests and if you want your account to be suggested to others under your profile settings.

By default, your profile is indexed by search engines. You can change this in your settings here.

The moderator team send a public welcome message to all new accounts created on the server.

The instance is hosted at masto.host. We dont run our own server.

Read the full Privacy Policy here.

Who runs and moderates radikal.social?

As mentioned in the intro we are a group of activists who created the server. We are organized in a semi-open group and intend to keep a constant flow of people in and out of the moderation team to ensure a distribution of power and to keep the group representative of different positionalities.

If you are interested in becoming a part of the group feel free to reach out to us. As the moderation team, we are dedicated to keep improving our policy and moderation. We are accountable for the moderation we perform. Any feedback or criticism is very welcome!