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#Assertion: the most important post for the #Fediverse is going to be … this twit: twitter.com/photomatt/status/1

For the unaware, photomatt is Matt Mullenweg, the founder of Automattic Inc., the company behind WordPress that bought Tumblr from Verizon.
And for those that don't want to visit birdsite, the post is about the possibility for #Tumblr to integrate with #Mastodon (and #BlueSky, but we don't talk about that).

TwitterMatt Mullenweg on Twitter“How should @Tumblr integrate with Mastodon and/or @bluesky ?”
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@tindall

By contrast, "do you identify as X" explicitly puts X in the domain of attributes in which your own assertion is sufficient.

I've known people who felt that they could simply assert themselves to be doctors or have the educational titles they coveted. It gets to be a scary place rather quickly.

This is also the reason why, despite my nymsake's honorific of "Dr." I've chosen "Doc" here and elsewhere. Enough people don't get the joke that false authority is often presumed. It's not warranted and I don't wish to deceive.

#bestowal #assertion #relations #identity

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@tindall So let's try that experiment and consider the counterpoint: "Do you identify with" explicitly grants the subject agency.

"What X are you" may be interpreted as "how are you classified by some external agency?"

E.g. in the cases of both veteran status and disability, these are classifications determined by some other authority --- a military establishment or medical practitioner.

Note that in both those cases, the authority itself is also conveyed rather then self-asserted.

Regardless of whether or not I self-identify as a General in the Australian Army or a medical doctor, unless I've been recognised as such by the corresponding authorities themselves, what I assert or believe has no relevance in the matter.

#identity #relations #assertion #bestowal

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