@james@annika a more forceful reason is it's easy for bad actors to join, so you're more likely to see unmoderated hate speech and spam, and less likely to see good posts because other servers tend to block it for the above hate speech and spam
@annika toot.garden has mastodon.social silenced/limited because of the poor moderation, just too many people on it, and too much to moderate. Which sucks, because it makes it harder to find people and content, but it also keeps harassment, spam bots, and other related issues away for the most part
@annika Is there any simple way to set up Fediverse webfinger or similar service to use @mydomainname in handle without running dedicated server? I'd like to be part of bigger community than one user but still have the username that I can use forever and move around
What frustrates me is that it's entirely possible to write an external app to do post-migration. it wouldn't have to run on the same server or even be in the same language (Masto is written in Ruby). I just haven't had time...
(The one catch is that I'm not sure if the API allows backdating new posts -- but that could be ameliorated by adding a header or footer indicating that the post was migrated, and its original timestamp.)
@coolstar Large servers with open registration are harder to moderate due to their size, but also harder for other servers to block because they represent such a large % of users on the network. Having people spread out over more servers is better for the health of the network, and as a bonus you also get more of a community feel from smaller servers.
@annika@coolstar This is such a good point, and I'm glad someone actually offered a simple, clear explanation. So: thank you! I'm interested if there are any rough estimates or even definitions of what numbers constitute a "small," "medium," or "large" server?
@MediaActivist I think 10 people would give you 10 different answers, but maybe: you can know everyone on a Small server (a few dozen people), you can feel like part of a larger community on a Medium server (a few hundred), a team can effectively moderate a Large server (a few thousand?). Past that it gets unwieldy and you get all the moderation problems we expect from huge commercial social networks. Would love to hear other perspectives on this!
@annika Thank you! Of course, it's very open to interpretation in many respects. But your suggestion here is really good food for thought - and hopefully provokes further discussion! (I'll boost!)
@annika im done jumping around. I picked one that worked for me. And now, just like being told to leave twitter, leave facebook, leave insta, and now leave .social.
this isn't telling you what to do as in being-the-boss-of-you*
it's life advice, like "don't spit into the wind"
Complaining about this advice has got big shoot-the-messenger energy. We aren't the ones who are ruining Twitter right now or posting racist dogwhistle Minion memes on Facebook or whatever the heck goes on in there any more.
do what you want. Stay on Twitter (if you can even log in). Enjoy all that that entails, if that's your thing.
We understand being tired of the churn. Like, seriously.
Most of us aren't in any position to stop the churn, though, and I bet that includes you. We do, sometimes, have some choice in how we deal with the churn, though. And that's what this advice is about.
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