So. I'm thinking of leaving #hachyderm for an instance that blocks #threads. I've read the reasons, and it's not enough to play in the same waters as the evilcorp that is meta.
Suggestions? Tech centric, inclusive, progressive is what I'm looking for.
I’ve seen more people talk about the recent Mastodon spam wave than I’ve seen actual spam. And I’ve seen people complain about performance issues on Mastodon without ever having experienced any myself.
Whatever the #hachyderm team is doing, they are doing it really well.
If you’re on this instance and have some money to spare, don’t forget to sponsor the team making it all work so smoothly!
@cyberlyra
The blog at https://community.hachyderm.io/blog/
has been discussing (in each of the most recent posts) the current state of Threads. I don’t see anything there about Bluesky, but maybe that’s a good enough place to start?
seems like #hachyderm is experiencing some kind of split brain, probably between streaming & polling APIs. ivory is getting some of my notifications while the web app is getting an entirely different set
The TL;DR is that Hachyderm federates by default until there is a reason not to. The moderators are committed to researching how Threads is behaving in the Fediverse and we should hear an update in a couple weeks, with an in-depth explanation of whatever action the mods take by the end of January (if I'm reading right).
@davealvarado Yeah, I mean I understand wanting to "be the bigger person" and not pre-judge people, but also Meta isn't a brand-new entity. They have a long history of being awful, so much so that I have a hard time giving them the benefit of the doubt just because the medium they're working in has changed slightly.
Like, I'm not mad about their choice, I see what they're trying to do and the good intentions it's coming from. I'm just maybe more cynical or even just realistic, potentially.
@davealvarado Since this decision in July, Threads has demonstrated its unwillingness to moderate hate speech and harassment.
It is a known fact that A LOT of transphobes and white supremacists thrive on that instance, how many users will need to be brigaded and harassed before you de-federate? I signed up on #hachyderm because of the "Safe Space For Technical Professionals" headline, but I cannot feel safe on an instance that waits for harm to happen when it's obvious that it will.
There was talk a while ago of hachyderm starting a sibling lemmy instance. I think it was decided to be too much or not worth it. Makes perfect sense.
The more I interact with what became the de facto tech lemmy instance the more I wish hachyderm had made a lemmy instance and tried to establish good/nice tech culture.
Every interaction I have with programming.dev feels like a frustrating conversation with a more juvenile version of hackernews.
Wow it’s been just over a year since I joined #Mastodon#Hachyderm time flies! Definitely one of the best social media decisions I’ve never made. The decision to roll out of the bird site has done wonders for my mental health.
Today, it's been 1 year since I joined #hachyderm: a year full of encounters. I discovered new sources to keep myself informed and above all I left Twitter and its hostile environment.
Thanks to @nova for launching Hachyderm.
RIP :nova: