Are0h

@Are0h@ubiqueros.com

Creative. Fedi legend. He/They. Chaotic Good.
https://roiskinda.cool/
https://patreon.com/are0h
https://thebad.space

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Are0h, to random

Hey, lovely people and hateful bastards.

So, there is less than a week left in 2023, so it's close to shutting down this instance permanently as I move to my new home at h.i..

I will miss this place because this is where I returned to the fedi after some time away. It will always be a special moment because I wasn't sure I would return to the fedi post Play Vicious.

But it's time to move on to bigger and better as I push and forward, from personal projects to a community effort. It's time to make some changes so I can do my part to make the fedi better and safer for everyone, not just a handful of people who like computers and have resources for expensive hobbies.

Through all the hate, harassment campaigns, lies, and abuse, I'm still very excited about the future of the fedi and what this place can be when we work together.

We can still create a new context for what social media can and should be.

Ha, and of course, I'm still gonna be talking shit.

Come over when you get a chance. We're gonna have some fun.

Are0h, to random

Hey, hey, just another quick reminder that this instance is being shut down at the end of the year as I move over to my new home at h.i. social.

This place will always be special as it was my home after returning to the fedi after being away for a while, but with the explosion of interest in (ha, both excellent and racist) and the continuing development of , it's just time to move on and get a bit more organized for the new year and provide a space for the community around these projects to have a home.

It's been a wild year, to say the least, but in the end, it has shown me what I need to do.

And I'm pretty excited about it.

Are0h, to random

What's up, lovers and haters. I hope your Sunday doesn't suck... well... unless you want it to. No judgment.

Ha, anyway, we're down to less than 30 days left until I shut this instance down, and my new full-time home will be over here as I continue to set up my new org hueristic instruments.

All the current updates, news, and, of course, my various shenanigans will all be over there.

New instance, same Ro flavor...

Wait, that didn't come out right, but you know what I mean.

LOL COME OVER.

jnichols, to random

I respect the work @Are0h (Ro) and the folks participating in #TheBadSpace are doing to help keep Fedi safe.

I've read a lot of comments accusing them of transphobia, TERF, etc., but... I don't see it. Maybe an earlier version of the list, but I read through all 54 pages as of now (skipping the obvious ones), and it seems pretty level-headed, and contains a good number of instances that were expressly blocked for Doing A Transphobia. Hit me up if I'm wrong, I guess.

I've also read through the ActivityPub and Mastodon specs for ✨funsies✨, and frankly I'm not sure y'all understand how dangerous this space is capable of being without additional tools for users and instances to protect themselves. Ro clearly does, and he's doing something about it by developing a community-based, opt-in blocklist, which seems good to me.

I'm too out of it to properly structure this post, so there it is. tweaking.thebad.space probably good, probably necessary. also, Ro, would love to help out if there's space for me there, hit me up.

Are0h,

@jnichols hit me up over here https://h-i.social/@are0h

Are0h, to random

If Black and Brown people protecting themselves translates as 'authoritarian' and 'fascist' to you, you have no idea what any of those words mean.

If the expectation to behave like a decent human being and not harass and abuse people is 'unfair' to you, you're just a bigot.

You're just a fake cosplaying as someone who wants liberty and fairness.

Because those things don't just happen.

Are0h, to random

An actual anarchist would support what I'm doing.

But a lot of people from the fedi get their belief systems from cereal boxes and pity parties from their bigot friends.

Are0h, to random

LOL, correct me if I'm wrong, but last I checked authoritarianism wasn't optional.

White people are insane, man, hahaha!

LOL, even when you ignore them and leave them alone, they come and completely fabricate some bullshit to harass you with.

Once again showing why #TheBadSpace exists.

Because bigots simply gonna leave Black folks alone.

Are0h,

@starwall and that's putting it diplomatically.

Are0h,

@starwall TBS is the greatest honey pot the fedi has ever seen...

Are0h,

@Red_Shirt_no2 @starwall like... unprompted...

that's the funny part...

Are0h, to random

Hey, y'all. Just report this dickhead. It's another bigot who likes to harass Black folks who don't want to take shit from random fools.

RE: https://mastodon.social/users/ovaron_the_wise/statuses/111410960816907213

Are0h, to random

Ok, so as everyone knows, there was a pretty ugly racist backlash a month or two ago around , which was essentially a group of bigots who have historically not liked me making up a narrative to stop it.

Outside of the obviousness of the hateful motivations of it, it got me thinking about the nature of my projects and how I present them.

There's an entire ideology around what I build and why. I generally kept it to myself because I viewed what I was making as personal projects.

But amidst dealing with one of the worst racist incidents we've seen on the fedi in a while, a funny thing happened.

I saw the impact of the TBS and how many people have been positively affected by it and support what it is becoming.

This is when I realized it was not a personal project anymore but something more significant.

So, I've taken the last few weeks to make some changes.

Are0h,

I needed to centralize my efforts into a place that explained the how and why of what I was building and made it easier for people to contribute to my projects.

So, I founded hueristic instruments, a not-for-profit creative think tank that authors policy to guide the creation of human-centric consent-based tools for independent social media in service of safe and dynamic communities.

Currently, it consists of the main site (still working on it), the nextcloud instance that will provide a platform for communication and the various issues, features, and improvements of current projects, and a social media install for the new hi community of collaborators, supporters, and thinkers that want to see the fedi be better.

That instance will also be my new home moving forward, and I'm going to shut this instance down at the end of the year.

Are0h,

I want to foster an environment that inspires innovation for the most excluded and marginalized people on the web because this is a prime opportunity to establish an entirely new paradigm of online communities.

As such, hi services will be invite-only for the time being. All Patreon and GoFundMe contributors will receive an automatic invitation upon request, as well as all former Play Vicious members.

There's still so much to do, but I am very excited about the new direction. It will set a new tone around the tools I'm building and encourage even more cooperation and collaboration.

Are0h,

@amy Yes. There will be accounts for both TBS and Fipamo on the hi social instance, and the main site will have a blog to detail features and updates specifically for both projects.

Are0h,

@scissortail Yeah. It was a challenging time, but it also showed me that the project is bigger than I thought it was, so I needed to make some changes.

Are0h,

@amy Cool. I wanted to be clearer on what was happening and make it easier to follow updates.

Ha, this thing took off a bit quicker than I anticipated, so I needed to make some adjustments.

Are0h,

@ovaron_the_wise So, in your mind, sending this message in bad faith with the clear intention to antagonize me because you disagree with my completely optional project and calling the people who support my work 'useful idiots' is being 'kind and decent.'

Ha, ok.

Are0h,

@ovaron_the_wise @starwall LOL, bro, nobody said anything to you until you started it.

This is... sad.

Are0h,

@ovaron_the_wise @holsta LOL, are you high?

No one is telling you what to do.

LOL, no one said anything to your dumbass.

You're literally making shit up just to harass people.

You're just embarrassing yourself.

Are0h,

@starwall @ovaron_the_wise I just blocked that fool. he's either drunk or delusional or both.

a keyboard activist performing for their friends.

Are0h,

Hey, beautiful people. Another reminder that I'm on the move, and this instance will be shutting down at the end of the year.

My new home is over at are0h, the social media instance for my new initiative called (hueristic instruments)[https://h-i.works]

and repos have been moved to the official hi repo, and a Nextcloud instance has been set up to handle all community convos around both projects.

All current Patreon and GoFundMe contributors are invited to any hi service. Just send a note to my new account to get sorted.

And as always, all former Play Vicious members are already family.

Are0h,

What up, folks. If you're wondering why this account is quiet, it's because I'm moving as I make the move to my new effort hueristic instruments.

This year has shown me that and are much larger than the personal projects I first saw them as, so I'm moving to get more organized and make it easier for the community that has formed around them to collaborate and communicate.

It's still coming together, but all of the up-to-date info will be shared on my new account, and I'll shut this instance down at the end of the year.

Ha, yeah, I'm pretty excited too...

Are0h,

Heads up, folks. I'm moving away from this instance to my new home at h.i. and shutting down this place at the end of the year.

The events of the last few months that I needed to make some changes for the sake of sustainability for and and create a space for the community that has formed around them.

TIS THE SEASON OF CHANGES!

Ha, come say hi.

Are0h, to random

Not one person has provided a single shred of evidence to the accusation that I am 'causing harm to large parts of the fedi.'

Not one.

What they do provide evidence of is their being a consequence for the behavior of their friends who harass Black folks for literally no reason.

I remain open to anyone who can provide me with any information showing tangible harm I can contribute to. I have no problem changing if it means a better fedi.

But your racist ass abusive friends having to deal with the consequences of the shitty ass actions does not constitute evidence.

I have no sympathy for people who define themselves by the misery they cause people they don't like.

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