Me, feeding 2 people and 2 cats on a 60k EUR salary without benefits (because technically self-employed), reading those comments that claim a 501(c)(3) is some kind of nefarious scheme to hide money 😐
@chriswho@QueenieBeanie@Gargron It’s not a strawman. People don’t want him to get paid. They don’t donate enough and anytime earning money comes up people scream “capitalism” The world doesn’t run on free despite what this place likes to act like. A lot of people that came to fedi are also serial harassers that got kicked off of Big Social
Can someone tell me why and how they view instances as a #community ? What makes them communities? I see people upset at #Bluesky empowering individuals/users why is that problematic? #Askfedi#fediverse
@BeAware I understand that but that doesn’t mean that have to be communities. I’m just weary of situations that resemble Big Social but because people can use a different instance and or platform (which is a huge difference) people act as if the behaviour and most of the dynamics aren’t similar
A few influencers, active both on the “regular” Fediverse and Threads, have noted that having a Threads account hasn’t given them a bigger audience even though Threads has a bigger userbase than (for example) Mastodon.
Quite the opposite. There’s more visibility here. People are more likely to interact with your posts. It’s easier to gain followers as well.
None of this surprises me. There’s always been two types of people who build content for social media: those who engage with people, and those who game algorithms.
@atomicpoet Yes, Sora does algorithms very well. Memory will use a similar model but more user driven. I agree with your point about gaming the system bur I believe those people that attempt to do that on fedi would be blocked far and wide. Plus, of there’s algorithmic choice it’s not like everyone would come into contact with that persons posts
@thisismissem@usagi@deadsuperhero@dansup I’d say it is not entirely out of scope and one that would benefit admins/mods and devs. A user needs assessment would be great!
To me integrity is huge and I view talk as cheap. If you are going out of your way to loudly talk about #Threads and how horrible #Meta is then go all of the way. Scolding people and pushing people to block Threads is cheap if you’re not willing to block those federating with Threads. I see people attempting to harass Eugen for his instances federating with Threads and tell him he aligning himself with a company guilty of genocide. Why not block him & others for being guilty by association? Many of the loud ones won’t because they can’t get over the slight discomfort & inconvenience of cutting off large parts of the networks. Personally, I find it hard to respect such opinions. When people protest it’s for change and they don’t back out due to discomfort and inconveniences. To be clear, my focus isn’t on those simply making the choice to defederate or not, it’s those being very forceful and vocal on either side of the fence. #Mastodon#Fediverse#OpenSocialWeb
I can't wait to not be effected AT ALL by whatever Meta decides to do with Threads Federation...
It just won't effect me or the way I use Fedi one bit.
Let them adopt Fedi features and then turn off federation....who cares? It'll be their loss...🤷♂️I'll federate till they give me a reason not to. And when they do, it won't bother nor effect me in any way.
That's the beauty of Fedi. Them federating or not changes nothing about how I use Fedi.
@Prainbow That’s not true. It’s only inclusion for mostly white people and those that are left and centre left leaning. Go do research and speak to Black and Brown folk harmed by Mastodon. It wasn’t so welcoming and inclusive for them
#FediForum Day1 was excellent. So many good people and awesome projects and it was cool that #Meta#Threads showed up. They are saying all of the right things.
I’m truly excited about Day2. Excellent demos set. There’s a lot in-store for us all. #Fediverse
Making many of you aware as I’m disgusted and sick of the disinformation and misinformation on fedi. Many of you are liars and don’t mind being liars. If I see you spreading disinformation even upon being corrected I am #Fediblock will add to blocklists and add receipts. People often say how #fediverse is better but there’s a lot of lacking, time to prove it’s better. All I see is people that behave like #maga but on the opposite end of the political spectrum
I see people making judgments about those that still remain on #BigSocial those that use “ #AI “ , those that work for #governments those that don’t use #foss etc whatever purity tests you lot have. I don’t respect you people. You’re the same people that have nasty racist, sexist, homophobic family, friends and colleagues that you call “good people” some of you are also these kinds of people yourselves with. The majority of the people you are critical of happen to be marginalised folk. People that don’t have the means, resources, support, time etc to do these things thus “convenience” is a big part of how they survive.
I think a lot of my frustration with some of the “consent based” social networking pushers is the lack of consistency. Those same people don’t want to utilise software that will grant them the experiences they desire, instead they want to argue and fight in an attempt to force others. Why not use #Hubzilla#GoToSocial#CounterSocial and others that have more control? Or join spaces that have allow list federation? #Fedi#Fediverse#Mastodon
I’d prefer someone willing to engage in good faith. How is #Mastodon better than all of the other social network platforms? I see antiblackness, Islamophobia, antisemitism, sexism, etc People wanted no quotes & search due to “harassment” brigading and pile on yet I see people do those often. There’s rampant disinformation and misinformation. Don’t come in my mentions saying “you don’t see it” as there’s plenty of posts, articles and blogposts on this.
Not attempting to get #Religious by using this line “"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone" Some of you have this self-righteous view of #Mastodon as if it’s perfect and never caused harm. You state as if there are not moderation issues amongst 30k plus servers. It’s odd for you to call out #Bluesky which is just a year old regarding moderation yet it hasn’t had anywhere near the reputation and moderation issues that Mastodon has. How does that make sense?