Post #1022641
2021-12-21 19:55 UTC
Replies (40)
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@imklg@faf.social 2022-12-19 15:10
@rixx good article. Thx. I’ve been running faf.social since late 2017. Invite only is a good way to manage growth.
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@rixx@chaos.social 2021-12-21 19:59
I promise the German version says nearly, mostly, the same things. Edit: I linked the German version here: https://chaos.social/@rixx/107486672590625688
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@palindromi@troet.cafe 2021-12-22 08:11
@rixx Thanks for the interesting insight 🙏🏻
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@socks@social.emisocks.com 2021-12-22 19:16
@rixx I just wanted to say that this post is super informative for someone who's thinking about setting up an instance sometime in the future, so thank you for writing it!
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@datenteiler@fosstodon.org 2021-12-23 08:05
@rixx Thank you for sharing and thank you and @leah for your great work. 🙏
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@js0000@sonomu.club 2021-12-23 12:40
@rixx thank you a lovely set of words about humans, relationships, and technology
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@Bobo_PK@chaos.social 2022-10-24 19:57
@rixx thx for all the hard work :anarchoheart1:
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@f2k1de@cuties.social 2022-10-24 20:04
@rixx @necrosis Gibt es den Post auch irgendwo auf Deutsch für alle die nicht so englisch Sprachgewandt sind?
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@brainwane@social.coop 2022-11-13 04:52
@rixx I appreciate you writing and sharing this. "In particular, the ugly parts are the ones with complexity and ambiguity (screw ambiguity in particular)." YES.
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@juneb@mstdn.social 2022-11-13 05:44
@rixx Excellent essay! Thanks for the insight and for the relentless hard work for the community.
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@solarce@infosec.exchange 2022-11-13 05:49
@rixx great blog post! Also, I love your site's design.
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@TiiaAurora@chaos.social 2022-11-13 05:53
@rixx Many things you mentioned remind me a lot of my time being a Forum admin / moderator like 15 years ago in a community with 15k people. It looks like while technology changes, people probably not so much.
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@Dwflanagan@scicomm.xyz 2022-11-13 06:26
@rixx This is a great read for so many of us who recently moved who might be thinking “Huh, looks simple(ish) to set up, I should make a server” but ignore the ongoing *social* complexity of actually running a server.
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@offby1@wandering.shop 2022-11-13 07:46
@rixx @brainwane thank you for this; it's a good roadmap for the next few years?
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@skip_divided@mastodon.social 2022-11-13 08:07
@rixx Sounds exhausting just reading it! Always good to eviscerate the aspects of something most users, me included, are not fully aware of. So, congrats for the great work and wishing you more Good than Bad and Ugly in the future. 💪👏
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@nilsbe@muenchen.social 2022-11-13 08:59
@rixx enjoyed reading your blogpost. Thanks for sharing. Thanks for your work.
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@martinvermeer@fediscience.org 2022-11-13 09:02
@rixx Thank you so much for letting us look into the kitchen! Some of what you describe is also found in a hilarious article on techdirt: https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/02/hey-elon-let-me-help-you-speed-run-the-content-moderation-learning-curve/. I am also reminded of the saying 'you don't need to run faster than the tiger, just faster than the other guy'. If you're doing a better job than the competition, that alone is good enough. And doing better than Twitter is a low, low bar 😏
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@Cirio@infosec.exchange 2022-11-13 11:43
@rixx That's a super interesting article and it makes me wonder. Is there some report or work or conference or whatnot where people have collected the experience of admins and moderators of different platforms and tried to summarize the main issues one has to face, the obvious do and don't, what notions a behaviour guideline should always address etc ? I know there isn't one way to handle moderation that works everywhere but still, that would be interesting if there was such a work to collect testimonies.
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@shelldozer@oldbytes.space 2022-11-13 12:03
@rixx Reminds me of the difficulties and pleasures of running/moderating USENET newsgroups in the early 90's.
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@admin@mastodon.nu 2022-11-13 13:21
@rixx Nice writeup! We can definitely relate! You seem like an awesome team!
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@mrrmot@oldbytes.space 2022-11-13 14:50
@rixx "...so occasionally I have to read up on niche idiocy" is *such* an apt description of what it takes to help even friends and relatives not fall into online traps these days!
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@ju916@chaos.social 2022-11-13 15:05
@rixx thx for sharing - I feel even more @ home in your living room now. you and @leandra are great hosts.
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@singe@chaos.social 2022-11-13 15:29
@rixx “ because having an instance is work, and being a troll is free” fantastic insights into how much work this is. Thank you from a recent joiner.
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@oeLLph@mastodon.social 2022-11-13 15:47
@rixx after almost a year its still relevant and fun to read
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@Warmearthling@mstdn.social 2022-11-13 15:53
@rixx excellent writing of your experience! Thank you for putting it out for us to read!
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@Raithmir@chaos.social 2022-11-13 16:08
@rixx this was a really interesting read. Thank you! I'm new to Mastodon, but interested in learning what's involved in running an instance. Not because I particularly want to run one myself, but perhaps help out with maintenance and moderating in the future.
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@cnovak@mstdn.ca 2022-11-13 16:32
@rixx Thanks for this! I started reading to see what chaos.social was and got to the end because wow - you describe the work so well.
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@sullybiker@sully.site 2022-11-13 16:57
@rixx I have a tiny instance, but I used to moderate a forum and so much of this is familiar. Particularly those users that are absolutely determined to cause trouble. They drove me crazy.
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@jaegeral@infosec.exchange 2022-11-13 17:48
@rixx thank you for sharing this + doing admin work.
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@arinbasu1@social.arinbasu.online 2022-11-13 17:55
A fantastic reflection. As I just started my own instance, there's a lot to learn from your experience.
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@berndholtmann@mastodon.social 2022-11-13 19:06
@rixx Thanks for the insight - and your work. :batman:
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@wagesj45@mastodon.jordanwages.com 2022-11-13 20:02
@rixx that was a good read.
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@ghostdancer@mastodon.sdf.org 2022-11-13 20:42
@rixx Thank you for the write up. Very insightful. 👍
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@ana@witches.live 2022-11-14 08:15
@rixx Thank you for writing that, it was lovely to read #mastoadmin #mastodon #masto #goodbadandugly
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@dazinism@social.coop 2022-11-14 09:40
@rixx Weve recently published this guide based upon democratically running our instance https://wiki.social.coop/How-to-make-the-fediverse-your-own.html
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@GirtBySea@aus.social 2022-11-15 11:16
@rixx taa for that, much.
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@bryanruby@fosstodon.org 2022-11-18 13:42
@rixx Good information to know before leaping in. Thanks!
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@Alilice@swiss-talk.net 2022-11-27 07:32
@rixx Ein sehr aufschlussreicher Einblick in eire Arbeit, danke!
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@xian@hachyderm.io 2022-12-08 17:58
@rixx I suppose I'm a bit late to the party here, but... This reads to me (in all the best ways) like a graduate thesis on social governance. I see a huge amount of lived experience embedded here. I also see incisive critical analysis of societal norms & the "big picture" of moderation & collective governance in intentional communities. FWIW, I'm semi-active in local gov, & much of your analysis is directly relevant there, eg nuance-fatigue & challenges balancing transparency with efficiency.
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@jz@chaos.social 2022-12-20 21:56
@rixx thank you my friend! Not only for your open words but for doing that work. Next time we meet there’ll be a thank you in form of a nice drink for you if you want and we find the time. ;)