Post #1175106

2023-05-15 16:13 UTC

1/ I&#39;m seeing a lot of talk (still!) of defederating mastodon.social over the recent spam attacks. I have a feeling I&#39;m going to regret this, but as someone on that instance with no current plans to move, I feel like there are some things those who are considering it may not be taking into account. There are loads of patronizing comments that people on this instance are &quot;doing the Fediverse wrong&quot;. No, we&#39;re not. You can&#39;t have a democracy while telling others they can&#39;t choose where to be.

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@AbandonedAmerica@mastodon.social 2023-05-15 16:17

2/ I have chosen to remain on mastodon.social precisely because I have seen so much bickering between instance admins and threats of defederating each other, some acted on. I don't like drama. I don't come online for it. I have migrated social platforms far too many times and I hate it. I am at where I'm at because I don't want to play instance hopscotch over issues that should be resolved. Most users here don't. If that becomes too much of a burden most people will nope out. It's a fact.

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@paninid@mastodon.world 2023-05-15 16:15

@AbandonedAmerica@mastodon.social flip it around, what is mastodon.social doing right?

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@GreenFire@mstdn.social 2023-05-15 16:16

@AbandonedAmerica@mastodon.social I don't understand why so many people on Mastodon think it is all up to the administrators and moderators to solve everything for them. It only takes a few seconds to report and to block and move on then forget the cryptoscammers or in my case the Libertarian Party members that swarming me lately.

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