Post #4000055

2026-07-21 22:07 UTC

A developer in Korea just built a Fediverse server that runs directly on CloudFlare. /r/fediverse users responded: "this is cancer" "you are a horrible person" ??? Can you please help me with a genuine question: what would make the #Fediverse a more welcoming place? Yes, humans are just grumpy sometimes. But a real solution can't just be more HOA members reading the rules at the door. What do YOU think would make a difference here?

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@thisismissem@hachyderm.io 2026-07-21 22:11

@benpate@mastodon.social i can think of worse companies to host with tbh. Funnily enough these same people probably don't get that a significant portion of the fediverse is actually behind cloudflare's CDNs. I think these "do as I say" holier than thou types are the bane of the decentralised web. Like, if I wanted to drive people away from open social projects, that's exactly how I'd do it: hire a small group of people to consistently be assholes to other's. It's like 101 from the CIA field guide to sabotage 🚩

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@mro@digitalcourage.social 2026-07-22 07:31

Hi @benpate@mastodon.social, somehow I don't buy embracing a #monopoly goes well with neither 'fedi' nor 'diverse' an in #fediverse. But that's just my take.

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@golemwire@social.golemwire.com 2026-07-23 03:36

@benpate@mastodon.social I think more political diversity would help. There is a strong far-left leaning here, and I think having more people on the right (but not the far-right, like MAGA level) present would be good in the long run. When posters fail the liberal purity tests, instead of getting bullied and harassed and dogpiled in the replies, there would be arguments between people who think the purity test must be enforced on everyone, and those who do not. So instead of getting bullied away from the platform, they'd just get a typical internet-style comment-section fight, where the attention is diverted away from the OP and towards eachother. It would still be annoying, but it'd be better than the replies mainly being hate towards the OP. #Mastodon #Fediverse #socialMedia #partisanship

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@evan@cosocial.ca 2026-07-23 20:27

@benpate@mastodon.social So, my main takeaway from this is that so many of us are having fun on the Fediverse, we forget to participate in conversations *outside* the Fediverse, like on Reddit. But that's the point where new people are finding us. The conversations about the Fediverse happening inside siloed social networks are the threshold people have to cross to get here. We should be on the other side, welcoming them. Thanks for the reminder. I just joined /r/fediverse and I'll try to help.

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@crumbleneedy@aus.social 2026-07-24 10:35

@benpate@mastodon.social tolerance of intolerance just leaves intolerance. we need a loud and forceful nazi exclusion policy. you need to understand their goal is genocide.

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