The Fediverse, Metapocalypse & Preemptive Bans
Meta sucks, but gatekeeping really grinds my gears.
When Elon Musk (aka, Emperor Paypalpatine) first announced he was planning to buy Twitter in early 2022, I set up an account on Mastodon. By the time the ink was dry on the purchase in November, I was so keen on Mastodon that I set up my own instance. Or, rather, my patient husband set it up and did all the boring sysadmining shit, while I handled moderation and other fun duties. Our instance, dataprotection.social has 5 users, so moderation is basically me telling myself not to type something that will get me in trouble.
I’m also on Bluesky, and more and more, I find myself enjoying it there over Mastodon. As a betting woman, I expect that Bluesky will win the day as more people flee (or are purged) from the Hellsite, and give up on Mastodon. In the case of Mastodon, much of the disillusionment is based on a combination of both un- and intentional design choices (e.g., search is intentionally limited, quote posts don’t exist, finding a home …
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