Every time a newcomer posts an introduction and somebody tells them they shouldn’t have joined Mastodon.social and need to move to a different server, an angel loses their wings.
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@CiaraNi hmm.. is there a problem with masto social?
Alternative supplementary explanation; certain instance owners don't like that there's such a large instance that doesn't enforce their particular sensibilities and preferences when it comes to what people can talk about.
It's problematic for those admins/mods because mastodon.social has so many users that blocking it is more like punishing yourself, rather than punishing all the people on mastodon.social. It's a power thing as much as it is about spam (which does exist)
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@CiaraNi To be honest, this harassing culture is far beyond that. "Stop using this", "stop using that", "you're a fascist/nazi if you use this" — absolute awfulness. Like, "Go Linux now!!" — "I can't, even if I wanted, I'm blind and Linux accessibility is mediocre" — "Okay, first go Linux, and then we'll probably make it accessible some time in the future" — "It's not a question of comfort, I can't work, it's like taking the monitor and the mouse from you" — "Ah, stop it, you just don't want open-source and you're a GAFAM-paid fascist".
And on and on it goes.
To be honest, I'm here mostly because lots of people from the accessibility community came here (and this is because Twitter prohibited third-party clients by closing their API).@menelion It is frustrating, and more common than one might wish.
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@Sarahw That is almost but not quite true
@CiaraNi @wsrphoto @bleistifterin @rgarner
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@annika @johnlorimer @CiaraNi End user should be moderating what they see. They shouldn’t have anyone telli g them what they can or can’t look at. Defats the entire purpose. Looks like spam? Block it. Racist motherfucker? Block it. It’s not hard… the tools are right there. Fuck the nanny shit. Let people do what they want, ignore those you don’t like. To enforce your will is tyranny, to accept is slavery.
@Unabart @annika @johnlorimer @CiaraNi I don't think this works for trans people receiving insults and death threats from fully automated bot-accounts
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@Unabart @annika @johnlorimer @CiaraNi I don't think this works for trans people receiving insults and death threats from fully automated bot-accounts
@goedelchen @annika @johnlorimer @CiaraNi Block em. Not hard. Assume some responsibility for yourself. The tools are easy to use. If you can’t figure it out, it might not be for you.
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@goedelchen @annika @johnlorimer @CiaraNi Block em. Not hard. Assume some responsibility for yourself. The tools are easy to use. If you can’t figure it out, it might not be for you.
@Unabart @annika @johnlorimer @CiaraNi That's an amazingly stupid answer.
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Every time a newcomer posts an introduction and somebody tells them they shouldn’t have joined Mastodon.social and need to move to a different server, an angel loses their wings.
Some people take themselves way too seriously
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The fact that the thread under this Serious Toot has ascended into a pleasant war about the correct way to pronounce Scone is why I love the Fediverse
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@annika @johnlorimer @CiaraNi End user should be moderating what they see. They shouldn’t have anyone telli g them what they can or can’t look at. Defats the entire purpose. Looks like spam? Block it. Racist motherfucker? Block it. It’s not hard… the tools are right there. Fuck the nanny shit. Let people do what they want, ignore those you don’t like. To enforce your will is tyranny, to accept is slavery.
@Unabart this position was stupid 5 years ago and now it's just indefensible. Please consider shutting up.
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@BsCreativeLife @stux 'Go where you need to grow'- that is sound advice
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@Unabart this position was stupid 5 years ago and now it's just indefensible. Please consider shutting up.
@annika lol. 5 years ago. It’s got a calendar! I don’t have to defend shit. Don’t like it? You know what to do! (I think)
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@annika lol. 5 years ago. It’s got a calendar! I don’t have to defend shit. Don’t like it? You know what to do! (I think)
@Unabart Don't worry, I will. Just wanted you to see it first.
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@Unabart Don't worry, I will. Just wanted you to see it first.
@annika Still don’t give a fuck. Go away.
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@CiaraNi @forestfjord That's exactely how I feel - it feels too big at the moment.
I already have so many posts that I would have to keep this account anyway, and then it'll seem a bit silly to move in my honest opinion.
But if I get sick of where I am now, it's nice to know that I do have the option of moving.
@lykkebrammer @CiaraNi @forestfjord it's also allowed to have more than one account, as many as you like in fact! You can even set up aliases to point from one to the other. This is the first step of moving, but you can also just keep both. Just mentioning in case you'd like to try another instance but isn't ready to move yet.
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Every time a newcomer posts an introduction and somebody tells them they shouldn’t have joined Mastodon.social and need to move to a different server, an angel loses their wings.
@CiaraNi I only have a presence on Masto as Bluesky was promoting eating disorders and X was full of racists
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Every time a newcomer posts an introduction and somebody tells them they shouldn’t have joined Mastodon.social and need to move to a different server, an angel loses their wings.
@CiaraNi
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@lykkebrammer @CiaraNi @forestfjord it's also allowed to have more than one account, as many as you like in fact! You can even set up aliases to point from one to the other. This is the first step of moving, but you can also just keep both. Just mentioning in case you'd like to try another instance but isn't ready to move yet.
@benjaminlj @CiaraNi @forestfjord Thank you for sharing this great advise - the alias is something worth factoring in, if I ever venture out
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Ditto:
'Why are you still on Bluesky too?'
'But did you *delete* your Twitter account?'
’You said you switched to Proton mail too, oh that’s bad, once someone at Proton said something’
It’s nice to see new neighbours move into the Fediverse. It feels unwelcoming to see people immediately interview them about the purity of their intentions. Or telling them You’re Doing It Wrong. They've just arrived on a journey away from Big Tech. Maybe they'd prefer to be offered a seat and a cup of tea.
@CiaraNi "You're seriously using Signal to text your grandma? She needs to install an XMPP client ASAP. If she doesn't build from scratch you can't be sure the CIA won't be able to see the time a message was sent."
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Every time a newcomer posts an introduction and somebody tells them they shouldn’t have joined Mastodon.social and need to move to a different server, an angel loses their wings.
@CiaraNi Personally, I really appreciated being told to get off of dot social back when I joined, but maybe that's just me
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Every time a newcomer posts an introduction and somebody tells them they shouldn’t have joined Mastodon.social and need to move to a different server, an angel loses their wings.
@CiaraNi
I am not a tech savvy person at all. Came to computers late in life, don't know how they work under the hood. I didn't come here from some other social media because I didn't use social media then. Heard about Mastodon in a news article, and was curious.Since you don't have to sign up first in order to explore, I just lurked and explored for a few months, cautiously, since I'd heard bad things about social media in general. But I liked what I found, and finally decided to sign up.
I had jumped around exploring without ever noticing there are different servers. So when I decided to click on "sign-up", it just signed me onto whatever server I happened to be reading a post on at the moment. So sheer chance. But I'm happy enough with where I ended up.
I garden way too much. 
