Jim @sullybiker@sully.site

@andyc @wyliecoyoteuk @jwildeboer @Luke@mastodon.sdf.org @joel @alan @kev @dansup @basil@sarcasm.stream @dick_turpin @Steve@mstdn.co.uk @fitheach @jdarnold@mastodon.sdf.org @claudiom

In the words of Withnail, I deny all accusations

@aimlessComposer It seems to be the platform of choice for furious weebs

@aimlessComposer I'm tangentially aware with some of the drama that happened when it emerged, but I am intrigued by the very good footprint, but yes, ALL of my blocks are from that platform.

@Genen Who is it in Washington that is telling them to do this? It's rather odd.

@Genen Yeah lads. See how that goes.

@aimlessComposer Indeed. It's one of those things where the dominant tech isn't always the best tech, and I say it as a Masto user (although I am going to play with Pleroma on my other VPS).

@amerika They lost their connect at the other place, and people don't give that power up easily, so they coerce to make it happen again. I do not trust Eugen to have not already been compromised in this way.

@amerika That tends to be a small group of powerful people. Journalists, techbros, crypto people. They have large levers.

For example a tech journal writes a piece "Fedi should be this" and gets all their network to share it.

@amerika I quite agree though

@amerika I think the people that have been here for a while want to be here. For others it just isn't important, and so it is still possible they won't stick around.

I was thinking when Twitter contracts it will be a much better place for some users.

@amerika The plan maybe just leaving them to it, let them wither on the branch.

@theauracle "What name for the order, sir?"

@samschech@mas.to @Pwnallthethings@mastodon.social Yes, they do. It's important the admins disclose what they can see. I have a friend on here and I told them I can see their IP, and if they weren't cool with that it's fine by me if they don't want to use it.

@brenns10@snake.club Actually reported? By what or whom?

@ilja@ilja.space @lain @sean That's their stage name for the Hentai Mo-Cap work

@sean @lain It's Lane

@amerika It'll happen, and we'll all be forced to go along with it.

@SirPaulCouture@noagendasocial.com Need massive reform. All the way through. Whatever your stripe, strong opposition is a tenet of a healthy democracy.

My worry is the future of the Fedi becomes a multi-tier system.
When Masto started out, its creator seemed happy for every other implementation to die, and it could be argued he encouraged as much (there is a parallel to systemd in all of this) and now there is might on his side.

So, they recreate the old world in the new, and have the infrastructure and money (I don't just mean .social, but some of its relatives) to steer the project in any direction they want.

@claudiom@mastodon.sdf.org I occasionally had this image issue and I never got to the bottom of it. Was intermittent for me.