**🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱** @freemo@qoto.org · Nov 26, 2022, 17:53

**🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱** @freemo@qoto.org · Nov 26, 2022, 17:53

🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@qoto.org

Nov 26, 2022, 17:53

🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@qoto.org

F9or those who havent seen it yet this is the article that everyone is yelling at each other over across the #fediverse

https://jeffreyfreeman.me/eugen-rochko-ceo-of-mastodon-found-to-support-nazis-agenda/

#mastoadmin #fediblock

**Bob Kerns** @BobKerns@qoto.org · Nov 26, 2022, 20:15

**Bob Kerns** @BobKerns@qoto.org · Nov 26, 2022, 20:15

Nov 26, 2022, 20:15

Bob Kerns @BobKerns@qoto.org

@freemo I have some empathy for the situation Eugen finds himself in, but caving to Nazis is never a good idea (not to mention, never the ethical choice).

**Arindam Basu** @arinbasu@qoto.org · Nov 26, 2022, 20:22

**Arindam Basu** @arinbasu@qoto.org · Nov 26, 2022, 20:22

Nov 26, 2022, 20:22

Arindam Basu @arinbasu@qoto.org

@BobKerns @freemo
In theory whether you're literally in his good books shouldn't matter in a fully decentralised federated architecture. Too much emphasis on #Mastodon smacks of centralisation. Break free and set up the best science server.

**Bob Kerns** @BobKerns@qoto.org · Nov 27, 2022, 01:14

**Bob Kerns** @BobKerns@qoto.org · Nov 27, 2022, 01:14

Nov 27, 2022, 01:14

Bob Kerns @BobKerns@qoto.org

@arinbasu @freemo The reason this matters is that the joinmastodon list is not itself federated, but it is what people encounter when they wish to join.

I would not have found it if I had joined a few days later.

And I wouldn’t have been happy with any of the choices I was presented with. That’s not good for the #fediverse, and it’s not good for people fleeing Twitter. Often #qoto is exactly the right place for them.