🎓 Doc Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@qoto.org

@mssunshine It never "comes down to two" .. there are several on the bailot, we vote for who we think is best. Its not a race, voting happens all at once.

How we rid ourselves of extremism in the populationn isnt an easy answer.. its a social answer. We raise our kids, and pick what behaviors we think are acceptable based onn if they are extremist vs if they are trying to find a healthy middle road. But most importantly you shun it when you see it inn your own groups and parties and not just when its the other side.

When maga folks do something extreme, call them out, whenn you see democrats do the same, call them out. Dont let it slide just because its extremism that supports your side... when we do that then we will start seeing healthy dynamics again. But it will take time and the solution has to go far beyond the voting booth and into our every day lives.

@mssunshine I cant argue with you about the many flaws of the republicans.. they are a horrific, extremist, and destructive bunch... the problem is for every legitimate criticism of the right there is an equally bad criticism about the left that is just as extremist.

If we are really against extremism then we should be voting third party and be donen with the two parties. However if we insist on voting for one of the two parties then at the very least keep them balanced so the extremism of both sides balance out somewhat.

@mssunshine I actually agree with Musk here.. Democratic president and republican congress is a far better combination then democrats on both sides. Neither party is trust worthy or ethical and both parties are extremist in nature. By having two different parties on either side it helps us meet in the middle rather than subscribe to either extremist end of the spectrum.

@magiknerd It is certainly great to have you here. Reach out to me anytime if you want to chat or keep out.

@trinsec

This is the first time I heard of the official mastodon app being a problem. But at least from this one users report it appears that might be the case.

Since they are getting a 404 I suspect the user just configured it wrong and the app might work just fine. They might have set the wrong domain for qoto.

@kimura_cl

@higharchmage I only keep top-shelf info up in this place!

@trinsec

I want to add that **most** (though not all) apps do work just fine, though you cant access the extra featrures. There are just one or two apps out there with bugs in it that prevent it from working with instances like QOTO where it doesnt use default settings. Usually we are close enough to vanilla mastodon that most apps (and any app written correctly) will work just fine.

@kimura_cl

@kimura_cl Sounnds like it could be a bug in the app, QOTO is working fine and other clients work just fine. Could be you set it up incorrectly too.

@robryk

That happensn regardless of a block. If a server blocks my server I can still see its content and boost it. I can even reply to it. The source server simply cant see my replies or that I boosted them.

@pganssle @aut@sideslip.social @nova

@dimi haha thanks

@Maxmourice10 Most of us figured that out at one point in the past :) Welcome to the club :)

@coogie I think you might be missing the point.

What they mean is "Me sharing this means I think we should talk about it, but doesnt mean I agree or approve of what is being said"

No boosting is nnot endorsing something, nor is it saying something is "good enough" or "good" in general. It is simply saying "this is content I want you to see and hear your comments on"

At the rate the current twitter exodus is going I will hit 30,000 followers by the end of the week... Gonna have to celebrate :)

@higharchmage It certainly gave me a chuckle.

@favus Sure... it works by having servers with users that talk to eachtoerh. When a user from one server follows a user from another ten the server becomes "Aware" of the other server and will pull in its tootts annd ultimately show this in the federated timeline as well.

You can block individuals or whole servers, this makes it easier to moderate without needing to worry about some servers having bad actors on it. You block the handful of bad actor servers (if you wantt) and have a nice clean timeline without needing to worry about banning people on an individual level.

In the end, it really isnt too much different than twitter on the surface, but behind the scenes it is a very different beast.