🎓 Doc Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@qoto.org

@pwgallagher did you check out https://halcyon.qoto.org or https://video.qoto.org yet? The first is a front end that replicates twitter you can use with mastodon here. The other is QOTOs peertube instance. Peertube is federated using the same standard as mastodon but more like youtube. So you can follow an account on peertube and get the videos posted by that account right in your mastodon feed.

@RobertTables@mastodon.social Of course it is disgusting they like trump. Just significantly less disgusting that physically attacking old people for siding with trump.

@RobertTables@mastodon.social @4of92000 I tend to be highly effected by a great many messages. Nothing could be further from the truth. I doubt there is anyone who could say they are unaffected by any hateful message that has ever existed. Thats a baffling assertion IMO.

@pwgallagher The system is federated. So you wont get much of a difference between instances in terms of who you can connect with. Its all one massive network.

The difference between instances boils down to moderation policy. the owners of an instance can choose to block people and instances from their instance, and thus no one on that instance can connect with that content. So picking an instance mostly comes down to picking one that suits your desired style of moderation.

This instance is free speech which means we only block people or instances in extreme cases.

@RobertTables@mastodon.social @4of92000 And I support your right to do that. I also support the right for people to click a button and filter out sexual content so they would never be exposed to that unless they wanted to.

@pwgallagher If you want to connect with some people quickly you may want to try an introductory post with #introductions in it. Right now the network is extremely active so youll probably start getting connections quickly.

@me_neeley Also +1 for picard coming back.

@me_neeley There are many instances that will moderate on those points. Some are very heavy handed and may overstep their bounds, some not so much. I know some instances that have banned people just for being republican because they claim it is automatic racism, I've seen some instances ban for being on the left with similar logic.

All about picking the instance that has the right balance for you. My instance only moderates if a personal ban isnt sufficient. Luckily we dont have any racists or anything like that yet so it hasnt been an issue.

@pwgallagher what is it your looking for? That may provide a clue as to if you will find what you want here. I've been here a while so i may be able to give you some idea as to what to expect.

@omgwtfbible I can verify god really said this, I was there!

@me_neeley You can usually pick an instance with a moderation style you like. Thats the nice part. Some instances (like mine) dont moderate much at all, others will moderate at the drop of a hat, and everything in between.

@RobertTables@mastodon.social @4of92000 I wouldnt say thats entirely true. Many on the political right find Alex Jones to be a fool and they have no respect for him. Of course a small minority do support him.

What you will see though is the political right tends to be a big support of free speech, regardless of if they support the person speaking or not. So they are often against him being banned even though they dont support him.

@me_neeley While i still find there are a good deal of people that will throw a temper tantrum the second you disagree with them, there is more fruitful conversation here than on other mediums. So its a pretty good place I'd say.

Its easy to learn so dont worry to much about being a noob.

@RobertTables@mastodon.social At the two rallies i mentioned, yea. pretty much old people wearing MAGA hats getting assaulted. Quite disgusting to see.

@me_neeley How you liking it so far? I run my own server (similar in nature to scholar.social), came here a little bit ago though.

@dewb @4of92000 @RobertTables@mastodon.social I look forward to it :)

@RobertTables@mastodon.social @4of92000 I'm not trying to hide my cards. If i dislike a message i still support the freedom to express the message. As long as i have the power to listen or not.