Olives @olives@qoto.org

@Linux_Is_Best@misskey.de There are a number of things which could be improved.

For one, a ranked choice voting system would allow someone to put candidates in the order of their preference when voting.

@Linux_Is_Best@misskey.de @chris https://wedistribute.org/2018/04/blushy-crushy-fediverse-idol-a-chat-with-lain-about-pleroma/ That is deliberate. The developer specifically said they didn't want it to become "too corporate".

I'm guessing some like it because it has a more laidback vibe to it, and the software is apparently more efficient to run than Mastodon or Misskey. Pleroma also adopted features like search much earlier than Mastodon did.

Another possibility is that it could be a cultural thing. Mastodon is based in Germany and hate speech is something that is much more frowned upon there (especially as Pleroma is an older project from before folks like Trump). Someone might be less inclined to use that.

Misskey is based in Japan, which while tends to be less puritanical (someone will often point out that freedom of expression is protected by the Constitution there), actually does appear to have a hate speech law. It's also worth considering that Japan has a relatively stable politics.

From what I remember, Pleroma actually had some pretty interesting features. If it wasn't for that theme, I could honestly see there being more adoption (although, the developer worries about it becoming too corporate).

@unseenjapan There is also a bit of a double standard where if a country in Europe does something, it's seen as them being progressive.

For instance, they've been said to have sexual undertones in a few ads.

If Japan does something similar, it's bad.

I've seen similar things in discourse around laws.

I think that Asia is a relatively traditional region (thus why specific stereotypes might come up) but that Japan is also markedly more liberal than countries like China (China seems to be far more traditional). In China, porn is illegal.

@heinragas @unseenjapan https://qoto.org/@olives/114033121228735602 It's a weirdly specific thing to suddenly go looking for and one which makes more sense when you look at the surrounding context.

@unseenjapan From the sounds of it, it's not a very organic concern but one likely imported from another country.

Quite a bit of it is really just traditionalists in the U.S. trying to be provocative.

https://nichegamer.com/matt-walsh-attacks-anime-again-obese/ It's worth mentioning that this guy started doing this after coming under fire for supposedly defending abuse.

https://reason.com/2022/04/09/the-new-campaign-for-a-sex-free-internet/ These folks have appeared all over the world and basically just try to rebrand "morality" as "exploitation". They go looking for very petty things.

Also https://www.buzzfeed.com/ishmaeldaro/the-baron-nsclrp She's known to be very misleading, more on trans matters.