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The Mastodon Server Covenant is baaad news bois
@realcaseyrollins Why is it bad? ๐ค
@design_RG It's bad for someone like me, whose comments at times can come across as racist (most notably, at one point on Gab I argued for the existence of a white ethnostate so all the white supremacists can live there and leave everybody else alone. I have since backtracked.), homophobic and transphobic, as I am a Christian and opposed to non-heterosexual lifestyles.
Also I would like to be able to oppose racists once in awhile, but adherents to the covenant must provide a "safe space, free from white supremacy, anti-semitism and transphobia".
I'm not a baby and don't want any instance treating me as such.
@realcaseyrollins The rules here at QOTO are not as restrictive as I have seen in some instances.
One, in special, really raised my eybrows - I would not consider setting an account there and abiding by their terms.
Our own terms, though, allow for unpopular theme discussions, as long as people respect each other. It's explained in lots of detail in the About This Instance page, and our sys admin hails from USA, and values first amendment respect.
I have come across other instances that blocked me as a QOTO user from using some of their services (a very nice crossposter tool), the reason being Qoto was on their instance's blacklist as "unmoderated free speech".
I disagree with that perception, and used the crossposting tool with another account I have. Mentioned it to their sys admin by tagging him on our discussion of crossposting tools. He saw and favourited my DM about it, but no changes so far.
Back to your posts, as long as you don't disrespect other users, and stop tagging and writing to them if requested, I don't think we would have a problem here.
I have been nominated for the December Mod nomination thread, and look forward to being part of Staff here and helping people out, as I have been doing so far.
Communities are built by us, users participating and making them a nice place to visit and spend our time on. ๐
I think we have a pretty good one here, and we are not restricting entry, unlike some others I have looked at.
@design_RG ๐๐พ which is why I might just make this account my main.
