@pie @alex Meh, there are some nice people on #Gab.

#NotAllGabbers

@realcaseyrollins @alex if they were nice people they wouldnt be on gab

@pie @alex Why not?

@realcaseyrollins @alex

@pie @alex Ooh, Wikipedia screenshot!

@realcaseyrollins @alex if a place is known to be a safe haven for white supremacists and alt righters, and its only merits are allowing this, then why would anyone ever join if they did not share those beliefs

@pie I actually brought this up in my interview w/ @alex for today's episode of the podcast; apparently, not everyone looks to Wikipedia for advice before signing up for #Gab.

@pie @alex Unless of course people like confronting alt-right and racist ideas, then I can see it attracting those sorts of people as well.

@pie @realcaseyrollins @alex
>if a place is known to be X
>why would anyone ever join if they did not also like X
not everyone takes clickbait rage and knee jerk social media as seriously as wikipedia does

@pie @realcaseyrollins @alex >The site has been widely described Weasel words. >”safe haven” Who is being quoted? >neo-nazis, white supremacists, alt-right Not a single citation to any neo-nazi, white supremacist, or alt-righter.

This is why we call them (((wikipedia))).

@pie @realcaseyrollins @alex Bahahaha

Gab bans everyone, even those who speak against the jews

@Elfie @pie @alex @realcaseyrollins Yeah, that shit makes Gab sound a lot cooler than it really is.

@ChristiJunior @alex @pie @realcaseyrollins gab is just Mastodon 2.0, torba wants normies, even if that means fucking over the boomers who trusted him

@pie @realcaseyrollins @alex Hard disagree. I almost went on gab before mastodon was a thing only because it was alternative to twitter that didn't have a batshit algorithm suspending accounts.

@cirno @alex @pie YOU CAN'T BE A NICE PERSON

@realcaseyrollins @alex @pie Forgot to mention I'm a nazi, btw. I got stuck in a siberian iceberg during WW2 and they unfroze me a couple years back

@pie @realcaseyrollins @alex "she/her"

Of course you're a tranny faggot. Change your avatar from May to Garbador.

@farhan @pie @alex You mean the software?

@realcaseyrollins @pie @alex Yes.

@farhan @pie Well @alex is doing some great work with his fork of #Gab's software called Soapbox, you might want to check that out, as it seems to be quicker a fix a lot of the issues I found with the Gab Social software.

https://soapbox.pub/
https://gleasonator.com/home

@realcaseyrollins @pie @alex I heard! I'm not a Ruby guy, so I can't really comment on the underlying qualify of Gab, but overall it seems to have really lagged behind mainline Mastodon.

Perhaps a better idea would be a soft-fork of Mastodon that is rebased off head?

@farhan @pie @alex What issues do you find with the #Mastodon software, or why do you feel the need for it to be forked?

(There is the Mastodon #GlitchSoc fork btw)

@realcaseyrollins @pie @alex Conscious lack of features, instances burp up a lot of disk space quickly, requires a lot of CPU power, doesn't run on BSD.

@farhan @pie @alex Well I'm hearing rumors that a #Pleroma fork is on its way...

@realcaseyrollins @pie @alex Where?
There should be a Fediverse podcast. So much is happening...

@farhan @pie I had @alex on an episode of my podcast that just dropped today, where he mentioned it.

@realcaseyrollins @pie @alex wait, what?? link me?

@farhan @pie @alex Here's my post from today w/ the info: https://qoto.org/@realcaseyrollins/103636790945869347

One clarification, #QOTO Audio needs a login, but you download the episode at tinyurl.com/alex-episode

(Also, there is @fediversecast@floss.social, which is dedicated specifically to the Fediverse, whereas on my podcast I talk about other things too )

@realcaseyrollins How do I follow your Funkywhale account?

@farhan I don't think you can follow #Funkwhale accounts from #Mastodon, I tried today and it didn't work

@realcaseyrollins @pie @alex Darn, beat me to the idea!!

@farhan @pie @alex You can still do a podcast tho! And I'd love to listen!

@farhan @pie @alex Why do you think the future is in rebranding?

@realcaseyrollins @pie @alex Because the concept of "The Fediverse" is too abstract, but a singular site like Gab is easier to grasp for non-techy users.

@farhan @pie @alex Ah, I see.

I think individual instances should have their own branding, it would make more sense. If I'm on #QOTO, I kinda feel like it should say QOTO, not #Mastodon, lol