@stux Thanks, man!
@realcaseyrollins Good luck mate 👍
Ah..
We lost 4 Patrons this month :(
@stux hi
I admire your courage, if you enter the lion's den and intend to confront it there. Wow.
I did some stealth looking around the periphery, and what I saw dismayed me.
Primitive discourse, manipulation, dangerous things, in my opinion.
I have to leave now, have a morning appointment and so sorry to leave a discussion hanging. But I will be back later and hopefully we can resume.
If people were respectful to each other, differences of opinion could be no obstacle to civilized conversation.
Be back later, guys. Have a great day!
@Gargron Hello!
Why small and decentralized is Best. Starting your own is possible.
From the neat article about how Mastodon reacted and copped with the appropriation of it's software by a know extremist site (https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/12/20691957/mastodon-decentralized-social-network-gab-migration-fediverse-app-blocking) which I posted about here last night, I discovered another nice one.
A gem indeed. Well written, thought out, focused, humble on its opinions.
I liked the whole article, and can relate it to my own past experiences in different places (BBSes, forums, DC++ hubs, etc) over the years.
Take a bit of time, turn off the distractions (silence notifications!) -- and delve into it.
"Run Your Own Social" is not only a case for starting and keeping a multitude of smaller servers/instances, but also it explains really well why Small is Beautiful and the way to go for best results in a social network, community building sense.
The author is the administrator of a small mastodon instance, and has been a Fellow on the Mozilla Foundation programme for the past year.
Hope you like, it. @salad_bar_breath , this is the one I mentioned a fw minutes ago.
@salad_bar_breath @design_RG Secondly, the upside of including Gab is allowing those on mainstream instances to confront the racist on Gab.
@salad_bar_breath @design_RG
1/ Well firstly there is a difference between pandering to the right wing and pandering to racists. And since there are other instances, like todon.no, that tend to cater to the left wing, for the sake of balance there should be one catering to the other side. (There's also a case to be made that Gab caters to everyone by allowing everyone to speak, but mostly right wingers sign up.)
Official non-alt-right molotov cocktail of the Fediverse.
Opposer of racism.
(I'm black, it's my job.)
(I'm also Christian, so that makes it my job even more.)
Fugitive of the rule of Andrew The Unstable and his cohort, Disco The Intern. #coomergate
I've been around these parts for awhile, using alt social media since April 2018 and joined the Fediverse on July 4, 2019.
Let the 2020s be the decade of positive vibes and supporting each other, bios!!
I also have a podcast now w/ Counter Points Media btw, sub here bois:
https://bitbucket.org/caseyrollins/countercast/raw/master/rss2.xml
Matthew 22:37-39 is my mantra:
Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
But Phillipians 4:4 is my favorite verse of all time:
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
Headspace indicators (inspired by @pizza):
🔵 = I'm in a good headspace
⚪ = Not doing great, but still ok
🔴 = Terrible headspace, feel free to ask me how I'm doing but no accusations or political or societal discussions pls or I'll rant lol