Matt Seymour @realmattseymour@qoto.org

Bwaha!

#CSS

The local ravens have been using our birdbath to store their dinner (delightful things like decapitated parrot heads) so every time the dog goes outside he heads straight to the birdbath to see if there are any new “treats”.

The notion that FOSS isn't political and/or shouldn't be political is completely absurd because the whole existence of FOSS is to achieve outcomes that many people who don't subscribe to FOSS philosophies are opposed to.
As such, if it's anything, FOSS can only be political.
Being anti-political is just a bizarre notion that can only emerge in supreme lack of education in cultures where having a political opinion is considered a bad thing because that can lead to negative economic consequences.

Be kind to yourself ♥️

What a social network is for:
- See interesting stuff from friends and people that interest you
- Cute animal photo of the day
- Feel a positive human connection

What it ain’t for:
- Witch hunts
- Make up bullshit about strangers you never met
- Brand engagement

@SecondJon
Well either that or when you "see it" a moderator talks to the person first to get them to stop doing whatever the amoral act happens to be. As long as you don't insta-ban then strict codified and objective rules arent needed.

With that said not having objective rules can be a turn off to a potential new user since they dont really know if their personal expression is one that is later going to be held against them or if they will be demanded to stop later. Once they are already invested and a few thousand posts in they may not want to find out they are on the wrong instance for them.

@Surasanji @hashtaggrammar @commandelicious

@Surasanji
I agree, for the most part. Not sure I agree that self-harm is wrong. While it is something we should try to prevent I do feel people have a right to self-harm if they wish without being deemed an immoral actor.

But for the most part I think we agree.

@hashtaggrammar @commandelicious

After a few weeks the caterpillar turns into a #butterfly and then the #dog eats it #DailyFun

@trayofbees QOTO doesnt silence any instance. But I can say that after seeing the way bofa is moderated that if any instance deserves a silence its bofa.

please enjoy this bat

Boss: "What have you been working on?"
Me:

Conference call simulator
http://conferencecall.biz/

It's no wonder @Gargron (Eugen) hardly answers anyone. I've seen at least five different people bitching to him about different spleens they feel they need to vent today.

I always remember when we interviewed Evan Prodromou https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Prodromou towards the end of identi.ca and he said "It was terrible, I felt like I was on a burning bus, nobody wanted to put the fire out in fact they just wanted to pour more fuel on the fire."

Maybe we should all start thanking Eugen for the service we use?

There's a lot of customer culture attitude in Mastodon-the-community, where people treat Gargron and other devs, the instance admins, moderators, etc. like service workers. It's a spoiled, entitled attitude, where "the customer is always right" and it's okay to be abusive or demeaning to people providing a service when they don't give you what you want.

The fediverse isn't a corporate model. When you're rude or demeaning to someone here, you're being abusive to volunteers building a playground

Not sure if this is my favorite Emoji, or just wanting to make a meme.