@portmantony@writing.exchange Again, it is not. I have first-hand experience with how the direction of that platform is resistant to any ideas that do not align with its creator, especially regarding safety. This idea is simply false.
So the community and leadership are dedicated to stopping whatever momentum can be built to ensure it's a safe platform for everyone. The attitude of the community reflects the attitude of the leadership of that platform.
So many people have talked about this over the years.
@Are0h 💯 And @portmantony many others will tell you the same. One example: there's valuable anti-harassment functionality that Mastodon forks have implemented since 2017 that Mastodon's creator has blocked from mainline code, so isn't available on most instances.
@acjay @Are0h @portmantony Local-only posts -- https://github.com/hometown-fork/hometown/wiki/Local-only-posting