I fear that the Fediverse causes people to generalize others based on whatever instance they're a member of. The truth is there are many reasons a person may join a website. It formalizes the tribalism that is already causing so many problems online.

Overall I think the advantages of the Fediverse far outweigh the disadvantages. The disadvantages are just challenges to solve, not necessarily inherent parts of the platform.

@TranimeGirl @alex I don't particularly want to be on Gab, but my host got banned in a fediverse shitlist early on because the founder asked for clarification -- one single message -- about why he should sanction someone who got reported.

I don't care to deal with chat nodes that don't allow free speech in, and I don't want to deal with anyone who hates me before they talk to me.

@progo How did you find noagenda? First exposure to the Fediverse? I've never heard the podcast and curious to know more.

@alex No Agenda Social was the only fediverse node I ever tried and I didn't really understand Mastodon before it -- wasn't paying attention. I'm active in the No Agenda Show community -- it's pretty big and decentralized; people just contribute, where they can, without asking unless they literally can't do a thing without permission. Adam Curry (one of the two hosts of the show) happened to install Mastodon on a VM and say "y'all should try this". MANY flocked there and abandoned Twitbook.

@progo @alex I think I started listening to the podcast because of seeing the instance on Fedi.

I listen to maybe an episode every month or so. It's okay; it's a lot of talking head/analyst content though.

For independent news podcasts I suggest Media Monarchy (hour/daily), James Corbett and No Agenda.

Lately I don't listen to news podcasts though. Joe Rogan, Wrongspeak and the Quillette Podcast are all really interesting ones that do cover current events but also make you think.

@slimeblob @alex Most of my "online" social life is in No Agenda but I don't listen to all 6 hours per week of the show itself. Too long.

@progo @slimeblob Just noticed the show is CC-BY licensed which is super awesome! Still trying to understand it. Seems like there's so much enthusiasm around it.

@alex @slimeblob Ask me anything, if that's what you mean. Lurk in the chat room for a few days. It's a bit hard to get the pulse of a community by looking at its fediverse node's firehose, I think.

@progo @slimeblob Where's the chatroom?