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   Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@calckey.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-May-2023 15:33:35 JST Chris Trottier

   Typically, when people talk about “preserving culture”, they’re talking about gatekeeping.
   
   I’m not interested in gatekeeping.

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     Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@calckey.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-May-2023 15:45:27 JST Chris Trottier

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     More than one person has told me, “I’m not interested in open protocols, I just want to preserve the culture.”
     
     Basically, they want to fossilize the Fediverse and keep it as it is now.
     
     But the Fediverse now isn’t what it was last year. And what it was last year wasn’t what it was the year previous.
     
     In some respects, I prefer the old Fediverse when it was mostly furries and transgender folk—and when reply guys were more thoroughly mocked.
     
     But the furries and transgender folk have largely inoculated themselves from newly arrived reply guys. And here’s the deal. The reply guys are largely oblivious to this because the old Fediverse has developed tools to persist without being asshole gatekeepers about it.
     
     And if all the “terrible Meta people” arrive, if what you’ve built is truly worth it, you’ll find a way to abide as well.
     
     That is the Fediverse’s way.

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     Ed Sanders (edsanders@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 29-May-2023 02:35:12 JST Ed Sanders

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     @atomicpoet the only “preserving culture “ I’m in favor is passive; write a history, write a procedure. Document an event in words and pictures.

     Culture is a moment in time, not a framework for how things should be.

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