@evan
✅ With genuine community engagement, absolutely okay. Many small artists rely on Mastodon to pay rent.
⚠️ Bot cross-posting without any genuine community engagement should be questioned.
❌ Spamming - whether that's post spam, follow spam, or hashtag spam should be forbidden.
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Chris Hayes (chris@floss.social)'s status on Saturday, 10-May-2025 05:23:49 JST Chris Hayes
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Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Saturday, 10-May-2025 05:23:48 JST Evan Prodromou
@chris what about half-assed posts that aren't commercial? Are those forbidden?
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Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Saturday, 10-May-2025 06:29:51 JST Evan Prodromou
@chris that is a really good analogy. Or even laws versus etiquette.
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Chris Hayes (chris@floss.social)'s status on Saturday, 10-May-2025 06:29:53 JST Chris Hayes
@evan
This conversation is making me think of how the US has federal laws vs state laws.In this case, Fediverse vs server.
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Chris Hayes (chris@floss.social)'s status on Saturday, 10-May-2025 06:29:54 JST Chris Hayes
@evan
imo sh*tposts are of real culture value on the internet. Art is in the eye is the beholder, but I think it's totally fair for servers to decide where they draw the line on whether they want those kinds of posts. -
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Light (light@noc.social)'s status on Sunday, 11-May-2025 13:15:32 JST Light
@chris @evan there are no laws for the entire fediverse lmao
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Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Sunday, 11-May-2025 13:15:32 JST Evan Prodromou
@light @chris there aren't! Even at the legal level, we have users and servers in many countries with different local laws. That's part of what makes it wonderful.
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