I agree with you on this. I will also add that Bluesky does aspire to be as large or larger than Mastodon social, if it isn't already, so if one holds the opinion that users choosing a big instance is the problem you should also find Bluesky unpleasant?
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EVHaste (haste@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 29-Jul-2023 10:03:21 JST EVHaste -
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EVHaste (haste@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 29-Jul-2023 08:10:05 JST EVHaste @pollute_my_lungs I miss forums.
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EVHaste (haste@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 29-Jul-2023 07:39:02 JST EVHaste Yeah, that's a bummer. I try to provide gentle, private feedback to the unsolicited-tip dogpiles.
My hope is that if, culturally, we got to this point where providing alt-text is part of the Mastodon identity (which is rad af), we should be able to do the same thing for the new user welcome and not dogpile folks for perceived CW transgressions, etc.
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EVHaste (haste@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 29-Jul-2023 07:32:24 JST EVHaste @kissane This article is fantastic, Erin! And what a cool experiment to do.
I actually almost bounced off of Mastodon originally because of the two highest frequency feedback points here. I'm really glad I pushed through it but I really, really get why most people don't.
Tagging @Gargron , since you basically did a bunch of free product work for the Mastodon team. :)
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EVHaste (haste@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 29-Jul-2023 06:59:34 JST EVHaste @LinuxAndYarn Oh, that’s the zombie game right? I tried to get into that but the community put me off immediately 😭
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EVHaste (haste@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 29-Jul-2023 06:59:32 JST EVHaste @Viss @LinuxAndYarn yeah I choose to read “we prioritize free speech on this platform” as “well let’s not be hasty, the nazis might have a point”. :/
I plan on shutting my account down but I’d like to keep involved with the protest for a bit, it’s improving my hope for humanity
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EVHaste (haste@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 13:42:15 JST EVHaste @adamconover welcome back!
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EVHaste (haste@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 15-Jul-2023 11:09:35 JST EVHaste But I would also like to take a second, before you enjoy too much schadenfreude, to point out that by and large PoC communities also are not safe on Mastodon.
A huge amount of the feedback being levied on Bluesky’s lasseiz faire moderation policies also apply to us here.
I have very little faith Bluesky will improve, but we still could.
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EVHaste (haste@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 15-Jul-2023 06:02:48 JST EVHaste It is beautiful to watch folks organize spontaneously around this. There are some really novel techniques being used that I have not seen before.
Shitposters and sex workers blurring their posts and withholding lewds, if only there was a safe platform to post them. Quote chains of people asking the devs to block them too in solidarity. Users building custom, public mute lists to block out fascists and protect marginalized communities.
The devs are liking nazi callout posts & posting on Twitter
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EVHaste (haste@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 15-Jul-2023 06:02:27 JST EVHaste The #Bluesky community is on strike, in protest of “free speech” moderation policies and refusal to prevent or remove #racism.
The inciting incident this time: users signing up with the n-word in their usernames. Using the word “cracker”, however, was a bannable offense.
Bluesky has not responded for over 36 hours as of writing. Devs are blocking protestors. Timelines are filled with variations of:
“No more normal posting until my Black friends and family are safe.”
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EVHaste (haste@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Jun-2023 19:38:55 JST EVHaste A lot of folks are debating about defederating from Meta on the basis of whether it would help maintain a healthy, non-corpo controlled fediverse.
Which is an important discussion, but imo an even more compelling reason to do it is because it’d be fun to just fuck with Meta. 🖕🖕
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EVHaste (haste@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-May-2023 12:04:15 JST EVHaste @dansup @pixelfed I dig the transparency. I was confused for a sec since the feeds are chronological, but I guess that isn’t a given these days
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EVHaste (haste@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Apr-2023 18:19:50 JST EVHaste I don’t blame you for being raised conservative. I blame you for staying that way, in the face of everything.
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EVHaste (haste@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Apr-2023 20:02:40 JST EVHaste “Help,” cries the journalist, “I’m being held captive by Elon Musk!”
He calls out from the unlocked cage, door wide open, to which he holds the key in his own hands.
“Quickly,” he begs now, “I can’t bear the thought that someone might think I’m paying for this.”
He gestures to the searing blue legacy checkmark, a brand affixed not to his skin, but the cage.
Concerned passerby leave treats at the door, in the hopes he might free himself. But alas, he shall surely starve.
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EVHaste (haste@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Apr-2023 15:49:13 JST EVHaste @adamconover Excellent video, really enjoyed it. Thanks for making it!
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EVHaste (haste@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Mar-2023 13:24:02 JST EVHaste @Gargron hell yeah! Congrats fam!
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EVHaste (haste@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Mar-2023 07:38:04 JST EVHaste @Gargron Congratulations!! ???
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EVHaste (haste@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Mar-2023 17:46:14 JST EVHaste @akareilly A lot of women I know are in this photo and I don’t like it
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EVHaste (haste@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Feb-2023 07:06:48 JST EVHaste @adamconover Oh snap, I’m happy to see you on Mastodon.
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EVHaste (haste@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 15-Jan-2023 07:25:11 JST EVHaste ? Who does this role report to? "We haven't decided yet."
? Will they be a member of my discipline? "No, everyone in the org reports directly to business development."
? Your website says engineers own traditional TPM tasks. What does the day-to-day of your version of this role look like? "That's for you to figure out. This is a startup so you'll need to do a little of everything. You'll flex to sales or write code if there's a crisis."