Notices by Nina Paley (nina@neenster.org), page 3

Honestly most of the new Mastodon users want more censorship, not less. Like @alex said on Heterodorx, the Fediverse is home to 2 factions, those who want less censorship than what’s on mainstream social media, and those who want more. The faction of those who want more is growing, and of course the Free Speech faction is still riddled with unsavory characters. Grown-ups just block them, but most people are babies who want an authority to decide for them – and everyone else.

https://www.heterodorx.com/podcast/episode-69-fediverse-follies-with-alex-gleason/

New Heterodorx podcast! Episode 69: Fediverse Follies with Alex Gleason https://www.heterodorx.com/podcast/episode-69-fediverse-follies-with-alex-gleason/ @alex

Where do you go when you get banned by fecebook and twitter – or, conversely, when you think mainstream social media isn’t censoring enough? To the Fediverse, where free-speech refugees and would-be Orwellian dictators form ever-more polarized online communities. Returning Heterodork Alex Gleason, who created the popular Soapbox platform, relates some recent behind-the-scenes Fedi drama. The same tribal politics skewing mainstream social media, guide Fedi developers as well – but with less money! This makes the Fediverse the worst social media system, except for all the others. (Which are so much worse you really should join the Fedi.)