okay how is this different from twitter
@rainbowtime 500 characters, federated, and a cw field that I abuse for shitposting
@rainbowtime At the moment, the community is better. Each node enforces its own moderation standards, so if you hate Nazis, ban the node where nazis congregate.
@agocs why would nazis all congregate in the same node? whats the benefit to that?
@rainbowtime @agocs so they can talk to all their frens?
@chris_martin @agocs but i'm talking to all you and i don't think we're all on the same node
@rainbowtime @agocs and thus you have already discovered the cognitive dissonance we call "federation"
@agocs @rainbowtime @chris_martin nationalism, of the cyberspace variety
@rainbowtime For example, Mastodon.social bans:
- Content illegal in Germany and/or France, such as holocaust denial or Nazi symbolism
- Conduct promoting the ideology of National Socialism
and witches.town is explicitly pro-lgbtq. Nazis _could_ join those nodes, but they'd be modded away.
@agocs oooh i see
@agocs @rainbowtime Is mastodon.social legally required by its host country to defederate from every instance that ever toots Nazi symbolism?
@chris_martin @rainbowtime No, I don't believe so.
@rainbowtime So it stands to reason that shitheads would join nodes that are publically very "FREE SPEECH!!!", but that free speech policy is just a charade for moderators to go "Oh, yeah, IDGAF if my users are tooting death threats a brianna wu. IT'S THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT"
@rainbowtime So you, as a user, could filter all toots from FREESPEECH.ZONE or whatever. Your node's administrator could also blacklist that node.
@rainbowtime Mastodon is a free, open-source social network. A decentralized alternative to commercial platforms, it avoids the risks of a single company monopolizing your communication. Pick a server that you trust — whichever you choose, you can interact with everyone else. Anyone can run their own Mastodon instance and participate in the social network seamlessly.
@rainbowtime
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@rainbowtime Much friendlier, less cliquey, 500 character limit, not run by a company harvesting your information for profit.
@rainbowtime @Elizafox yah that last one
@rainbowtime it's.....
FEDERATED