Robert W. GehlIn addition, Mastodon codes of conduct also aid in server-to-server connections. As I will show, the presence (or lack of) a code of conduct helps server admins to make informed choices as their instances federate with one another. In cases of disputes between server admins, codes of conduct provide guidelines for resolution....
The problem with capitalist realism is that it is a defeatist vision....
For these thinkers, care for the other is either irrelevant (Kant’s focus is on the intentions of the actor, not the outcomes) or so abstract as to be meaningless (the greatest happiness for the greatest number requires math on a global scale). Kantian and libertarian thinking also put the individual’s rights at the center....
These patterns have happened on Mastodon and the fediverse for years. In 2022, during the height of the Elon Musk-provoked migration from Twitter to Mastodon, philosopher of technology Johnathan Flowers observed this pattern and summed it up: “Mastodon is a very white space. It is not unlike other tech spaces where whiteness is predominant....
In addition, Mastodon codes of conduct also aid in server-to-server connections. As I will show, the presence (or lack of) a code of conduct helps server admins to make informed choices as their instances federate with one another. In cases of disputes between server admins, codes of conduct provide guidelines for resolution....
When he talks about Marcia’s efforts to make Playvicious and the rest of the fediverse a better place, Ro absolutely gushes....
A particularly clear example happened during a face to face meeting in December of 2015, when multiple SocialWG members affiliated with the Indieweb faction, notably SocialWG co-chair Tantek Çelik, repeatedly argued that a federation protocol would not happen....
One person who is also active in #MutualAid campaigns is vanta black. She is a trans woman who herself has benefited from financial support from others, including during their own move from rural Florida to Seattle, Washington....
Ro, Marcia, and allies of Playvicious faced constant pushback against their campaign to block racists on the fediverse. “People hated me… because I talked about the idea of isolating those instances,” Ro told me....
The path wasn’t clear, however. Infighting in the SocialWG rears up again as people advocate for and against ActivityPub and the federation protocol....