I heard Mastodon is becoming popular in India now, that is great news. Welcome everyone
@Gargron where do you hear about something like that?

Aren't you reading the number reply here ?

This may give a little picture of some India users immigrating
@pinkprius

@Gargron getting the hang of it
But enjoying
Thanks a billion
@Gargron Never be like Jack 😜
@Gargron yeah. I think each passing day @twitter is becoming a cess pool of the Government backed right wing. To much hate.
@Gargron always something happens when you are on leave :)
@Gargron I don’t know who to ask this, you can direct me to right person as you are on vacation but I like the rules very much, however India being a muti lingual country usually gets abusive with regional language, can your moderators handle it? Like who would they trust if someone is reporting that I got abused in say Hindi ? Or using cultural slurs against minorities, plus Indian politic includes shameful amount of Islamophobia, will that be hate speech? Thanks 🙏🏼
@Deepsealioness @Gargron வாவ்..சிங்கபெண்னே..நீங்களா?? Welcome to mastodon.
@Gargron we're moving en masse here, from the bird platform 👍🙂

@Gargron You are right!

We are trying to topple the TwitterIndia leadership that now resembles Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.

There's arbitrary suspensions of accounts of people critical of the government but those who endorse communal violence, ethnic cleansing, lynching etc are verified, promoted and protected.

The manner in which "blue ticks" are distributed, show a clear pattern of caste bias.

@Gargron Now wait this app will be flooded with abuses, communal hatred and how could I forget Bob pics 😂
@Gargron yup. Just don't become like Jack from the BirdSite
@Gargron
Count on twitter's blunders!

@Gargron Due to Twitter bring run by Genocidal upper Caste Fascist Hindu Indian extremist.

India is biggest Market for Twitter, it's run by Indian govt politicans, agencies & Hindu Fascist.

It's popular & growing By user's from Religious minority Muslims & Oppressed Castes SC ST Adivasis Mulnivasi Dalits OBC Tribals etc

FYI Pakistani & Bangladeshi Twitter is controlled from Twitter HQ India by Indian government . So many Pakistani Muslim & Kashmiris have joined in.

@Gargron Yes bcz people are tired of getting suspended for being too open against authority.
@Gargron thanks, it's all started with @sanjayuvacha Twitter account suspension
@Gargron dont be Twitter which peddle casteism, racism & fake nationalism
@Gargron that’s great news! Do you know how popular is in Spanish speaking countries?
@Gargron Yes.. Most of us are fed up with the birdsite. Abusive Trolls, communal hate-mongering, fake news, govt propaganda you name it. We can't speak the truth coz we get mass trolled. You cannot put up the photo of August Landmesser (lone man against Nazis) coz then it gets mass reported and account gets suspended. Twitter India is heavily compromised and has become pro- right wing extremism and pro-regime. Hope #Mastodon provides us a space to speak the truth without fear.
@Gargron thank you. This may have been the culprit: https://twitter.com/Shudraism/status/1190951856249262080
Discourse Hacker on Twitter

“Credit for suggesting the Mastodon idea goes to @aldebaran14. So you have queries, please ask her. I just opened my account, so I am yet to get familiar.”

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@Gargron thanks. Could you please let us know how many people joined from India yesterday?
@Gargron hello, the search function does not seem to be properly working. Sorry I'm just starting new
@Gargron is it too much if I ask for 'translate this toot'? I joined two day ago and I'm loving it...
[Feature Request] Language Translation · Issue #883 · tootsuite/mastodon

New to issue/feature requests via Git so apologies for any transgressions. Saw several posts under different languages and would be nice to be able to translate. Either the tweet is auto translated...

@purumane @Gargron many of the apps have a translate feature. If you install @fedilab on android or Amaroq on iOS they both have it
@liaizon @Gargron @fedilab I'm new here and currently using mastodon. Thanks for the info😀 will certainly try fedlib.
@purumane @Gargron @fedilab fedilab is an app for mastodon. you sign in with the account you already have

@Gargron You'll have made a wonderful system and community over here. Thank you!

We will try our best to take good care of it ourselves as well 🙂

@Gargron Its bizarre navigating between mediums but also fun. Got to know, some amazing folks as well.
Thank you for standing against hate and creating a space for Free Speech. We appreciate your work :)
@Gargron right wing ideologues have marginalised majority of the people. Hence many more Indians will be shifting to Mastodon.
@Gargron just joined. Looks cool. Hope no insane, biased censorship here, like crazy Twitter. Thanks for the platform
@Gargron Thanks for this much-needed alternative. Many of us who inhabit Twitter India are sick to our teeth of its hypocrisies and pandering to hate-fuelled power.
@Gargron yes it is, Twitter is blocking out well meaning citizens under pressure from India’s right wing government, and forcing people to remove their “objectionable posts”

@Gargron India is seeing the rampant suspension of accounts by Twitter, sane neutral voices are being subdued

So we are migrating to Mastodon as here we can express without being held back.

Thanks for acknowledging Indians shifting here 👍🏻

@Gargron Thanx for giving us an independent platform.
@Gargron I hope so mate. Really really hope so this time.
@Gargron yes. Largely from some actions and policies of Twitter India team
@Gargron Yes! the throttling of dissent voices by twitter has pisses us off, so now we are here, i hope you won't throttle our voice Eugen.
@Gargron Ha Ha . Am already aboard
@Gargron can you please suggest the best client app for iOS to use this
@Gargron Frankly soeaking because Twitter India has been hijacked by Fascist Right wing. People speaking truth and asking tough questions to government as being suspended. Trolls, Fascits and Islamophobes are never accounted for. You will have a sea of followers soon if you keep it Neutral and more social.
@Gargron with the popularity, trolls are migrating too. This will be a real test for community moderation.
@Gargron you should talk to media companies of India and lay out groundwork for premium journalistic content creation.