Mastodon•ART 🎨 CuratorNov 10, 2022

Yesterday I posted about worries re. moderation at mastodon.social/.online:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/on-our-policy-74436103

And asked the community to feed back about whether they'd like to do nothing, 'silence', or 'defederate'. The response was almost entirely in favour of silencing.

Today, especially after noticing that those two instances DO federate with an instance that hosts fascist content, we went ahead with that silence:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/74474015

Thank you, .art, for supporting a solid no-nazi stance. <3

Show threaduoouNov 10, 2022

@Curator

Hope it's okay to ask here:

I've been looking to move from mastodon.social for a while and this is the push I needed.

Can anyone recommend a good, small*ish* general interest server that doesn't federate with the fash?

(I want general interest cos I like to see a bit of everything, I get bored on single-interest servers.)

Show threadMastodon•ART 🎨 Curator

@uoou Totally fine to ask here :D I can heartily recommend mstdn.social, but it depends on how 'small' you want. They have 54k active users, so it'll be a much quieter experience than .social, but still busy enough to feel active and alive. I'm friends with the admin and one of the mods there, and they are wonderful, caring people that carry the same ethos as our community here.

If you want something smaller and cozier, sunny.garden are also lovely, admins also great, 900ish users. :)

Nov 10, 2022 at 5:16pmWeb
Show threaduoouNov 10, 2022

@Curator

mstdn.social sounds perfect. And your recommendation carries a lot of weight. I see you working tirelessly for your community all the time. (To the point where I worry about your well-being a bit :))

Will make a short list and have a poke around.

Thank you!

Show threadEmber is so tired of people. â€‹Nov 10, 2022
@Curator @uoou
mstdn.social and mstdn.io have confusingly similar names
Show threadMastodon•ART 🎨 CuratorNov 10, 2022
@Ember @uoou I can guarantee that they are absolutely run by different people, in the same way that mastodon.art and mastodon.social are separate.