Nick @ The Linux ExperimentWatching the crazy right wing extremists trying to tell me that Mastodon has been built to “save the blue checkmarks from Elon’s Twitter so they can keep hating free speech in their own bubble” is hilarious.
Chris Pirillo@thelinuxEXP ...weren't (aren't?) their not-Twitter platforms based upon Mastodon?
@ChrisPirillo Yeah, AFAIK, Truth social and Gab are both based on Mastodon
zem@thelinuxEXP
yes and most of them are blocked because for some reason spam, hatespeech, blaming is coming surprisingly frequently from those instances, so many admins decide that their own instances shall not be used to spread such shit.
@ChrisPirillo
yes and most of them are blocked because for some reason spam, hatespeech, blaming is coming surprisingly frequently from those instances, so many admins decide that their own instances shall not be used to spread such shit.
@ChrisPirillo
@zem @thelinuxEXP ...yeah, I have one standing follow request from what may be a blocked (de-federated?) instance. Since I don't know who it is (though I *am* familiar with the instance brand), I'm not going to risk it. Honestly, it's kinda interesting that they could even make the request and I could accept. Unsure what that'd do to the space-time continuum.
@ChrisPirillo Yeah, probably best not to! Also, can I just fanboy for one second and thank you for being there at the early days of YouTube? Lockergnome was probably the thing I ever watched on that site!
@thelinuxEXP ...oh, fantastic! Yeah that's a handle few remember, but playing with Mastodon makes me wonder if I should revive it as an instance with a helpful / how-to / tips / discovery / geeky / nerdy focus.
@ChrisPirillo I’d be here for it!
@thelinuxEXP ...gotta get a few questions answered first. Don't even know if I'd get enough direct financial support to pull it off, or people to help manage the server stuff. My bailiwick is community catalyzation, concepts (not operations).
@ChrisPirillo Oh yeah. The time and funds needed aren’t insubstantial!
Brian Weber@ChrisPirillo @thelinuxEXP I am seriously considering launching my own Mastodon server instance. To focus on 3d printing. First step accomplished. Got a cool domain for it. 3dp.social.
@BrianWeber @thelinuxEXP ...ah, yes! I know 3dp.chat exists, too. Room for more. Assuming rules will be different everywhere.