My new Mastodon instance appears to be up and running. The migration has taken its toll on my archive, which doesn't seem to be portable. But I'm here. And my followers seem to be showing up too. Kinda cool.

@benjaminwittes Why the switch?

@vjmes Wanted to try running my own.
I decided I wanted to be an Arbiter of Truth. @qjurecic

@vjmes @benjaminwittes im telling you—this way lies madness

@qjurecic @vjmes I dunno. Our content moderation rules are pretty excellent.

@vjmes @benjaminwittes See above

@vjmes @benjaminwittes content moderation is like the Ark of the Covenant in Indiana Jones

@qjurecic @vjmes So far, my skeptical friend, we have been live for several hours and we have had zero content moderation requests. No complaints of any kind from any users. So there.

@benjaminwittes @qjurecic @vjmes I was sorely tempted to report this toot to ensure that the moderators of your instance had an opportunity to review it, but ended up not doing it so as to not annoy the moderators on this instance

@benjaminwittes @qjurecic @vjmes Hoping to see the Ben Wittes Mastodon Instance Law Enforcement Requests Transparency Report posted every six months too just in case

@Pwnallthethings @qjurecic @vjmes This is an abuse of the moderation process.

@benjaminwittes @qjurecic @vjmes Wow, prejudicing the result of the moderation process already, this is a scandal

@Pwnallthethings @qjurecic @vjmes

@benjaminwittes @qjurecic @vjmes 100% of all moderation events ignored? A rubber stamp!

@Pwnallthethings @qjurecic @vjmes And the mod didn't appoint a special counsel to consider a complaint against himself!

@benjaminwittes @qjurecic @vjmes This is why there needs to be a Supreme Court of Cool Table Dot Wtf

@Pwnallthethings @vjmes @benjaminwittes quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

@qjurecic @Pwnallthethings @vjmes @benjaminwittes you know it’s a fun night when the lawyers lapse into Latin. 😏

@crtvprdx @qjurecic @Pwnallthethings @vjmes None of us is a lawyer, actually.