@david_megginson @ralf @futurebird @heysupratim @mattblaze

Excellent discussion. "building a community" is messy and likely lead to fragmentation, but the alternative is chaos.

I don't wish to be naive about this, we need to be honest about what's worked and what hasn't but right now we need someone to CARE and to even TRY (as the main Mastodon folk don't appear to)

Improving the Mastodon Covalent seems like a good start https://joinmastodon.org/covenant

Mastodon Server Covenant for joinmastodon.org

@scottjenson @david_megginson @ralf @heysupratim @mattblaze

Also, mods are much safer when their roles are clear and largely predefined and when they have something to point to to explain decisions.

"Don't be a jerk" is a fine philosophy, but useless in practice.