Nathan 🏳️‍🌈Dec 13, 2022
I've decided to make account creations by approval only, which may change to invite only. It's clear such a huge wave of people from Twitter has had an overall negative effect. It's not even about server performance, people just don't read the rules and they complain there's actual moderation here unlike the hellscape they came from. We're incredibly fair and balanced, but this isn't Grindr or FetLife, nor is it supposed to be a Twitter replacement.
Show threadcarto
@nathan I can also imagine there's a lot of people with no experience of the BBSs of old - or even forums, all they know is Twitter/FB/IG/what have you. Mastodon is socially different, it's not just the tech stuff, and this probably comes as a bit of a shock for them.
Dec 13, 2022 at 12:39pmWeb
Show threadJamesDec 13, 2022
@carto @nathan indeed. Being myself a refugee of CIX and uk.gay-lesbian-bi on Usenet, this already feels far more like home than FarceBook or Birdshite ever have
Show threadAnnie Ruby 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 13, 2022

@carto @nathan what I wouldn't give for a proper revival of a BBS. Feels like there's been a hole in my social life ever since they evaporated - I basically became an adult in large part via the connections I built on various boards.

This place is a good start though.

Show threadAlan MillerDec 13, 2022
@SkinnyPigAnnie @carto @nathan someone wrote up a few years ago what I've been thinking about the Fediverse being reminiscent of Fidonet. https://wordsmith.social/rgx/the-fediverse-reminds-me-so-much-of-fidonet
The Fediverse reminds me so much of FidoNet

----- New Year's day, and all is quiet in the land. :-) Time to catch up, and I remembered an idea for a blog post a few days ago....

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@carto @nathan aman 💯💜🔥👏🏾