Ricki Yasha TarrJul 3, 2023

I grew up in a very Conservative Fundamentalist Household. I remember my Dad giving these Apocalyptic style warnings about what would happen if Liberals, Queers, and Feminists were allowed to run things. Now I spend a lot of time in a space run by Liberals, Queers, and Feminists and I have to say, It's pretty freaking nice here.

That being said, no place is a Utopia, people are people. The cost of keeping safe spaces safe is vigilance.

I could make a list here, and tell you my opinion about what makes this place, a good place, but I would like to hear from all of you. What do you love about Fedi? What do we need to do to keep it a nice place? What could we do better? What do you think the future holds for the Fediverse?

Show threadParanoid FactoidJul 3, 2023
@RickiTarr Answering seriously, I think the smartest thing for the fediverse would be a more open governing board. I'd like to see a policy requiring that node servers connecting to the network be run by organizations with registered official nonprofit status in their regions. Following accounting standards. And give freedom to charge nominal fees for operation rather than begging for money. The code of conduct in moderation should be better enforced too.
Show threadRicki Yasha Tarr
@ParanoidFactoid I think the phrase governing board would have a lot of Mastodonians running for the hills, could you elaborate on what exactly that means to you?
Jul 3, 2023 at 3:42pmWeb
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@RickiTarr @ParanoidFactoid Mastodon might see fit to have a governing board but the #fediverse is comprised of more than just #mastodon. If you fundamentally disagree with the decisions made by mastodon, you can find alternatives. Check out fediverse.observer.
Show threadParanoid FactoidJul 3, 2023
@RickiTarr There already is a Mastodon governing board. The Fediverse is not ActivityPub, that's just a popular web protocol. What I propose is a governing board for the Fediverse made of top devs, instance admins, and reps for the user community. They could make non-binding suggestions to devs for features, and binding rules for inclusion in the Fediverse network. Just like rules exist in Mastodon for joining, such no hate speech. But one rule I'd like is to enforce legal nonprofit status.