I know mastodon.social is seen as a detriment to some in the fediverse
But have you ever considered my story?
Joined in 2016
Came back in 2018
Built an audience around my new project @pixelfed
We take m.s for granted, a large part of the fediverse literally wouldn't exist unless @Gargron built a suitable GNU/Social successor.
The fediverse is quick to point fingers at Mastodon and Gargron, but thanks to him, you have a platform to do that on.
We love you big G, you are my hero ❤️
Yeah there is some criticism that Eugen promotes mastodon.social as the default instance to the exclusion of others, leading to massive de facto centralization, but the biggest issue currently seems to be the censorship of pro-Palestinian and anti-genocide accounts, see for example:
https://mastodon.online/@nelsonakis/113521147474038569
https://mastodon.social/@rzeta0/112943292055804043
https://mastodon.social/@z3r0fox/112679477676943755
@cemedia @rzeta0
Attached: 1 image The moderators of mastodon social continue to silence pro-Palestinian accounts, this time @[email protected] Mastodon doesn't feel like the effective and reliable communications platform you proclaimed a few days ago, @[email protected] #Palestine #Mastodon
@alientux @dansup @pixelfed @cemedia @rzeta0
The accounts are not always banned outright but often "shadow banned", meaning you can only see they're posts and profile if you already follow them, which obviously limits the visibility and reach of these accounts, and if you visit they're profile before following them you get a message that the profiles have been hidden by mods, you know, for you're own protection...
@alientux @dansup @pixelfed @cemedia @rzeta0
And in some cases, as Tariq, Ricky, and others can attest, specific posts have been taken down, which is clearly censorship. BTW I only mentioned a couple of toots and accounts as examples but many more have experienced the same issue sadly. Its not a moderation fuck up, its intentional and systemic, otherwise users deserve apologies from the mods, transparency about what happened and why, and restoration of censored accounts and toots
dansup
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