GinaApr 28, 2025

My opinion of the #fosstodon drama:

It's fair to expect mods to be on the right side of history, and not to have heinous views. And it's fair to call this out. At the same time, this server is run by VOLUNTEERS. The needless attacks, the immediate moves and blocks, and the insane expectation for @mike and @kev to constantly be on top of this and aware of about 500 threads of toots at the same time (and on different platforms) is SO TOXIC. Yall need to CHILL. Everyone is just doing their best.

Show threadrubenwardyApr 28, 2025

@Gina

Yeah this is my view too - having a far right mod is not good. Moderators are representatives of the project. It doesn't matter that moderation is a group thing and auditable

But also the reaction from other servers and users is incredibly toxic, and the move to defederate so quickly without any actual harm is damaging to the fediverse as a whole

Show threadSunflower Björnskalle 🌻Apr 28, 2025
@rubenwardy @Gina Is there somewhere I can get a summary of what happened? What are the "heinous views" and how did they come to be known?
Show threadGinaApr 28, 2025
@apodoxus @rubenwardy apologies, someone else will have to help you with the links. I've been DM'd a few but I've mostly had to click through threads of comments to find context. Apparently things were said about a wrongful deportation in the US, about LGTBQ+ kids and about the privacy of trans people? The problem is that most Reddit comments have been deleted, so I don't know the specific details either.
Show threadSunflower Björnskalle 🌻Apr 28, 2025
@Gina @rubenwardy Hmm, okay, well those are some clues at least. I'll do some googling. Who's the mod in question? kev said something about snowflakes but that was ages ago.
Show threadTaylor
@apodoxus @Gina @rubenwardy In case you didn't find it yet, this is basically the drama as far as I know: https://mastodon.social/@lo__/114370692797365997
And https://fosstodon.org/@mike/114394345053697948

A bit out of proportion in my opinion, and some of the takes are honestly pretty disingenuous. I don't have to agree with the mod's opinions to think that some of the characterizations and attacks have been unfair, and labeling them as "fascist" or "nazi" isn't warranted, but I suppose other people don't agree.
Mike Stone (@[email protected])

@[email protected] To be clear, we're happy with the effort that Carrotcypher has put in as a moderator at Fosstodon. @[email protected] @adamsdesk @[email protected]

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Show threadSunflower Björnskalle 🌻Apr 28, 2025
@taylor @Gina @rubenwardy Yeah, thanks, but I found it and I agree completely.