i heard everyone is going back to Bluesky after finding out the owners of this site are pretty right-wing too. is this true?
@badposter do you mean the owners of mastodon.social? that sucks if true

@slop @badposter the guy followed me 👀

it is not a comfortable feeling frankly

@sheev @slop @badposter fukin who??

@arthurbridges @slop @badposter

the dude whose name pops up on the wiki as the the dude 🙊

@sheev @arthurbridges @slop @badposter eugene? he followed the shitposterer pack for some reason
@zeph not even Eugene. eugen. he not even got all the letters
@yaya what a weirdo!!
@zeph i think he's... German?
so yes
@yaya they are an odd people, many nice ones, many hardcore libs

@zeph @yaya apparently he just followed the starter pack made n in the original thread said he unfollowed, so at least there's that, but wowee

ngl we understand why folks would feel inclined to jump ship but the fun thing abt this platform is, you can just make an instance n kick his ass right outta it! it ain't like bsky where jay will just remain the caesar n overrule moderation of every ATP fork no matter what, so there's at least that

-O

@okadaibro @zeph also softblocking actually works here lol u can just make him not follow u
@okadaibro @yaya a safe-ish space from abusive moderation has immense value in the current world, especially to also be public, so shit if people want an excuse to go back to where they're popular they should just say that
@sheev @slop @badposter I followed @gregthemiller's starter pack. I've just unfollowed everyone. Sorry for the trouble.
@Gargron
i was super stoked you followed! and bummed to lose you!
@Gargron @sheev @slop @badposter @gregthemiller i just moved here, and don't entirely know what's going on, but respect for this move 👍 class
@Gargron @sheev @badposter @gregthemiller as far as i’m aware nobody has articulated a good reason that requires you to apologize, but a classy move nonetheless

@slop @Gargron @badposter @gregthemiller

absolutely right! and i wasn't trying to be responsible for you unfollowing everyone, either 🫣🫡

@sheev @slop @Gargron @badposter @gregthemiller oh goodness sheeeeeev what did u dooooo lol (jk jk)
@slop @Gargron @sheev @badposter i appreciate that you welcomed us here with open arms and i’m sorry some new members made it weird. you’re more than welcome to follow the pack, and individual users who don’t like it can deal with it

@Gargron @gregthemiller

I thought it was cool that you followed me! If you like silly jokes please consider following some of us. :)

@Gargron @sheev @slop @badposter @gregthemiller I'm the end boss of shitposting and i'm hurt you haven't personally followed me
@Gargron aw man don’t apologize! no trouble at all i thought it was cool you followed us🥹
@Gargron I am behind the times and just finding this thread, but please don't apologize (though I will say, that was classy)! It was neat that you welcomed us and followed the group. I'm sorry that people made it weird.