May Likes TorontoMar 21

Time to back up, export, and leave if you're on mstdn.ca
https://ottawa.place/@stephanie/116267088513251309

If you can't see the above post, here's the CBC article about the person who owns and runs the server.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/inglewood-league-lawsuit-missing-funds-9.7136933

Migration tips:
https://zeroes.ca/@StaceyCornelius/115967726861839689

Edit: These are allegations and there's a state of the instance coming up. I'd err on the side of caution and migrate early, or at least back everything up, because losing an account here kind of sucks.

Stéphanie (@[email protected])

If you're on mstdn.ca, I would save my list of follows/followers immediately and think about moving. The owner is getting sued for over 300K by his community league. I wouldn't bet on the instance surviving this latest thing 😞 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/inglewood-league-lawsuit-missing-funds-9.7136933

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Show threadEv DelenMar 21

@mayintoronto

I hate to be "That Guy" but I would remind everyone that these are allegations in the form of a statement of claim, not a finding of fact in a court of law.

As far as I'm aware we do have a presumption of innocence in Canada.

Obviously the allegation is disturbing, but I will withhold my condemnation and won't be moving instances until such time as a finding of fact is made (or at least until we see some evidence to back up the claims).

As for "he's hosting it at home" as some kind of evidence of malice, there was a deliberate and public effort to get mstdn.ca off of "the cloud" and onto Canadian sovereign servers, so I feel like this is slandering someone with their good intentions.

I note, this is not a defence of his alleged actions, merely a reminder of our professed values.

Show threadRetro Tech ShopMar 22
@evdelen @mayintoronto @javensbukan @PhoenixSerenity @danbrotherston My opinion is that he is a POS, pending further investigation. And if we truly want Mastodon to be a better community we should listen to people when they call out bad actors.
Show threadEv Delen

@retrotechshop @mayintoronto @javensbukan @PhoenixSerenity @danbrotherston
If all it takes is for someone to be labelled "a bad actor" is a mere allegation...

And without yet even having made a statement in their defense...

As a former professional political operative, particularly as one who worked on the #DavidSoknacki campaign, the ability for progressives to eat their own and spit them out: the purity tests, the litmus tests, and the outright hostility if anyone should fail them, and the speed and intensity withwhich that hostility is applied...

People are messy!

Life is messy!

Ideally we'd make every decision through consensus but sometimes compromise is needed!

Perfection is the enemy of the good enough!

Mar 22 at 6:28pmWeb
Show threadRetro Tech ShopMar 22
@evdelen @mayintoronto @javensbukan @PhoenixSerenity @danbrotherston I agree with your sentiment on "perfection is the enemy of good" but women of color are consistently being ignored when they raise the alarm and if we want to improve we need to address that. That's not called perfection, that's called progress.
Show threadMs. Que BanhMar 23

@evdelen
Chad was busted lying about using racial violence on me/sending cops to our home. He has told multiple lies about that. I have never changed my story because I wasn't the one weaponizing cops on anyone.
GTFO with your BS.
You deserve to sink with Chad if you support someone like that.

@retrotechshop @mayintoronto @javensbukan @danbrotherston