NolanMay 2, 2017
Wrangling Mastodon admins: like herding cats. Feral cats, that haven't been de-clawed. Also the cats have deep-seated ideological differences
Show threadKat Lo ✅May 2, 2017
@nolan I desperately want to hear about this
Show threadChris Silverman 🌻
@lolkat @nolan also, thinking someone speaking out against abuse is just as bad as the abuser isn't an ideological difference. It's a moral deficiency.
May 2, 2017 at 6:45pmWeb
Show threadNolanMay 2, 2017
@csilverman @lolkat I like to believe that no human is beyond redemption, but yeah you have to draw the line somewhere. I've been leaning a lot from the wisdom of other admins TBH
Show threadChris Silverman 🌻May 3, 2017

@nolan @lolkat I wasn't going to go so far as to say they're beyond redemption, although I think someone whose deeply held ideology makes no difference between general-purpose troublemakers and abuse victims comes pretty damned close.

I'll admit I'm biased because I've seen this so many times: male admins dismissing harassment concerns as women being women, if they don't like it they can leave, etc.

Show threadKat Lo ✅May 3, 2017

@csilverman @nolan Ugh, that's depressing. Definitely a major downside of centralized platforms where there are male admins who are dismissive of womens' concerns.

It's an important issue to think about for platforms like Mastodon. The discussions of governance on here have been both fascinating and terrifying.