@multiple_creatures tbh, i like this flow, since it makes it easier to avoid authoritarian structures of governance.
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@Guinevere@girlcock.club oh no worries, yet
the culture of the project isn't going to impact the culture of fediverse, because each instance admin has their own power to influence things
because the project isn't centralized, there is no one person that can influence the culture of the fediverse instantly
with that said, as long as mastodon is the only instance server used by most instances, then things are a bit more fragile than they seem. since, admins can't control the project.
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@Guinevere@girlcock.club oh goodness, i don't wanna gossip, haha, and i also don't want to scare people away
but, if you really want to know - i'd say that the reality is that projects ran by cishet white guys are probably not going to have the frame of reference that lends themselves towards becoming safe spaces
less generally, gargron can sometimes be really narrow minded and reject community suggestions based on Programmer Logic without considering from a people based point of view
so, the reason that i had originally created my own instance was so that i could watch and learn how activitypub worked. instead, i think that i learned a lot more about how gargron thinks and how the project's internal politics ended up influencing its structure.
that's really interesting to me. also, activitypub as a protocol is simple it turns out. the downside is that implementing it is more of an art than a science. it tells you what to do but not how to do it.
like a reverse cookbook.
@zac this is brilliant! i will take you up on this when i get a bit further in my current project tbh
@zac lmfao, i wondered how many folks caught on to that!
probably, i'm going to go and try to refollow everyone that i followed, and half the people will be like, "who dis?!" even tho the name matches
also, my instance is just too ponderous atm to keep up with. i failed at upgrading mastodon, and it ate my db Somehow. i tried doing some basic cleanup and that didn't work. finally, i thought about pleroma, but i really don't like its interface
i am defeated, but at least i still have a home
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