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Mastodon people is sort of a strange way to group folks. Categorically I don't think it's useful other than speaking in tendencies. I brought this up because I

Mastodon people is sort of a strange way to group folks. Categorically I don't think it's useful other than speaking in tendencies. I brought this up because I specifically run my own server and I license my content in a way that prohibits its indexing for full-text search. Am I a "Mastodon people"? Who can say for sure.

int_19h 4y ago
Do you require the license to be read and accepted before providing access to servers trying to federate?
- kelseyfrog 4y ago
  I provide it on my profile. I don't require the license in my Github repos to be read and accepted before it applies to the code therein and this is a parallel. The license strictly prohibits indexing for full text search and quote replies. All other indexing, storage, and retrieval is allowed.
  - int_19h 4y ago
    I don't think one needs to agree to your GitHub license to browse the repo, though. Copying it is another matter, but indexing doesn't do that.
    - kelseyfrog 4y ago
      At the end of the day what matters is what a judge believes. Maybe it's not legally possible to create a license that prohibits full-text search, but I'm not going to give up before trying.
Karrot_Kream 4y ago
While there is certainly nuance in Fediverse communities, I think the idea of "Mastodon people" has merit. Many people on Mastodon have strongly held political and cultural opinions and strong feelings on the types of ideas their conversation partners should have. Deviation from these opinions is usually met with derision at best but more generally vitriol and banning. It sounds like the OP ran against exactly this behavior. Over the years there's certainly been a rise in interest oriented communities, but even those come with strongly held cultural and political opinions. My experience comes from using Mastodon from 2015-2018 (where I got to witness the free speech instance wars) and ultimately distancing myself from it.
- yborg 4y ago
  >I think the idea of "Mastodon people" has merit With the recent influx of Twitter refugees the user community on large instances has, as one would expect, trended to the mean, and I would say this statement doesn't have much merit now.
  - Karrot_Kream 4y ago
    Depends on how many folks stay. If the community attracts like-minded folks with most returning to Twitter, then it sticks.

int_19h 4y ago

Do you require the license to be read and accepted before providing access to servers trying to federate?

kelseyfrog 4y ago
I provide it on my profile. I don't require the license in my Github repos to be read and accepted before it applies to the code therein and this is a parallel. The license strictly prohibits indexing for full text search and quote replies. All other indexing, storage, and retrieval is allowed.
- int_19h 4y ago
  I don't think one needs to agree to your GitHub license to browse the repo, though. Copying it is another matter, but indexing doesn't do that.
  - kelseyfrog 4y ago
    At the end of the day what matters is what a judge believes. Maybe it's not legally possible to create a license that prohibits full-text search, but I'm not going to give up before trying.

Karrot_Kream 4y ago

While there is certainly nuance in Fediverse communities, I think the idea of "Mastodon people" has merit. Many people on Mastodon have strongly held political and cultural opinions and strong feelings on the types of ideas their conversation partners should have. Deviation from these opinions is usually met with derision at best but more generally vitriol and banning. It sounds like the OP ran against exactly this behavior. Over the years there's certainly been a rise in interest oriented communities, but even those come with strongly held cultural and political opinions. My experience comes from using Mastodon from 2015-2018 (where I got to witness the free speech instance wars) and ultimately distancing myself from it.

yborg 4y ago
>I think the idea of "Mastodon people" has merit With the recent influx of Twitter refugees the user community on large instances has, as one would expect, trended to the mean, and I would say this statement doesn't have much merit now.
- Karrot_Kream 4y ago
  Depends on how many folks stay. If the community attracts like-minded folks with most returning to Twitter, then it sticks.