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If you are considering self-hosting your instance, I’ll recommend Go To Social. It is still alpha quality software but all the basic functions work fine. But it

If you are considering self-hosting your instance, I’ll recommend Go To Social. It is still alpha quality software but all the basic functions work fine. But it’s a much lighter alternative to Mastodon.

konart 4y ago
From their blog (https://gts.superseriousbusiness.org/@gotosocial/statuses/01GS15VTW657H4XGB1BKFRTEDZ https://gts.superseriousbusiness.org/@gotosocial/statuses/01...): >We do not work with transphobes/fascists/racists. If you open an issue or PR on our git repo and we see you are one of those things, or hang out with people like that, we will kick you out of our space. We have no patience for bigotry, and we see no reason whatsoever to tolerate having it anywhere near us. Fuck terfs and fuck nazis. >we are a strictly antifascist organization. we have zero tolerance for fascism or anything that enables or allows it. (yes that includes capitalism) I'd honestly rather stay away from people who claim they are "antifascist organization" but at the same time have zero understanding what does "nazism" or "fascism" actually means. Nor do they have any kind of FAQ on how they are going to determine who is what and how should I know if somebody I follow on fediverse or github is one of those things.
- SamoyedFurFluff 4y ago
  Imma be honest with you it has never occurred to me that I would legitimately be considered a transphobe, racist, fascist, or nazi. And if someone sincerely was informing me I was doing this to the point where they could no longer tolerate my presence I would take some serious time to introspect what I did and potentially reach out to a neutral third party like a therapist to figure out if I have to do some work on myself. Basically I wouldn’t worry about a stance like that, because either it will never apply to me or if it does, I can take it as a fairly low-stakes learning opportunity! (It’s not like I’m losing my job, getting divorced, etc. from this!) (I would consider it a similar hardline stance to, idk, “we do not work with human traffickers, if we think you’re pro human trafficking we’ll avoid you” or “we do not work with serial killers, if we think you’re pro serial killer we’ll avoid you”. Like I know I’m neither of those things, and if people think I am, holy shit!! I need to fix that asap!!)
  - konart 4y ago
    > And if someone sincerely was informing me I was doing this to the point where they could no longer tolerate my presence But thtat's the thing. On fediverse nobody informs you (unless you have an argument with someone). Your instances just gets banned, possibly by multiple instances\relays and that's it. Not to mention that they are putting everything into one basket: transphobe, racist, fascist even capitalists are bad. Everyone is bad are you are also bad if you have any connection to those. >(It’s not like I’m losing my job, getting divorced, etc. from this!) Yes, you just lose connection to a people you were previously following. Even if they are okay with whatever your stance is. > Like I know I’m neither of those things, and if people think I am, holy shit!! I need to fix that asap! No, you should not. Otherwise you will spend your whole life fixing problems that do not exist. Some idiots who can't even take their time and learn what does the word "fascism" is are telling you you are a fascist while you are not? Fuck them. They need some help, not you. (Unless of course you are staring to hear the same thing from different people including those who actually know you. In that case you probably should question some things)
    - SamoyedFurFluff 4y ago
      I think you and me are different people frankly. I’ve never had to worry about being called a racist, or a fascist, or a nazi, because I’m receptive to feedback. I earnestly think social media feeds are a really low stakes way to be informed you come off as a nazi to a large enough group of people that they decided to ban you instead of talking it out. And frankly it makes no sense to me that if someone informs me I come off as a hardline, non-negotiable nazi that I shouldn’t at least take 0.02 seconds to ensure I’m not the asshole. Like I said before I would rather learn it off a github pr than my boss firing me or my partner divorcing me or my child enstranging.

konart 4y ago

From their blog (https://gts.superseriousbusiness.org/@gotosocial/statuses/01GS15VTW657H4XGB1BKFRTEDZ https://gts.superseriousbusiness.org/@gotosocial/statuses/01...): >We do not work with transphobes/fascists/racists. If you open an issue or PR on our git repo and we see you are one of those things, or hang out with people like that, we will kick you out of our space. We have no patience for bigotry, and we see no reason whatsoever to tolerate having it anywhere near us. Fuck terfs and fuck nazis. >we are a strictly antifascist organization. we have zero tolerance for fascism or anything that enables or allows it. (yes that includes capitalism) I'd honestly rather stay away from people who claim they are "antifascist organization" but at the same time have zero understanding what does "nazism" or "fascism" actually means. Nor do they have any kind of FAQ on how they are going to determine who is what and how should I know if somebody I follow on fediverse or github is one of those things.

SamoyedFurFluff 4y ago
Imma be honest with you it has never occurred to me that I would legitimately be considered a transphobe, racist, fascist, or nazi. And if someone sincerely was informing me I was doing this to the point where they could no longer tolerate my presence I would take some serious time to introspect what I did and potentially reach out to a neutral third party like a therapist to figure out if I have to do some work on myself. Basically I wouldn’t worry about a stance like that, because either it will never apply to me or if it does, I can take it as a fairly low-stakes learning opportunity! (It’s not like I’m losing my job, getting divorced, etc. from this!) (I would consider it a similar hardline stance to, idk, “we do not work with human traffickers, if we think you’re pro human trafficking we’ll avoid you” or “we do not work with serial killers, if we think you’re pro serial killer we’ll avoid you”. Like I know I’m neither of those things, and if people think I am, holy shit!! I need to fix that asap!!)
- konart 4y ago
  > And if someone sincerely was informing me I was doing this to the point where they could no longer tolerate my presence But thtat's the thing. On fediverse nobody informs you (unless you have an argument with someone). Your instances just gets banned, possibly by multiple instances\relays and that's it. Not to mention that they are putting everything into one basket: transphobe, racist, fascist even capitalists are bad. Everyone is bad are you are also bad if you have any connection to those. >(It’s not like I’m losing my job, getting divorced, etc. from this!) Yes, you just lose connection to a people you were previously following. Even if they are okay with whatever your stance is. > Like I know I’m neither of those things, and if people think I am, holy shit!! I need to fix that asap! No, you should not. Otherwise you will spend your whole life fixing problems that do not exist. Some idiots who can't even take their time and learn what does the word "fascism" is are telling you you are a fascist while you are not? Fuck them. They need some help, not you. (Unless of course you are staring to hear the same thing from different people including those who actually know you. In that case you probably should question some things)
  - SamoyedFurFluff 4y ago
    I think you and me are different people frankly. I’ve never had to worry about being called a racist, or a fascist, or a nazi, because I’m receptive to feedback. I earnestly think social media feeds are a really low stakes way to be informed you come off as a nazi to a large enough group of people that they decided to ban you instead of talking it out. And frankly it makes no sense to me that if someone informs me I come off as a hardline, non-negotiable nazi that I shouldn’t at least take 0.02 seconds to ensure I’m not the asshole. Like I said before I would rather learn it off a github pr than my boss firing me or my partner divorcing me or my child enstranging.