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So far Mastodon has been reasonable, but I've personally seen another federated Reddit clone Lemmy fell down this Rabbit hole. The two "biggest" instances admin

So far Mastodon has been reasonable, but I've personally seen another federated Reddit clone Lemmy fell down this Rabbit hole. The two "biggest" instances admins are all power hungry and like to bully users to exert their authority. The people who always end up as admins and power moderators on these sites are absolutely the ones who should not have it.

mariusor 3y ago
I know this is probably not what you want to hear, but you just need to search for the right instance. You must treat the fediverse the same way as your neighbourhood not a club. You should not go to the most glamourous instance, but find one that has people that share the same values you do.
- brnt 3y ago
  What I'll say to that advice is that it boils down to self-bubbling, which isn't what some want, and not what most need.
- izzydata 3y ago
  All instances combined of Lemmy is already small. If 99% of the traffic of the all instances combined come from 2-3 instances and all of it is run by terrible people then I don't really see how going somewhere that has a handful of active people is a solution. Honestly that particular federated experiment has failed which is fine. More will pop up.
  - mariusor 3y ago
    > Honestly that particular federated experiment has failed which is fine. Everybody is complaining about failures in the fediverse but nobody applies the elbow grease to grow better communities. It's a bit of a self fulfilling prophecy there. :)
    - izzydata 3y ago
      I was busy doing just that and grew a community to 10,000 subscribers. Things were going great and then the administrators abused their powers and took over the community and banned me. They don't follow their own rules so I don't see the point. I was in it for the long haul, but such a thing really destroys your motivation. It's a neat trick though. Let other people put in the work and then ban them and give their communities to their friends.
      - mariusor 3y ago
        Ideally you do this in a community where you trust the sysop, or you are the sysop. See my previous comment.

mariusor 3y ago

I know this is probably not what you want to hear, but you just need to search for the right instance. You must treat the fediverse the same way as your neighbourhood not a club. You should not go to the most glamourous instance, but find one that has people that share the same values you do.

brnt 3y ago
What I'll say to that advice is that it boils down to self-bubbling, which isn't what some want, and not what most need.
izzydata 3y ago
All instances combined of Lemmy is already small. If 99% of the traffic of the all instances combined come from 2-3 instances and all of it is run by terrible people then I don't really see how going somewhere that has a handful of active people is a solution. Honestly that particular federated experiment has failed which is fine. More will pop up.
- mariusor 3y ago
  > Honestly that particular federated experiment has failed which is fine. Everybody is complaining about failures in the fediverse but nobody applies the elbow grease to grow better communities. It's a bit of a self fulfilling prophecy there. :)
  - izzydata 3y ago
    I was busy doing just that and grew a community to 10,000 subscribers. Things were going great and then the administrators abused their powers and took over the community and banned me. They don't follow their own rules so I don't see the point. I was in it for the long haul, but such a thing really destroys your motivation. It's a neat trick though. Let other people put in the work and then ban them and give their communities to their friends.
    - mariusor 3y ago
      Ideally you do this in a community where you trust the sysop, or you are the sysop. See my previous comment.