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1. Sim (sim)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Apr-2017 14:25:44 PDT Sim
   I'm curious... if people are happy to share this information with me, what is it that you look for in a social media platform? What would be your right fit/ideal? What do you want to use social media like GS/mastodon for?
   • Constance Variable and Chris repeated this.
   • Sim (sim)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Apr-2017 14:33:08 PDT Sim

     • Sean Tilley
     @deadsuperhero
     
     You know, I do think that GS is a good fit for you there. If we gain more developers then that will help to speed things along in that direction too. Certainly, I think there is a nice community over here... and I've had quite a bit of fun with people. Although, the more people there are... the harder it becomes to do with everyone so you'll have to be more choosy. Thanks for answering.
   • Chris (csaurus)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Apr-2017 14:37:24 PDT Chris

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     @sim I came here primarily for the culture. GNUSocial has a lot of people who understand the ethical considerations raised by free software that should be taken into account as a software developer. Like another user made in an article they wrote about GNUSocial, this is a vestige of hacker culture which hasn't been totally eaten by corporate social networks. The understanding of technology and its implications can't be said for the vast majority of users on other social networks. I also like the emphasis on interacting with people you don't know, something I think has been effectively quashed on say, facebook, because of the oppressive "real name" policy. Also, the lack of advertising is great. Advertising cheapens interaction, even as it tries to wrap itself up as something meaningful e.g. #resist apparel, Pepsi commercials trivializing police relationships with communities of color, etc.
   • Sim (sim)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Apr-2017 14:39:27 PDT Sim

     • Sean Tilley
     @deadsuperhero
     
     Definitely. I think that I'm quite fortunate in that I do get along with some of the admins here. They are friendly. If I had a question, it would get answered if they knew. But of course, I think that gets harder when there are more users around. It is also voluntary so you have to be patient... not many people will like if you get pushy about things either. Or if you start talking about things you don't know about.
   • Sim (sim)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Apr-2017 14:56:29 PDT Sim

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     • Chris
     @csaurus
     
     I can already tell why this place really appeals to you. Although there have been some ads here... I think that it hasn't had a large enough audience before to make it viable to be included in most ad campaigns. As we become larger, we may see more advertisements which may cheapen things for you. If we're not careful, that may start to gobble things up here and become a focus. Or celeb culture which is on twitter for instance. But I do also like that people are freedom conscious here... because it gave me a chance to learn more about it. To find people that care about ethics at least in this regard.
   • Chris (csaurus)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Apr-2017 15:08:19 PDT Chris

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     @sim that may happen, but we have a choice. How can ads function properly throughout the network if you or an affinity group of yours controls that node? Bad actors can be blocked or blacklisted if need be, including entire instances. Maybe I'm just too optimistic, but even with popularity I think that the issues you've raised are way more manageable than they would be in a silo. In a sense, I wonder if the silo is what created the so-called moderation problem. @Bob@freedombone.net just posted a cool piece talking about this. If instances are operated by a trusted affinity group, it makes it way easier for that group to make moderation decisions for themselves. Compare with the situation of fb or Twitter where a moderation policy has to satisfy a much larger number of people.