For what it’s worth, the rest of the report is mostly fine, and I’m inclined to believe I learned something about Drew. But I also felt that was not honest, and question if it had to be included at all. Looking around, it seems the author likes Stallman, and regardless of how they felt before, they probably disliked Drew when they found he was connected to the Stallman report.

So thanks for mentioning that weird vibe. I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who paused at that section.

And I’m saying you’re better off without. That sentence is ridiculous enough already, it doesn’t need the source to make it worse. But good on you for worrying about credit, do as you will.

— vintermann, Hacker News

I don’t know who this person is, but adding “Hacker News” doesn’t give their words more credibility. It gives them less, if anything.

Imagine I quoted someone and, underneath it, added:

— PM_ME_UR_FEET, Reddit

Both of these enjoy the same level of base, intrinsic trust to me: none.

Just for the record, I know little about gotosocial, but I’ve looked into Misskey a fair bit and I think it’s irrelevant here.

FediDB data on active users seems off (a low ~12k MAU), but even if the real number is much greater, most are on the flagship instance (misskey.io) which has multiple CSAM censures on fediseer.

Put another way, it’s almost counterproductive to include Misskey in these topics because simply federating with its biggest instance could be a liability for most 1st world western instances.

I doubt the Swiss government would get much out of Misskey.

No, I’m trying to reduce the influence of a problematic individual. The lawsuit has, and will have, more coverage.

I’m sorry, banana, that was sarcasm. I saw nothing I’d call a quality.

I would suggest not trusting anything Lunduke says, the man went off the deep end and became a harmful conspiracy theorist.

For example, he believes there is a trans advocacy group going around and destroying open source projects from within. That’s right, only the Lunduke Journal has the truth, and the truth is that trans kids are killing open source.

The replies are a prime example of the fediverse microblogging sphere’s greatest qualities.

This entire event is unfortunate, but unsurprising.

In theory, I doubt development would continue. For a federated cohost to survive long term, it would also need to be open source, with a developer community that could fork the project and carry the torch. That’s a very different cohost we’re envisioning, even excluding required UX changes to make it possible.

At that point, one might as well imagine a cohost that explored better ways to make money, or attracted more users, or ran a tighter ship. Both scenarios lead to this discussion never happening.

No, thanks for suggesting. I saw a thread by other curious users and checked fediseer. Might be an admin issue, but I didn’t see clear evidence.

Don’t think it was spam as, unless I’m misunderstanding, that seems unlikely from fosstodon.

Pseudo?

I meant that it’s not directly associated with you as the owner through your migrated account.

Edited comment (many to some).

This isn’t an absolute rule. Of course they don’t (and shouldn’t) ask for feedback before cutting off Nazi instances, but it’s not always so clear.

.world defederated from fosstodon and I’m still unsure why.

What you’re describing sounds closer to how atproto is supposed to work, but it’s yet unproven in regards to decentralization.

I agree with the overall spirit, but this is a bit shallow, no? Not much of an attempt to argue its points. It makes some claims, refuses to elaborate, then leaves. Feels written for people who already think the same.

Because of this as well as poor financial management, Cohost will pass out of internet culture with little impact

Would decentralization have helped it make a much greater impact? Would it have helped Cohost survive? Seems to me that financial issues would’ve killed it regardless.

Your content stays behind, though, and some shut down without warning.

Your posts will not be moved, due to technical limitations.

Wait, when have I ever denied any genocide?

I’m sorry, that’s hilarious. It’s so odd, so absurd I can’t help but laugh.

I’ve disagreements of my own, but all I want is to put them aside for a bit because this sentence deserves appreciation.

We also need more straightforward installation procedures so more people can host their own.

Hosting your own instance is not a fire and forget operation. The closest thing is single-user instances, but even then there are matters the admin must handle. Plus, there’s little incentive for doing all this work.

Aight, I’ve spent my allotted 20 minutes reading open source project drama and still don’t get this comment. Mind sharing some context?

I volunteered because I worried for the community. There were few comments and I couldn’t sit by when it seemed so straightforward to step up for the sake of something I care about.

Later, admins shared that they’d been taking care of it (things were never as dire as I feared), and they’ve since appointed actual moderators. Even one with actual experience, too! I trust things will be fine, now.

All this to say: I’ll be here as an option, should you want more people, but I’m happy with how things turned out. Much better than the communities that (sadly) spend months looking for volunteers.