We're friendly, well-moderated, and pretty darn gay

@stux @jerry

This is solid advice. Unfortunately, many Bluesky users are not likely to see it, unless they are already here.

Mastodon Migration (@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online)

Attached: 1 image An option for #Bluesky users who might be wanting to diversify their risk is to create a Wafrn account. "Wafrn is a federated social media inspired by Tumblr that connects with both the Fediverse and Bluesky." @gabboman@gabboman.xyz reports that Wafrn has not been impacted at all by the recent #Bluesky outages. Give it a look. People seem to really love Wafrn 👏 Join Wafrn >>> https://join.wafrn.net/ #Wafrn #Bluesky

Mastodon (mastodon.online)

Join or migrate >>> https://join.wafrn.net

#Wafrn #Bluesky

There are many great servers. Almost all of them, in fact. Just recommending a few options for newcomers to overcome that initial fear of choosing.

He looks like a spokesperson for mastodon but he simply cannot pick up peoples needs. I had debates with him in the past. Short ones.

What I have learned here in more than five years is, that communication with administrators, for instance, are very hard to come by.

But everybody is very quick with the block feature. (1/3)

I for myself may be a bit resilient …

From a technical standpoint, the #fediverse is great. But it’s highly immature and for some it is toxic.

For starting an account, it is not reliable as long as you are not willing to host your own server. (2/3)
@wiredfire @mastodonmigration

I also have an account on fedi.at - it's an Austrian server but it allows toots in English and it has a 5,000 character limit. I have a pixelfed account but don't use it much.

Yes, several, but here is a very good one by @FediTips, who is also usually available to answer specific questions you might have.

Transferring your Mastodon account to another server | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

(fedi.tips)

Is there a tutorial out there for how to port my .social instance to a new location? Thanks for the help, and keep up the good work! #NewbsDoingNewbThings

Right? … (2/2)
@wiredfire @mastodonmigration

The point is we are all adults and we can act like adults or we can choose to be childish. The last thing is quite often the case here.

So when I for instance, say something, you don’t like you can choose to ignore it or you can answer it in any way you like. And within this conversation, I can however tell you what I do not like either. (1/2)

Indeed you have every right to free speech, and everyone also has the right not to listen to you. That's the way it works.

Going to block you now. Just exercising the right not to hear your free speech.

It’s not about willingly violating anything or anyone.

It’s about the scissor in everyone’s head and how you deal with people.

I can tell you that there are quite some people who had bad experiences here using mastodon. What brought them to Bluesky. I had talks with some of them from all over the world.

Sorry you have had a bad experience here. However, jumping in on threads like this to air your gripes may have something to do with why you experience such issues.

To be clear, you are free to use Mastodon however you want so long as you don't violate the rules of your server, but thread jacking and otherwise being a curmudgeon can get you blocked and otherwise isolated.

The point is that the issues you are having may have more to do with your style of engagement.

@censorship is happening in the fediverse.

If someone doesn’t like what you are saying, your account is at risk.

There are de facto, no rules and no protection for it.

This is not a good basis for working together …