Today we're sharing the first in a series of three posts from our leadership team, starting with @mellifluousbox discussing our mission, and priorities for 2026.
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@Mastodon @mellifluousbox If Mastodon implements age verification, we leave.
@ariarhythmic @Mastodon @mellifluousbox
the problem isn't mastodon it's your govt
if mastodon servers don't implement age verification in those jurisdictions that make it law, those servers get shut down by that govt
so you're blaming the wrong entity
are you really asking servers to face legal punishment and then get shut down anyway?
don't get me wrong: be angry
*at your govt*
not mastodon
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Today we're sharing the first in a series of three posts from our leadership team, starting with @mellifluousbox discussing our mission, and priorities for 2026. Stay tuned this week for more.
Connecting the world through thriving online communities
A message from our Executive Director about Mastodon's vision and mission.
Mastodon Blog (blog.joinmastodon.org)
@Mastodon @mellifluousbox fym "age verification working group"?
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Today we're sharing the first in a series of three posts from our leadership team, starting with @mellifluousbox discussing our mission, and priorities for 2026. Stay tuned this week for more.
Connecting the world through thriving online communities
A message from our Executive Director about Mastodon's vision and mission.
Mastodon Blog (blog.joinmastodon.org)
Fuck your age verification plans. Don’t be fooled #FaceScan and ID laws are not here to protect children, they are here to enable more #surveillance and #fascist ideologies.
Age Verification Wants Your Face, and Your Privacy
Age verification laws forcing platforms to restrict access to content online have been multiplying in recent years. The problem is, implementing such measure necessarily requires identifying each user accessing this content, one way or another. This is bad news for your privacy.
Privacy Guides (www.privacyguides.org)
Good news, UK Discord users, we're part of a Peter Thiel-linked data collection "experiment"
Discord have belatedly confirmed that they're working with Persona, an identity detection firm backed by a fund directed by Palantir chairman Peter Thiel.
Rock Paper Shotgun (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
Fuck that noise! Fuck giving shitheads like Thiel personal information handed to them on a silver platter. #mastodon #oligarchy #privacy #enshittification
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Today we're sharing the first in a series of three posts from our leadership team, starting with @mellifluousbox discussing our mission, and priorities for 2026. Stay tuned this week for more.
Connecting the world through thriving online communities
A message from our Executive Director about Mastodon's vision and mission.
Mastodon Blog (blog.joinmastodon.org)
"we’re forming and founding an EU-based non-profit parent entity to ensure Mastodon stays European forever"
"staying European forever" might not strike everyone as the Unalloyed Good Thing you seem to think it is
also, "my fellow directors will share more information about their plans" has more than a whiff of the patrician and (worse) *proprietorial* about it
#languagemattersbut hey
have fun, it's *your* playground... -
@ariarhythmic @Mastodon @mellifluousbox
the problem isn't mastodon it's your govt
if mastodon servers don't implement age verification in those jurisdictions that make it law, those servers get shut down by that govt
so you're blaming the wrong entity
are you really asking servers to face legal punishment and then get shut down anyway?
don't get me wrong: be angry
*at your govt*
not mastodon
@benroyce @Mastodon @mellifluousbox Compliance with fascist laws is fascism.
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@benroyce @Mastodon @mellifluousbox Compliance with fascist laws is fascism.
@ariarhythmic @Mastodon @mellifluousbox
oh shut the fuck up you edgelord
just leave now then
good fucking riddance
all you're asking is that these servers be shut down and the people running them to face legal trouble
THAT IS ALL YOU ARE ASKING FOR
that is all your ego masturbation drama is good for!
do you have the fucking brains to understand that that is the only way what you're asking for will go?
you're angry about this?
GOOD
so go after YOUR GOVERNMENT
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Addressing the embarrassing lack of diversity on Mastodon should also be a goal.
And no, asking white Europeans to attend lavish conferences in Germany to discuss isn't the solution.
@charlesdelavalleepoussin @Mastodon @mellifluousbox
There seems to be a lot of lgbtq+-people here, so there is at least some diversity.
If you mean skin colour, I don't know much this is about non-existence of not-whitepassing people, and how much it is them not writing in English?
How popular is fediverse in Latin America, Africa, Asia, anyway?
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@ariarhythmic @Mastodon @mellifluousbox
oh shut the fuck up you edgelord
just leave now then
good fucking riddance
all you're asking is that these servers be shut down and the people running them to face legal trouble
THAT IS ALL YOU ARE ASKING FOR
that is all your ego masturbation drama is good for!
do you have the fucking brains to understand that that is the only way what you're asking for will go?
you're angry about this?
GOOD
so go after YOUR GOVERNMENT
@benroyce Such a calm and persuasive discussion.
Good to know you are emotionally regulated, and prepared to argue your position on its merits.Or just call people names and rage, I guess.
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@benroyce Such a calm and persuasive discussion.
Good to know you are emotionally regulated, and prepared to argue your position on its merits.Or just call people names and rage, I guess.
yes i agree with you that edgelord ego masturbation drama over what mastodon is forced to do, and blaming the wrong culprit, is stupid
and that it is more effective to attack the government for doing this. as long as one has enough neurons to realize the fucking obvious. instead of deciding that pumping up their ego with uselessly and moronically blaming mastodon instead like an emotionally unregulated cringelord because they like taking "brave stands" for the drama points
thank you
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@benroyce Such a calm and persuasive discussion.
Good to know you are emotionally regulated, and prepared to argue your position on its merits.Or just call people names and rage, I guess.
@starlily @benroyce@mastodon.social it.s fully justified rage, to be honest. And "fuck you, make me" is an actual resistance strategy. Complying in advance makes the Nazi's job easy, making them take legal action against each and every single server embarrasses them
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@benroyce @Mastodon @mellifluousbox Compliance with fascist laws is fascism.
@ariarhythmic @benroyce @Mastodon @mellifluousbox
Your definition may of course vary, but if age-check in itself is fascism, it becomes hard to run any community or society where people don't know a lot about each other by other means.
(Eg. a small town pub where "everybody knows your name".)
The question of fascism comes up when we start talking about how the age-check is made, and what other information gets shared in addition to age. Or how that age-check can be misused, even in theory.
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@starlily @benroyce@mastodon.social it.s fully justified rage, to be honest. And "fuck you, make me" is an actual resistance strategy. Complying in advance makes the Nazi's job easy, making them take legal action against each and every single server embarrasses them
@fluffykittycat @starlily exactly this
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@starlily @benroyce@mastodon.social it.s fully justified rage, to be honest. And "fuck you, make me" is an actual resistance strategy. Complying in advance makes the Nazi's job easy, making them take legal action against each and every single server embarrasses them
@fluffykittycat While you are correct, Ben is unreasonably unkind to anyone who crosses his path, even allies and friends.
I am sure hes an intelligent person, but his attitude sure doesnt reflect it.
Im pretty tired of hatred, especially from people who are supposed to be on the same side, so I muted him. -
yes i agree with you that edgelord ego masturbation drama over what mastodon is forced to do, and blaming the wrong culprit, is stupid
and that it is more effective to attack the government for doing this. as long as one has enough neurons to realize the fucking obvious. instead of deciding that pumping up their ego with uselessly and moronically blaming mastodon instead like an emotionally unregulated cringelord because they like taking "brave stands" for the drama points
thank you
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@ariarhythmic @benroyce @Mastodon @mellifluousbox
Your definition may of course vary, but if age-check in itself is fascism, it becomes hard to run any community or society where people don't know a lot about each other by other means.
(Eg. a small town pub where "everybody knows your name".)
The question of fascism comes up when we start talking about how the age-check is made, and what other information gets shared in addition to age. Or how that age-check can be misused, even in theory.
@iju @ariarhythmic @Mastodon @mellifluousbox
looking at the emoji in aria's profile, not knowing if they are trans, but if they are i understand why they feel threatened by id checks
if i were trans i would feel intensely threatened, physically, mortally, by id checks
especially in countries like my like stupid fucking country (the usa)
at the same time:
if i *really* cared about id checks, i wouldn't be attacking the wrong entity
aria's heart is in the right place but their brain is AWOL
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@iju @ariarhythmic @Mastodon @mellifluousbox
looking at the emoji in aria's profile, not knowing if they are trans, but if they are i understand why they feel threatened by id checks
if i were trans i would feel intensely threatened, physically, mortally, by id checks
especially in countries like my like stupid fucking country (the usa)
at the same time:
if i *really* cared about id checks, i wouldn't be attacking the wrong entity
aria's heart is in the right place but their brain is AWOL
@benroyce @iju @Mastodon @mellifluousbox my point is when a fascist orders you do a fascist thing and you do as you're told, you're a moral failure.
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so disobey
run a server
do not abide by id checks
then the govt shows up
now you are REALLY identified to the authorities
aria:
if you are trans (just going off the emoji in your profile), i understand why id checks are threatening to you. physically. mortally even
your heart is in the right place
but your brain is completely missing!
go after your government!
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so disobey
run a server
do not abide by id checks
then the govt shows up
now you are REALLY identified to the authorities
aria:
if you are trans (just going off the emoji in your profile), i understand why id checks are threatening to you. physically. mortally even
your heart is in the right place
but your brain is completely missing!
go after your government!
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@benroyce @iju @Mastodon @mellifluousbox my point is when a fascist orders you do a fascist thing and you do as you're told, you're a moral failure.
@ariarhythmic @iju @Mastodon @mellifluousbox
aria:
go
run a server
don't comply with id checks
watch what happens
nobody is standing in your way
do it
but might i suggest you vote, organize, and agitate to fight id laws?
if you really cared?
do you think walking up to a fascist and asking to be shot is effective resistance?
