Notices by Charles J Gervasi ⚡ (cgervasi@fosstodon.org)

@aab I really like #Mastodon and the Internet, i.e. not centralized social media. I like that racists can set up an instance and have a high-quality platform talk to one another, and I don't have to read it or have it disrupt normal conversations.
You seem like a native speaker of English. Español es mi segundo idioma. Me cuesta mucho más trabajo hablar español que inglés.

@aab They've helped spread all kinda of information, including mundane things like selling or giving away unused items. The papers sometimes didn't publish even reasonable letters to the editor. Now everyone can get published for free, including conspiracy theorists who in the past would have handed out fliers or just groused to themselves. I don't want the old world of gatekeepers.

@aab If that happens, I will look for an instance that does not discriminate against wealth, or poverty for that matter, but does discriminate against bigotry and conspiracy theories about important issues. I don't want to silence bigots, but I don't want to talk to them. It would be unfortunate if that leaves me in a small echo chamber. I want different ideas, but not bigotry because that derails other conversations. I wonder if that's not possible.

@aral If instances won't link to other instances for arbitrary reasons like the owner having a high net worth or making fallacious (but not bigoted or threatening) arguments, #Mastodon is destined to balkanize as it grows.