If anyone has #Soapbox instance recommendations I'm all ears
So long story short I got kicked off of mstdn.social for not liking #BlackLivesMatter and being "alt right" (lol)
This is a key part of what's incentivizing me distancing myself from #Mastodon and refusing to join any new ones. The culture of these instances in general is too toxic and intolerant to accept diverse opinions, even when expressed respectfully. (Note that nothing listed in the notice breaks the rules of mstdn.social, and furthermore the "alt-right" claim isn't backed up by listing any stances of mine that could be deemed alt-right.)
So for everyone who was following me at @realcaseyrollins@mstdn.social, it's been a good run, but I'm moving on. @realcaseyrollins@kafuka.me will be my new SFW main, and @realcaseyrollins@social.teci.world will be my new SFW alt.
It'll take me a bit to get things up and running on the SFW alt, but we will soon be back in business. No love lost, stux and the users are still nice, amiable people and I hope to continue communicating with the same users in the future.
🙂
@realcaseyrollins @realcaseyrollins @realcaseyrollins
The real freedom of Mastodon and other federated networks comes with being able to host your own instance, if any particular instance blocks you.
@danuker @realcaseyrollins @realcaseyrollins @realcaseyrollins
If considering self-hosting, again Pleroma is a better option, as Mastodon is overly complicated, seems like a ball of spaghetti code. Pleroma was written later and with the goal of being lean and efficient.
Result, it IS. I have used a small instance that runs on a raspberry Pi, and it's responsive, better than many mastodon nodes. Which always feel ponderous, slowish when you come back from a session elsewhere.
@yann2 @danuker @realcaseyrollins @realcaseyrollins
Yes! Nothing like comparing the experience of a plain #Mastodon instance to a #Pleroma instance running a #Mastodon FE. Even that is way faster.
@realcaseyrollins @realcaseyrollins @realcaseyrollins
https://pleroma.social/
Wow, cool! I really like keyword filtering, and SDF's instance has disabled it (and even hashtag filtering is very slow). You have convinced me to switch soon! Thank you.