i just took a look at mastodon.social and mstdn.social's timelines just to see and honestly if that's what i thought the fediverse was like i wouldn't have ever joined
Actually, a few of Baest's users came from instances like those. They seemed like cool people so I hoped on an alt to explain why things are the way they are and that there's a whole fun side of the fediverse they can't even see.
Most moved to either my instance or another one on this side of fedi and have been having fun ever since.
A lot said they had read about the fediverse and wanted to check it out and were about to give it up because it was boring and super woke until I came along and they discovered the fun side of fedi.
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@beardalaxy @sjw @shibao I only joined by YandereDev created an account on here, but never used it. I thought that this would be the perfect place to post gamedev stuff.
cc @matrix when did that happen?
@sjw @beardalaxy @xianc78 @shibao I assumed it's just a troll account. Used an temporary email address.
@sjw @beardalaxy @matrix @shibao I wish we had more gamedevs on here. I'm pretty sure we can have a few indies on here without destroying their reputation.
@xianc78 @sjw @beardalaxy @shibao Would be nice but the account would be a liability
@matrix @sjw @beardalaxy @shibao For them or for the instance? There are some game studios who can get away with having a presence on more niche and edgy sites. Running With Scissors literally had an official board on 8chan back in the day. I'm not even joking. And there have been a lot of indie games that have been shilled on imageboards over the years.
@beardalaxy @matrix @sjw @shibao That was THQ Nordic.
@xianc78 @beardalaxy @sjw @shibao Journos matter more and THQ bowing down didn't have financial repercussions for them, so it only sends signal to other studios showing bad press isn't worth it.
@matrix @beardalaxy @sjw @shibao I think their stocks actually rose and they ended up buying more studios since the AMA. It probably actually helped them.
@beardalaxy @matrix @sjw @shibao Literally the only people who had a problem with the 8chan AMA were the journos, including Youtubers like ReviewTechUSA who made THREE VIDEOS regarding the situation. I've seen a lot of non-8chan users defending THQ and 8chan. At worst, they thought it was "unprofessional" but not something worthy of a boycott. There were also a few other companies who did similar threads on 8chan.
Granted, all of these happened before the three mass shootings linked to 8chan, but fortunately, nothing similar has happened on the Fediverse (and hopefully never will).