I moderated a Mastodon instance for a while, it was fun for a few months. Then the vocal minority took over and made the whole experience awful. My mental health improved after stepping away.
I've seen IRC channels and forums go to shit because of this same behavior.
You're ruining the thing you're pretending to defend. Humans gonna human.
Kev Quirk (npub1080…cr2f) put it much more eloquently than I ever could. https://kevquirk.com/blog/my-thoughts-on-the-fosstodon-drama
Mijndert /
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2025-04-28 11:47:11
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2025-04-28 11:47:11Event JSON
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