Gregory's Server
@orionkidder
> mastodon feels small and cozy. The idea of getting bigger I think bothers some people. "Don't take away my little cafe." Understandable!
Absolutely. That's how old school fedizens felt in 2016 when Mastodon joined the fediverse (mostly GNU social servers at the time) and newbies started flooding in from Titter, and then Tumblr.
But we coped. The verse grew.
It's how we felt again when Eternal Nov began;
https://www.hughrundle.net/home-invasion/
But we coped. The verse grew.
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We may have griped and lamented about the change in the vibe. But we never tried to stop other people using decentralised social network software from the joining the fediverse. Because that would go against the very nature of what it is; an open federated network, where nobody needs permission from a central authority to join.
I suspect most of the people objecting to a bridge from BlueSky have only been here a year or two. Otherwise they'd know better.
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@orionkidder
@polotek
We may have griped and lamented about the change in the vibe. But we never tried to stop other people using decentralised social network software from the joining the fediverse. Because that would go against the very nature of what it is; an open federated network, where nobody needs permission from a central authority to join.