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Chris Trottier

It's funny, when Wildebeest was announced, there were a whole lot of tech bros who seemed really excited about it -- and pushed back against the notion that Wildebeest wasn't a good project.

They claimed Wildebeest's vertical integration with Cloudflare would be a game changer.

Well, where are those tech bros? And why aren't they using Wildebeest?

Were they just being contrarians for the sake of being contrarian?

12 Apr 2023 at 8:13 | Open on mastodon.social
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MikeK

@atomicpoet

I think that launching without full portability suppressed enthusiasm. I would have started a single user instance, but I need an escape hatch.
But fair's fair. I seem to remember you were fairly positive? Or am I mis-remembering?

12 Apr 2023 at 8:16 | Open on mastodon.modern-industry.com
Chris Trottier

@mkarliner At first, I had a "let's reserve judgment and see what happens" perspective. But within a day, I realized that they weren't going to be good Fediverse citizens.

12 Apr 2023 at 8:17 | Open on mastodon.social
Freakinbox
Chris Trottier
System IV, Building K

@atomicpoet @freakinbox Just the name Wildebeest kind of gives away the whole FUD nature of the thing.

12 Apr 2023 at 8:27 | Open on mastodon.social
Chris Trottier

Wildebeest is an interesting case study on what NOT to do when rolling out Fediverse server software. Namely:

1. DON'T offer no account portability
2. DON'T show up with blatant security bugs, and disregard people who report those bugs -- and claim they are spammers
3. DON'T be ignorant about Fediverse culture
4. DON'T be a company with a history of empowering troll instances that exist to antagonize marginalized communities

In other words, don't be Cloudflare.

Wildebeest is an interesting case study on what NOT to do when rolling out Fediverse server software. Namely:

1. DON'T offer no account portability
2. DON'T show up with blatant security bugs, and disregard people who report those bugs -- and claim they are spammers
3. DON'T be ignorant about Fediverse culture
4. DON'T be a company with a history of empowering troll instances that exist to antagonize marginalized communities

12 Apr 2023 at 8:24 | Open on mastodon.social
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