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The Nexus of Privacy

@Jdreben thanks so much for doing this poll!

If my math is right, this shows that 63.75% of the people who expressed an opinion (51/(51 + 29)) want their server to block.

It's striking because the (still-active) poll at mastodon.social/@nexusofprivac currently shows only 29% of people expect their instance to block -- and multiple admins of large instances said they're not blocking.

Of course who knows what will actually do but we could well be in for some interesting times!

1 Jun 2023 at 2:19 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.social
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maegul

@nexusofprivacy @Jdreben For sure!

That poll you link to is a great idea … highlights how there may be real tension between user bases and their admins. It makes sense though. There’d be all sorts of reasons why someone joins a particular instance, but only few would guarantee seeing eye to eye on many issues. Too much is conflated into what an instance is for this to be otherwise.

Otherwise, all the polling I’ve seen indicates decently sized splits on this issue. Interesting times!

1 Jun 2023 at 2:55 | Open on hachyderm.io
James Dreben :mw:

@maegul @nexusofprivacy The saying "all press is good press" comes to mind, though I appreciate that this may also be an inflection point and so appreciate people's caution.

It's certainly a collection of wonderful communities built around ActivityPub I hope they continue to thrive and no one ruins that.

1 Jun 2023 at 2:59 | Open on mastodon.world
The Nexus of Privacy

@Jdreben We shall see. From the perspective, it could well be a good thing unless (until?) Meta does their embrace-and-extend thing.

But a lot people don't care about the protocol and came to the as an alternative to . From that perspective, it's Meta and the instances who federate with who could well ruin it -- just as people were here because it was "Twitter without Nazis" saw Gab and instances federating with them as ruining it.

@maegul

1 Jun 2023 at 3:47 | Open on mastodon.social
The Nexus of Privacy

@Jdreben More positively, though, in chaos their is opportunity. Today's has great potential but also huge problems -- including Mastodon's toxic brand with many people of color. So, change is needed!

One way or another if does follow through (which may or may not happen, and even if it does as @J12t points out may well not be federation) it'll be catalytic.

reb00ted.org/tech/20230522-wha

@maegul

1 Jun 2023 at 3:53 | Open on mastodon.social
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