"Look how many users we have!

[tobi@goblin.technology]

"Look how many users we have! 200k+!" - https://web.archive.org/web/20250126222632/https://mastodon.social/@dansup/113896959295281119

"I'm the only one moderating that 200,000 users, haha good thing everyone's so chill!" - https://web.archive.org/web/20250127102820/https://mastodon.social/@dansup/113899829859761221

"Users should be recommended trustworthy servers with good moderation, like the enormous one I'm moderating completely on my own in my spare time" - https://web.archive.org/web/20250127090823/https://mastodon.social/@dansup/113899453050002106

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[tobi@goblin.technology]

I know I'm posting about this a lot recently but the hubris is just completely fascinating to me, I'm mesmerized by it

[tobi@goblin.technology]

If I woke up one day and someone told me "here, moderate this 200k person instance all by yourself, don't worry, photo sharing is just less toxic than other forms of social media so you'll be fine", I would immediately shut down sign-ups and drop everything else I was working on in order to get moderators on board ASAP, and start fixing the reports functionality and moderation tools. I would be fucking panicking and having cold sweats about the potential harms that could arise, and feeling sick in my stomach about all the harms that were probably already occurring on my watch. I would not be fucking gloating about it. The utter fecklessness of this "it'll sort itself out" attitude is revolting to me.

[aud@fire.asta.lgbt]

@[email protected] I can’t stop looking at this real time slow motion train wreck. The brake is right there yet he refuses to pull it. What a fucking disaster.

Also, I’m unsurprised to hear that in seven years, pixelfed still doesn’t have appropriate moderation tools? Like Christ.