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From @drvolts:

The uncomfortable parallels between the rise of fascism in Germany and where we are now.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1851683569384755572.html?utm_source=subscriptions_mailer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=real_time

@dansup Thank you for all your work! I see you're planning to support tvOS with the Pixelfed app—that will be fun!

From @ErinInTheMorn:

Things are bad enough now. A fascist win on November 5 would be catastrophic for trans people in the US.

#fascism #transhobia
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/final-pre-election-2024-anti-trans?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=994764&post_id=150847707&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=107km&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

@renchap @erincandescent @thisismissem @_elena @rysiek Please pardon my ignorance—I tried searching for "Mastodon FASP" and couldn’t find anything. What does the acronym stand for?

@thisismissem @_elena @rysiek I might be getting something wrong, but doesn’t the model for relays strongly incentivize them to be large and centralized?

This thread by @wdlindsy illustrates why corporate-owned social media is a lost cause. They will always censor and filter to protect the interests of the corporation. This is a problem for the news media as well, where at least there was a culture of informing the reader. That culture has been deeply eroded by ownership by large corporations and hedge funds.
https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/113340209975847543

In case anyone doubts that elimination of trans people altogether is the goal.
https://transsafety.network/posts/joyce-speech-plans-to-abolish-trans-rights/

@stefan @andypiper @FLOSS_Weekly Sadly no; I’m not aware of any data collection on how good various instances' moderation is. I think for newcomers highlighting a few known good instances is enough. What I would change is just emphasizing how important moderation is for most people, and maybe omitting “pick a server at random” as that has the potential to go very wrong.

Personally, I just tell non-tech people “mastodon.social or .online and then move later if you find one you like better.”

@andypiper @stefan @FLOSS_Weekly I still cringe whenever I see advice to “pick a server at random." That doesn't tend to end well for people who are frequently targets online: women, people of color, LGBT, etc. Those people need an instance with good moderation, which many don't have.

The Fediverse lost a large fraction of the people who tried it a couple of years ago because of this issue.

Otherwise a great guide and it does mention moderation a couple of times.