A month ago, everyone: "Yay, the freedom of decentralized social media where communities can form around their own values and according to their own internal rules."
Today, everyone: "What we need is a central code of conduct by which everyone must conform or risk punishment imposed by people outside their community."
New boss, same as the old boss.
@Frankenbeans An instance is like a country with its own borders and its own sovereignty. It is quite natural some kind of diplomacy is needed. Never heard of a whitelist council before but sounds like a really bad idea. What is needed is a "official" place for admins to talk. A sort of UN so to say.
@shellkr Or, since, one instance can't invade and conquer another instance, just everyone stick to their own rules.
@Frankenbeans There are more ways than one to fight a war... diplomacy is a way to be ahead of them. Diplomacy doesn't mean you have to adhere to demands. Just that you listen to them. You don't have to invade to win a war.. you merely have to make it unpleasant enough for people to leave. Talking about issues as adults is a much better strategy.
@shellkr I think that's overthinking this whole social media thing. I think the whole UN analogy supposes that some people are natural authorities on how people are to behave when it's really just a push for conformity.
@shellkr Social media, dude. Social media.
@Frankenbeans A country(s) is a network of people in a similar fashion Mastodon (or any social media) is a network of people. The group psychology doesn't divert namely...
@Frankenbeans The UN was a result after the WW2 and was supposed to help keep the peace. Where countries could come with their concerns. Yes, it is a bit overthinking but also a very telling example how the world works. Conformity is not inherently bad. It is neutral. Having people talk about issues reduces calamity. Calamity is a bad.