My Thoughts on the Fosstodon Drama

Lots of people have been asking myself and Mike for a statement on the recent drama surrounding Fosstodon. This is **MY** statement.

I want to stress that this is my own opinion. This is in no way an official statement from Fosstodon, and Iโ€™m not speaking on behalf of Mike or the rest of the team here.

The TL;DR is that Iโ€™m done with Fosstodon.

Iโ€™m done with the drama, the constant name calling and abuse, the stress, the late nights, the whole thing. The fact of the matter is, by moving away from Fosstodon Iโ€™ll have more free time, far less stress, and more money in the bank. No brainer, really.

I still donโ€™t know if Iโ€™m going to step away from the entire Fedi, or just move to another instance. Iโ€™m still noodling on that one.

This post by Corey Snipes is well worth a read if you want the balanced opinion of someone who took the time to look into the issue properly, instead of making assumptions. I really appreciate Coreyโ€™s thoughts and I wish him luck on Hacyderm - itโ€™s a great instance.

Finally, I want to confirm that the moderator in question has deleted his account and left the moderation team.

Iโ€™ve had this post in my drafts for a couple days now and itโ€™s gone through multiple iterations, but Iโ€™ve decided not to elaborate further. Iโ€™m so tired of it all. Iโ€™m done.

I donโ€™t know what Mike is planning yet, but we committed to giving at least 3 months notice before shutting down. So if Mike decides to step away too, Fosstodon wonโ€™t disappear overnight.

The last point Iโ€™ll make is this - the fedi is supposed to be a friendly, welcoming online space, right? But the fact is, it isnโ€™t. Itโ€™s just like everywhere else online - the vocal minority are just as loud, and just as obnoxious as everywhere else.

Iโ€™d like to say itโ€™s been a fun 8 years, but it hasnโ€™t. I was fun for the first 3 years or so. After that, itโ€™s been pretty much shit, to varying degrees, the entire time. โœŒ๐Ÿป

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