There is nothing the software freedom movement can do to prevent the
existence of malicious users or malicious server operators.  All that we
can do is make sure that none of them are able to monopolize a widely
shared service, and that the software needed to stand up servers is
libre software.  So your criticism of Mastadon misses the point and
suggests you aren't interested in helping bury software unfreedom. 

-t 

On 2022-04-26 11:23, Danny Spitzberg wrote:

> Unfortunately, Twitter has a huge critical mass of users and functions as a (publicly traded) public utility. News programs read tweets live on TV. Politicians post statements via tweets too. Earthquake reports come out first via Twitter before official alerts come out - also on Twitter.  
> 
> As for Mastodon,  
> https://twitter.com/gravecat/status/1518598015396818944 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 11:19 AM Thomas Lord <lord@basiscraft.com> wrote: 
> 
>> Why is this hard?
>> 
>> A lot of serious people are now looking for an exit from twitter.
>> 
>> The ones I see are asking about Mastadon.
>> 
>> The FSF front page is a bunch of dust stuff about libreplanet,
>> and they evince no concerted, organized activity to stand up
>> instances and education materials -- to move people to Mastadon.
>> 
>> Why else do they exist?  It is not enough to "have a position"
>> on twitter.  Get to the barricades.
>> 
>> I have long been troubled that FSF has devolved to the kind of
>> NPO that exists mainly to provide jobs for the people who
>> operate it, and not to serve a useful social function.
>> 
>> Here we have today a clear circumstance in which they can
>> prove me wrong.
>> 
>> -t
>> 
>> On 2022-04-26 10:50, Kaio Duarte Costa wrote:
>>> Em 2022-04-26 14:37, Thomas Lord escreveu:
>>>> If the FSF is not now going very hard on promoting Mastadon,
>>>> they should never be trusted to anything right again.
>>>> 
>>>> :-)
>>>> 
>>>> -t
>>>> 
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>>> 
>>> Hey Thomas,
>>> 
>>> I didn't quite understand your message, where is the FSF failing in
>>> promoting Mastodon? By using Twitter which has now been bought by Elon
>>> Musk?
>>> 
>>> If this is the case, I recommend you see the page "Is the FSF on
>>> Twitter?" (https://www.fsf.org/twitter)
>>> 
>>> Please clarify the points that you consider FSF's low effort in 
>>> relation
>>> to Mastodon, to make it easier to understand!
>>> 
>>> Sincerely,
>> 
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