Post A3EE9XUd9Qc8DRFdia by zimza@fosstodon.org
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(DIR) Post #A3CoqdpFEvdQJpRi9g by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-01-13T20:23:05Z
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#Gab apparently backed up and recreated Trump's Twitter account. Hope this won't have any consequences for the reputation of #Mastodon.https://redd.it/kwgki8
(DIR) Post #A3CotpihTO324ruHRY by Matter@fosstodon.org
2021-01-13T20:24:17Z
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@Gina they don't federate anymore, having the same API and being a fork is hardly something that Mastodon can be blamed for
(DIR) Post #A3CovV5HASJ6eiGGQq by projectmoon@fosstodon.org
2021-01-13T20:24:46Z
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@Gina Gab is banned by most of the fediverse. Even though it's built on Mastodon, I don't think they explicitly advertise that fact.
(DIR) Post #A3CoxToWrQznION7uC by pm@fosstodon.org
2021-01-13T20:25:34Z
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@Gina As I tooted just before, how would this affect Mastodon? Gab has nothing to do with the fediverse as it's been blocked and isolated by pretty much every instance out there.
(DIR) Post #A3Cozh6gPRv76Mv3iq by oufmilo@travelpandas.fr
2021-01-13T20:26:09Z
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@Gina🤦‍♂️
(DIR) Post #A3Cp4rS1NT7wdDMcPQ by wizzwizz4@fosstodon.org
2021-01-13T20:26:41Z
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@Gina Probably not much. None of us are associated with them, and most people understand that anyone can make a website; either they're technical enough to understand what's going on or non-technical enough to think that all websites are made in Chrome – in neither case does blame fall upon Mastodon.
(DIR) Post #A3Cp89gG3ZjE2RarvE by wonderingdane@fosstodon.org
2021-01-13T20:26:55Z
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@Gina Afaik they forked Mastodon or something like that, but even so, why would that impact Mastodon in a negative light? It's software, like the Tor Browser or any browser for that matter. If Trump was using Internet Explorer, it wouldn't matter because that browser has hit rock bottom a long time ago. It can't get any worse XD
(DIR) Post #A3Cp9zS13s4atHo6YC by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-01-13T20:28:12Z
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@pm ah sorry I had to edit a CW, that's why it appeared deleted. Well that's good, I didn't know it was a heavily changed version of Mastodon, I thought they still ran the same tech with all the same updates.
(DIR) Post #A3CpD7jmhzYdSZc2BE by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-01-13T20:29:18Z
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@wonderingdane ah true, I didn't know it was forked and changed. Although it would be a shame that if Mastodon were ever to go mainstream, Trump would be the reason behind it.
(DIR) Post #A3CpH7IOIF0DFQheue by bpepple@fosstodon.org
2021-01-13T20:29:26Z
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@Gina They've been pretty well segregated from the fediverse, so it really shouldn't be an issue.
(DIR) Post #A3CpXPV4NRGiLEP2tk by wonderingdane@fosstodon.org
2021-01-13T20:32:48Z
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@Gina Well, at least it becomes mainstream eh? :ac_sigh:
(DIR) Post #A3Cq1ofXMefx5YnWPw by Hyolobrika@counter.fedi.live
2021-01-13T20:38:34.104090Z
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@wizzwizz4 @Gina people tend to conflate mastodon instances together or so I’ve heard
(DIR) Post #A3CqT28bObJKgEN3R2 by wizzwizz4@fosstodon.org
2021-01-13T20:43:28Z
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@Hyolobrika @Gina True – but Gab doesn't brand itself as one. It never has, apart from the brief period after its software migration where it was trying to be the “biggest Mastodon instance” by inflating its statistics (which only lasted until about a week after half the Fediverse had cut it off). Iirc, Gab actually doesn't federate at all any more (though I don't follow it much, so that might've changed).
(DIR) Post #A3Cqr1JK7eR745p75s by FreePietje@x0f.org
2021-01-13T20:47:48Z
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@Gina @pm They want all their users to think that they made it all themselves, which helps in asking for funding.It looks like my prediction at the time around the fork proved to be true: they're only interested in open source to leach off of it, but not contribute back in any shape or form.
(DIR) Post #A3Cr6WDBW1XFFLLHRg by theDarky@travelpandas.fr
2021-01-13T20:50:37Z
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@Gina Fediverse tools are almost freesoftwares They can be used and modified by everyone even these people are stupidAn example North Korea developed its own linux distributionhttps://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Star_OS
(DIR) Post #A3CrDIpJg9arlEPfBw by Bobo_PK@chaos.social
2021-01-13T20:50:56Z
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@Gina it is widely defederized / banned and known to be full of nazis. I hope people report correctly that every instance runs on their own servers
(DIR) Post #A3CsZZ1gELUcKMNIjg by scully@the.vermonters.club
2021-01-13T21:06:59Z
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@Gina I too thought it was still federated, so that means many others may be uninformed. My issue is if uninformed tech *journalists* (of which there are many) mention Mastodon in the same article/story, it will muddle things more.
(DIR) Post #A3CvJv2wtIGNqsCS5Q by Gina@fosstodon.org
2021-01-13T21:37:52Z
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@theDarky I thought that was the Hannah Montana distro.
(DIR) Post #A3CvRnO5Fd88PjqDmS by newt@stereophonic.space
2021-01-13T21:39:18.872340Z
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@Gina Mastodon mostly has a reputation for blocking anything and everything because "weird german names", "pleroma instance", "anime profile pics", et cetera.
(DIR) Post #A3CvbLoobeGjo4tvdY by 9zbVLJj7aZW1OP4Tiq.verita84@rage.lol
2021-01-13T21:40:41.863596Z
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@newt @Gina Gab has not been part of the Fediverse for almost a year now and nobody noticed? Gab took Mastodon's code and made many changes and broke Federation on purpose.
(DIR) Post #A3CvfID1y4cTlq6iG0 by newt@stereophonic.space
2021-01-13T21:41:45.298622Z
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@verita84 @Gina probably. I mean, not many even care about Gab that much. They were trolled pretty hard by FSE but that's it as far as I know.
(DIR) Post #A3Cvmic6CBzngnNEC8 by 9zbVLJj7aZW1OP4Tiq.verita84@rage.lol
2021-01-13T21:42:44.031605Z
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@newt @Gina People did care about Gab because all the Fediverse App devs and Mastodon instances whined about it and pushed to block Gab at the app and instance level
(DIR) Post #A3Cvwlu2ovWgmrYrA0 by newt@stereophonic.space
2021-01-13T21:44:54.857671Z
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@verita84 @Gina which apps? I only recall Tusky pulling this dick move. As for instances, they usually have quite extensive blocklists. Gab wouldn't make a huge difference except for a slightly bigger buzz around it because EVEN MORE EVIL NAZIS.
(DIR) Post #A3Cw5s0FVfbmJQnm8O by 9zbVLJj7aZW1OP4Tiq.verita84@rage.lol
2021-01-13T21:46:12.791145Z
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@newt @Gina I forgot, there were a few that I tried at the time and did not work with Gab. Only Tootle and Roma worked back then. Gab was the biggest thing to come to Fediverse and the Fediverse ruined it. There is much more to gab than "muh Nazi's".
(DIR) Post #A3CxlnvRA0ffma6vHk by nathand@fosstodon.org
2021-01-13T22:04:49Z
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@Gina Changes very little. They can all worship at the altar of idiocy and violent overthrow all they want. In fact: Keep doing it. It'll give the intelligence community an easier time of finding idiots who want to spark violence.
(DIR) Post #A3CzcO28Fz6CmXsa0G by kris@theres.life
2021-01-13T22:25:48Z
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@Gina Gab is not federated any more
(DIR) Post #A3D8OTjPAsGtzGYxGa by freenando75@social.coletivos.org
2021-01-14T00:04:14Z
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@Gina we do moderate collectively mastodon,, keep it clean :-)
(DIR) Post #A3EE9XUd9Qc8DRFdia by zimza@fosstodon.org
2021-01-14T12:43:30Z
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@GinaHoly hell I made the mistakes of clicking that link. This subreddit is a cesspool.
(DIR) Post #A3EbIn5woKnI9k5QbA by FiXato@toot.cat
2021-01-14T17:02:50Z
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@Gina here's hoping they get sued by Trump for stealing his shit, and by Twitter for violating their TOS and all parties get tied up in a years long exhausting and expensive legal battle that no side will win. ;)