Post AP5wMfJ22ryB1FrJBY by codingcatgirl@chaos.social
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 (DIR) Post #AP5wMawCHpKLTH912O by codingcatgirl@chaos.social
       2022-10-30T13:20:25Z
       
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       I find it weird when leftist or even anarchist people argue against mastodon with arguments like "you'll have to trust your admin" and other kinds of weird distrust arguments that could just as easily be applied to mutual aid and community projects of any kind.
       
 (DIR) Post #AP5wMcMoyKDZu8bnAu by codingcatgirl@chaos.social
       2022-10-30T13:21:02Z
       
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       Yeah. I need to trust an admin, someone *from a community i belong to*. That's better than trusting a company. Yes, of course it can go wrong – but that's a risk with every community project, always, digital or not. So should we never try to do things in a commuity or what? o.O
       
 (DIR) Post #AP5wMdslL3MWbUYobI by codingcatgirl@chaos.social
       2022-10-30T13:27:20Z
       
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       Hot Take: The people who argue like this probably use twitter in the worst possible way, trying to "win" at it every day through arguments and "owns". To them community is whoever has the same enemy as them on a given day, and they will turn their back on people in a heartbeat. They don't want to trust anyone because they can't be trusted themselves – and because they know their behavior is only really "welcome" on twitter.
       
 (DIR) Post #AP5wMfJ22ryB1FrJBY by codingcatgirl@chaos.social
       2022-10-30T13:30:10Z
       
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       …which is perfectly illustrated by the fact that these kind of arguments are usually not voiced as "this is why i won't join mastodon" but as "this is why *you* shouldn't join mastodon"
       
 (DIR) Post #AP5wpSWCfU7Zl0kX2G by dhfir@expired.mentality.rip
       2022-10-30T13:58:01.510574Z
       
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       @codingcatgirl "was ich tue, traue ich jedem anderem an"in english: "I'd believe anyone willing to do what I'd do"These people likely believe others to be as trustworthy as themselves- after all, they know no other mind but their own.