A positive message/mission statement for Mastodon
A positive message/mission statement for Mastodon
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A positive message/mission statement for Mastodon · Issue #34229 · mastodon/mastodon
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Which part of it is preachy?
I was hoping to just provide context for the question. I think it's unavoidable that a given implementation/interface provides particular affordances (see https://erinkissane.com/the-affordance-loop - it's a good read). I think half a century of communication theory would agree. So the question is "what affordances do you want your interface to provide?"
I know Mastodon can be forked. It already has, and I hope it will be more. But those forks will have to ask their own version of the question. But mastodon is NOT just a library for others to build on, it's a whole package, which is most often used as-is, with maybe some very minor graphical changes. Those things you suggest are possible, but not best served by an unmodified version of mastodon (and also, other softwares already exist for those that do work better for those applications).
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Tbh it really feels like the main mission of Mastodon (just like any other FOSS social platform) is aggressive leftism promotion.
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When the Overton Window is as far to the right as it currently is, any platform that doesn't want to be in bed with the far-right will seem that way.
Call me when actual Communism is a significant player, rather than just people talking about radical ideas such as human rights or empathy.
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What do you mean by leftist here? Like, can you split it up into some actual values or aims, instead of just a high-level label?
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