Should have named it 'Irony'/'Ironic'/'Ironical'.
Ex-US President Donald Trump announces social media site
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#12May you live in interesting times indeed...
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#13apparently they used open source mastodon[0]. the fediverse[1] is about to get "interesting". its like that scene from a Western movie where a bunch of black-dressed men ride towards a serene bucolic ranch and the family inside looks through the window with a sense of foreboding [0] https://joinmastodon.org/ [1] https://fediverse.party/
They've disabled signups now, but yes, they were using Mastodon. Proof: https://hackers.town/@thegibson/107137582573450090
> the fediverse[1] is about to get "interesting"
The Mastodon community has dealt with this before when Gab came along. The majority of servers will just block the Trump instance.
And that's if they even enable federation. I suspect they won't.
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#14This is amusing, given that the Soviet newspaper was Pravda, or "Truth"
It's a hard name to meme on. He should have gone for his characteristic "can't help but talk about it". Some name like "Stolen Users Network"
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#15Notably, their ToS forbids you from criticizing the site.
> 23. disparage, tarnish, or otherwise harm, in our opinion, us and/or the Site.
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#16apparently they used open source mastodon[0]. the fediverse[1] is about to get "interesting". its like that scene from a Western movie where a bunch of black-dressed men ride towards a serene bucolic ranch and the family inside looks through the window with a sense of foreboding [0] https://joinmastodon.org/ [1] https://fediverse.party/
They've disabled signups now, but yes, they were using Mastodon. Proof: https://hackers.town/@thegibson/107137582573450090 > the fediverse[1] is about to get "interesting" The Mastodon community has dealt with this before when Gab came along. The majority of servers will just block the Trump instance. And that's if they even enable federation. I suspect they won't.
'sensitive content'
Why's that, because it's Trump related?
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#17> “We live in a world where the Taliban has a huge presence on Twitter, yet your favorite American President has been silenced.
Everything is framed in 'us vs them' language even now I see. Not surprising considering the data they've gotten from doing supporter polls. Here's an example; I wish it wasn't real, but it is.
"Who would you rather see fix our Nation’s shattered immigration policies?
Option 1: "President Trump"
Option 2: "A MS-13 Loving Democrat"
Feel free to peruse the other insightful questions here. They'd be hilarious if you remove the fact that this was part of a former head of state's official campaign.
https://web.archive.org/web/20200703042946/https://www.donal...
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
They've disabled signups now, but yes, they were using Mastodon. Proof: https://hackers.town/@thegibson/107137582573450090 > the fediverse[1] is about to get "interesting" The Mastodon community has dealt with this before when Gab came along. The majority of servers will just block the Trump instance. And that's if they even enable federation. I suspect they won't.
'sensitive content' Why's that, because it's Trump related?
I think it's because the author marked it so.
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#19I expect it will be a gift that keeps on giving, like the Polish equivalent "Albicla" which was a total debacle, with rookie security mistakes where half of users were Popes ;)
https://www.politico.eu/article/albicla-poland-anti-censorsh...
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#20apparently they used open source mastodon[0]. the fediverse[1] is about to get "interesting". its like that scene from a Western movie where a bunch of black-dressed men ride towards a serene bucolic ranch and the family inside looks through the window with a sense of foreboding [0] https://joinmastodon.org/ [1] https://fediverse.party/
I've been hoping for celebrities to give Mastodon a shot after all of the racist spam proliferating in Facebook/Insta, but I'll admit this isn't quite what I had in mind. Do you have any more information on their decision to use Mastodon?
I'd hazard to guess because its twitter-like and quite easy to get going (open source, already deployed in large numbers etc.)