One for #mastoadmin - I have reason to believe the UK government may ban Twitter within a week or two, so you may see an influx of users.

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@Umiamz @GossiTheDog

Any of those companies and organisations - including HMG - that are still on Twitter have made a public statement that they support fascism and child porn.

Nothing but contempt for their whinges.

@GossiTheDog Hmmm.. I'd wager money that we won't see anything as decisive on the topic - or if we do, it will only be temporary (i.e. a ban wouldn't last more than 3 months as some "deal" will be done for something or other about the USA that reverts it).

Ditto not self-censoring in order to not make "the algorithm" downrank their posts.

There are many aspects of the Fedi culture that I really like (and some about how some people behave that rubs me rather the wrong way), and/but many of those are also exactly ones that people have been trained for decades by commercial asocial media to *not* do. Unlearning those habits isn't something that just happens.

@joannaholman @0xabad1dea @GossiTheDog

@GossiTheDog

Paging @mastodonie ICYMI. 👆🏼

@Umiamz What would the Chancellor of the Xcheckor have to say about the ban? @GossiTheDog

@GossiTheDog And the first idiot with "it's not Mastodon, it's the fediverse" will appear.

@GossiTheDog When you say you "have reason to believe", is that anything beyond the articles about Ofcom (e.g. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgjzknepvzo)? Like, do you have insider info in some way?

@0xabad1dea @GossiTheDog @stonebear2 It’s like training a dog. When you’re teaching a dog a trick and the dog finally does the thing, don’t punish them for not doing it sooner.

@GossiTheDog

Maybe you should temper your expectations.

Access Denied

(www.telegraph.co.uk)

@GossiTheDog what are your sources for this?

@GossiTheDog yea, that's not gonna happen

@GossiTheDog You may actually see a surge in VPN usage.

Anyway, this would be a Net Neutrality infringement.

@GossiTheDog Probably not, but if it's true, than people will probably go to Bluescam™.

@GossiTheDog Would like to see each political party setup their own instance.

@GossiTheDog If you know people who might want to join Mastodon but struggle with the picking a server part this site has a curated list it can suggest from with a push of a button:
https://fedi.garden/

@bjo @GossiTheDog It seems you are the first ; )

@GossiTheDog Not doubting your reasoning, but keen to understand it more.

Would this be a "citizens of this green and pleasant land are banned from it by law" or a "department of media culture and sport don't think people should use it and are closing their account for six months"?

Not suggesting that Twitter is a good place (it's really not), but the govt. track record on matters cyber is not brilliant at times.

@jpages @GossiTheDog does the UK have any net neutrality guarantees?
Asking as someone who lives there and uses a VPN for Linux ISOs