Okay here's a real toot that you can actually boost without people looking at you like you're crazy.
https://medium.com/@alliethehart/gameingers-are-dead-and-so-is-mastodon-705b535ed616
The past few weeks (okay, ever since the schism) I've felt kind of disenchanted by Mastodon and especially its development environment, and I wrote an essay about why that is. It's long, but if you're interested in Mastodon's history or politics you should give it a read.
I briefly go into detail about a lot of history stuff that we don't really talk about anymore, although it's not necessarily the focus and there's more to say. Mastodon's history has been one of a LOT of turmoil and I swear it seemed like every two weeks there would be shit going down and people complaining and either leaving or getting run off the site. Nobody talks about that so much anymore, or ever really did.
For a long time, people who stuck with Mastodon through all that did so because they were a part of the community and felt represented by it and they were hopeful that things would get better and change. And a lot of things HAVE improved. But I think some of that hope is dying out and proving to be a little naïve.
@u2764 As a trans dev who's been involved heavily at periods on and off since... November I think? I really don't know how to feel about this.
@effy @u2764
I does seem a little over the top, especially with statements like "The relationship between Mastodon and its queer community has always been a negative one", but I've only joined in the last month so I can't really comment.