Was just recommending :mastodon: to a journalist friend, who was concerned about the Orwellian state of social media and the rise of silencing opinions that don't suit the hasbara, only to receive this sad notification from Mastodon dot NZ. 🤔 No doubt this post will eventually be taken down too. #Mastodon
@randahl@jeremy_pm I'm staying here. This place seems to have become the default landing place for Kiwis escaping Xitter* to dip their toes into and to either stay here and find somewhere more narrowly focussed. This isn't a massive operation - I understand it's a server in someone's garage or shared working space and everyone's a volunteer. My guess is: someone just fucked up and something needs to get un-fucked-up.
pronounced: X as in Xi Jinping, itter as in Twitter.