Do you want to help support #Fediverse musicians, like the ones you hear on @radiofreefedi? We are looking to increase our coverage, starting with more Mixtapes. But, we need your help!
We are looking for volunteers interested in helping us make more Mixtapes, with the ultimate goal of releasing a new one every Friday. Don't worry - we'll be using a round robin so that different people take turns.
If you'd like to help out with this, send us a message!
@janettespeyer The main benefits we've seen are two-fold: self-reliance, and control.
Broadly speaking, relying on other people to administrate a server can be a bit of a compromise. You might have a great admin team, with dedicated moderators, tremendous uptime, and clear community policies. Or, you might not have any of those things.
The main critique of joining a community instance vs self-hosting can be summed up as the following question: how comfortable are you in having someone else make decisions on your behalf?
It's definitely doable, a big chunk of EU political bureaus and offices are on government-hosted Mastodon instances. The biggest challenge is probably going to be finding a quality vendor that understands compliance, competent moderators to run the service, and onboarding resources and training for social media teams.
@m3t00@janettespeyer Yeah, customization is a big positive. A lot of people have created themes as well as custom frontends for Mastodon, and a variety of other Fediverse platforms.
Additionally, we have gone forward and signed the @iftas pledge against misgendering, deadnaming, and advocacy of Conversion Therapy. These things have no place in an our community, and works against our values of individual dignity, safety, and intersectionality.