Commentators called this a mark against federation: "You can't rely on random, thin-skinned volunteer sysops for your online social life!"
https://mastodon.lol/@nathan/109836633022272265But the mastodon.lol saga demonstrates the *strength* of federated social media, not its weakness. After all, 450 million Twitter users are also at the mercy of a thin-skinned sysop - but when he #
enshittifies his platform, they can't just export their data and re-establish their social lives elsewhere in two clicks:
9/
Mastodon.lol will shut down on May 9, 2023, 3 months from today.
Information on how to migrate to a different server: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moving/
I'm not doing this anymore. It's not worth it. Personal attacks calling me of all people a Nazi, a TERF, an antisemite...
Congrats on destroying something I cared so deeply about. I hope you're happy.
One last message before anyone tries to further assassinate my character:
Fuck Nazis.
Fuck TERFs.
J.K. Rowling can die in a fire for all I care.
