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minus-squareXerø@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-24 hours agoI would prefer to have Mastodon stay out of the limelight because we might need it after they target BlueSky. Mastodon is safe from attacks by an incoming autocratic administration precisely because it is too small for them to give any fucks about.
minus-squareDdCno1@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 hour agoThat’s not how autocratic regimes are operating. Small communities are never safe. In fact, they are convenient targets to make an example of. They can also be infiltrated with sockpuppets far more easily, like Russia has been doing for a long time now.
I would prefer to have Mastodon stay out of the limelight because we might need it after they target BlueSky. Mastodon is safe from attacks by an incoming autocratic administration precisely because it is too small for them to give any fucks about.
That’s not how autocratic regimes are operating. Small communities are never safe. In fact, they are convenient targets to make an example of.
They can also be infiltrated with sockpuppets far more easily, like Russia has been doing for a long time now.