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Most of the .au #Mastodon admins have set up out of band comms, and are co-ordinating moderation responses and infrastructure setup and deployment tips, and mental health guidelines for dealing with moderation.

This feels like the organic, federated, community-driven, relationship-driven internet of my early twenties.

When I felt hope, and optimism for an internet of diverse minds but like values. An internet of connection, of exploration, of curiosity. An internet of potential, of promise, of purpose.

I never anticipated that the counter-culture that gave us #opensource #FLOSS #FOSS would morph into the #SurveillanceCapitalism (ref: Shoshana Zuboff) of mega-platforms.

Where my eyeballs are tracked for money, and my clicks are mined and sold to profile me, and to nudge or sway my behaviours. Where opinion trumps facts and outrage is manufactured instead of civil debate being nurtured.

I am excited for the counter-counter-culture.

Long live the Fediverse :fediverse:

This seems like an appropriate first comic for mastodon.