Replying to Avatar Roni Rolle Laukkarinen

During my one year activity on the #Fediverse I've now seen at least four instance admins quitting from being an admin or shutting down their server. Two out of five of these cases were admins being dickheads and the rest of them were mostly about users being dickheads leading admin getting burned out.

Both outcomes are unfortunate, but the latter makes me sad. Why do we have to harass and doxx an admin here for such pseudetical reasons like extensive open text search feature? I don't get humans sometimes.

I repeat: We are not free from toxicity on the Fediverse. Be kind. Make a chance.

#MastoAdmin #Fediverse #SocialMedia
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Calishat 2y ago

nostr:npub1cmgqvz7xr07euwkum3mjghjqcu4d3k2fcyf6g4uwwe5ggnd6fetq0wrzd2 People who have never been sysops do not understand what an awful slog it is.

To have the technical skills to keep your shit running AND the people skills to deal with the inevitable assholes AND the patience to deal with the well-meaning but clueless people

ARGH

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Roni Rolle Laukkarinen 2y ago

nostr:npub1ej68dzernetvgqh3gpk006eh509jnmyzptwqcsr7y772vtf3j2dqpxpvaa Yeah, I guess it kinda depends on the person. It's a responsibility, not necessarily a burden if you do it right. Yet I'm hesitant to grow my server very big usercount-wise for these reasons.

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Chad :mstdn: 2y ago

nostr:npub1ej68dzernetvgqh3gpk006eh509jnmyzptwqcsr7y772vtf3j2dqpxpvaa nostr:npub1cmgqvz7xr07euwkum3mjghjqcu4d3k2fcyf6g4uwwe5ggnd6fetq0wrzd2 I've definitely felt it. Sometimes I've just wanted to be a user, particularly when I've been on vacation... or I unlock my phone in the morning and I have a user screaming at me in my email or mentions. It's easy for folks to forget there's a human on the other end.

That said, I'm still incredibly humbled and inspired by the trust our community has put into me, as a custodian of their experience on the fediverse.