I also had a WHOLE OTHER survey in my head, for Main Masto development. For the people who responded with No to if they wanted to #ForkOff.

I had already planned out what I'd be working on over the summer. Finding out what the needs of the community was, was high on my todo list, so was governance.

Then I remembered, Main Masto isn't my responsibility anymore. If Eugen really wanted to know what the community wants and needs, he can make a thorough survey himself.

@maloki As far as I can tell, his metric is based entirely on github comments?

So here we are, #ForkOff-ing

This is for the community, who feel like their voice doesn't matter because they can't contribute code.

This is even for Gargron, because he wont have to deal with us nagging him anymore.

You do you, and we'll do us.

This isn't a hostile action, this is self-care.

#SelfCare

@maloki now that you've said all that, darling, it's time for bed. <3

@noelle Yes!

I understand some confusion arose and I'm looking to suggest that we #ForkOffTogether instead of just #ForkOff.

It makes sure its significantly different to not be confused with others or us saying Fork-off, but is actually a positive move we're doing for #selfcare reasons.

Regex filter for those who want to opt out: #forkoff|#forkofftogether|fork-off

(yes yes I know I'm not sleeping yet, but I've taken the meds now will pass out soon)

@maloki let me know when something's happening

Better yet, we'll #ForkOffTogether

Not just #ForkOff

@maloki Worth noting that as you're on elekk.xyz, you're already on a fork.

And @noelle, the one who forked it, is kinda awesome.

In case anyone else wants to join us.

@Crash yes this is true.

But it's not necessarily any that, but a greater systemic problem about the Mainstream Masto Dev and its governance.

And I have a feeling you already know this?

@noelle

@maloki @noelle I have an RSS feed and reader ready to go for when we all go back to longform blogging on whatever platforms we wish.

A true diaspora, held together only with a loose bond of syndication.

@Cobalt I feel like I need to clarify. It wasn't Eugen who said this nor really any of the other main contributors, but the myriad of other people who told me to fork off yesterday.

So it made me consider that maybe I wanted to #ForkOff, and then when someone reached out to me asking, I figured we could see if anyone else wanted to #ForkOffTogether as well.

@Cobalt i mean my first few dAYS on Mastodon were spent being harassed and dogpiled by people with similar sentiments who thought coding skills were more important than ~racism~

@creatrixtiara ajsddhsja ugh I believe you 100%