Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Recently on the developers forum SocialHub, the last active admin announced an intention to stop doing essential maintenance. Since then, we've been talking about the need for new governance;

socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/

We need an admin team responsive to the community who gather there (whether to comment or just read). People whose priority is to help us share knowledge and solve problems together, so we can make the fediverse better for everyone.

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Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Here's the meat of a comment I posted in that discussion. It quoted 2 claims by the departing admin that seemed mutually incompatible, pointed out the ongoing unwillingness to share admin powers with volunteers, and concluded;

> The fact that we don’t have people from more than one group with full admin permissions is a critical vulnerability that needs solving. It would be even if @how were committed to maintaining the instance and had the full confidence of the community to do so.

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Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

My comment was almost immediately moved to a "Wellness" topic (see screenshot), so it's no longer publicly-visible. If you have a SH account, you can see it here;

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/defamation-of-ps-and-how-must-stop/5472

I leave it to the wider fediverse community to decide whether my comment was blunt enough to justify being flagged as abuse, or whether mod power is being used to censor comments pointing out things they'd rather people didn't notice. Or maybe both. Feedback welcome.

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just small circles 🕊
@smallcircles@social.coop replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
@strypey

Your description shows a misunderstanding of the Well-being procedure at SocialHub.

If 2 members accuse one or the other of serious violation, there's no knowing who is right or not. The subject at hand is then taken to Well-being category to discuss in reason and nuance and in a constructive safe environment, until those involved guided by members, in a respectful manner resolve the conflict, and determine the outcome.

Here explained in a different context:
https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/socialhub-made-by-you/4580/30?u=aschrijver