Should the white button at the top of the United Federation of Instances page point to Getting Started, like it does now, or the Code of Ethics?
@Floyd Congratulations!
@lcparra Scholar has a very small population (1/30th that of QOTO) and highly violent as radicalized (see attached as an example of a post the admin of scholar specifically condoned and would not suspend until after the FBI were called by several users).
QOTO is moderate in its moderation policies. We are one of the more moderated servers and have strict rules against most bad behavior as our ToC clearly states
Moreover so far QOTO is the only instance in the UFoI, and has one of the largest peer counts (most federated) of scholastic instances.
To recommend not joining QOTO simply because of a super small radicalized instance blocking us is a pretty silly move since you'll find you can see **far** fewer servers from most other instances.
We also have subscriptions, so you can just subscribe to users there if you REALLY want to see content, something you cant do from any other instance.
Finally, consider our local timeline, which should be most of your decision in picking a server. I will leave that up to you to explore.
@ahi truth
The website for the United Federation of Instances is pretty much done. Please check it out and if you see anything that needs fixing let me know. I plan to officially launch it this weekend but sharing it now for feedback.
If you see anything needing fixing please just jump right in and create a merge request here, no need to ask permission.
https://gitlab.com/ufoi/ufoi-site
Also if your too lazy you can always jut let me know and ill fix it, but a MR would really be much more helpful.
@EubieDrew Fixed, you now have a green check mark!
@EubieDrew yes, though i think you used the wrong capitalization on your profile url which is why it isnt showing a green check mark for you.. ill fix that for you real fast...
@alecui I read through it, approved and merged thanks!
@alecui I see it now, its on the constitution.. yes ill get to that shortly. I've been working on the website since it seems to be getting around even before I released it. So I felt it was a top priority to at least get that presentable before I doubled back on the proposal and by laws... I will try to get to your MR tonight, and if not then tomorrow since the site is kinda mostly ready.
@alecui I think i missed it, ill golook now.
@torq I went through this just recently.. I was getting severely depressed and couldnt figure out why.
Turns out it was a combination of B12 defiency and D defiency.
I realized it because i spent a day out in the sun and felt suprisingly better.. then when i went on supplements I was cured within a week and it never came back.. it was an issue for months.
Cant hurt to take a supplement and see. I highly recommend throwing in some B12 too just to make sure.
@stemid looking now...
So far the United Federation of Isntances consists of 2.5% of the entire #Fediverse... We havent even officially launched yet! So exciting.
I just wrote a page that explains how, this will be a good chance to see if i did a good job writing it. Check out this and let me know if it makes sense:
@youronlyone Sadly right now our group server is down, I have been meaning to bring it back up.. you can of course host your own as its open source, or just wait till I bring it back up soon.
@youronlyone We have that solved on the group server software I wrote as it is moderated and thus joining the group can be controlled by a moderator.
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