I recently became an active member of @codeberg@mastodon.technology, and I must admit I'm not exactly happy about it.

All they do in the internal discussions is talk about TOS and selling swag. I wish they were more focused on free software and collaboration than on policing speech.

I, for one, am only interested in discussing technology and software, and I assume most other active members are like me, so why would we ever need a TOS?

And swag? If we have so much money that we can invest (more like spend, really) some on mugs, t-shirts and long socks (?), maybe we should look first at collaborating with other institutions with similar goals, or supporting whatever free software projects we decide as a community and establishing synergies that way.

I don't know, it all feels so... _gentrified_.