FediOnFire, a Fediverse project similar to Firesky, which offers an IRC-like view of the global firehose, has shut down after a misunderstanding led to community backlash.

    • SkaveRatEnglish
      14•12 hours ago

      Basically by being (often pretentious) assholes.

      One of the relevant posts

      But if you scroll his timeline a bit (it really isn’t that much), you can see similar discussions

      • Yardy SardleyEnglish
        3•7 hours ago

        Yeah, I really wish people would be a little more tactful when they go on performative tirades like this. It’s giving “old man yells at cloud” energy. Ridiculous behaviour when you think about it. People can block clouds, yelling is worse than useless.