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Since the New Year is here, what better way to ring it in than with a new Flotilla member and a drink o' rum?

Over the past couple of days, Qk from Quokk.au reached out to us about the possibility of joining up with the Fediverse Anarchist Flotilla. This was really cool news for all of us, and imo they will be a great addition!

What's the Fediverse Anarchist Flotilla and isn't it a bit of a mouthful?

Yes it is, let's call it FAF for short. Lol.

For the full deets of what that means exactly, check out db0's original post on the topic Announcing anarchist.nexus and the launch of the Fediverse Anarchist Flotilla.

But in short, it means:

  • Same rules - Quokk.au will adopt AN/dbzer0's existing rules and policies.
  • Same staff - We'll have common Matrix rooms for admin discussions and user appeals, and provide mutual aid to other instances as required (e.g. if someone needs a break).
  • Common governance - Likewise, we will share a common federation/defederation list and ban-list. Notably for Quokk.au that also means enabling federation with places like Hexbear.net and Feddit.org, unless as a flotilla we decide that this should change.

Fire away if anyone has any questions, but make sure you read the FAF announcement post first, because it explains a lot!

Voting instructions

  • Upvote this post to welcome Quokk.au to the Flotilla
  • Downvote this post to fire the cannons

N.B. Quokk.au will be holding its own vote on joining the flotilla at the same time as ours. I'll add the linked post once they are both posted.

Edit: here's the Quokk.au post

Happy New Year mateys!

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[–] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

@oculi@anarchist.nexus Out of curiosity, why would you downvote on a comment like this? It will have no effect on the vote, additionally you are not even a dbzer0 user. Why do you even care?

[–] oculi@anarchist.nexus 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

votes from any instance on the flotilla will count as a vote anyway, it's not just dbzer0.

I didn't mean it personally? Sorry if i offended you.

[–] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No offense taken. I am genuinely curious what the motivation was. Just trying to accommodate other opinions, so that I don’t cause negative feelings or thoughts. Even though not entirely avoidable, I still try to be as fair as possible

[–] oculi@anarchist.nexus 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Oh i interpreted your other comment (not top-level one) aggressively, sorry, good to see you're being thoughtful 🙂 My line of thought was that i supported the vote, and i downvoted you for being against it. But now that i've thought about it more, it's pretty unfair to downvote others for speaking their opinion on a neutral vote, hence why i removed it :) Have a good new year, now!

[–] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

Thanks for taking your time to elaborate. Have a wonderful 2026, my friend.