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!
Quokk.au only has one admin - Qk - and she's been active in our Matrix rooms for a while now and seems really nice! Their admin has agreed to adopt our existing governance processes and policies since we already have a lot of stuff in place. So nothing much will change for existing flotilla members really. Hopefully that will put your mind at ease.
The main difference in terms of governance is that now we have another experienced admin to bounce ideas off and exchange expertise with, and of course Quokk.au users will be able to propose policy changes and vote in exactly the same way as the rest of the flotilla members. But bearing in mind the relative size of our userbases, and also the fact they are pretty well aligned with us already, do you still have a strong concern about that aspect? Plus any flotilla user can initiate a "radical recall" of a mod or admin in the flotilla if they go off the rails.
That's alright, i'm glad to hear Qk is a good fit!