<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@kev" class="u-url mention">@<span>kev</span></a></span> Thank you very much for your statement. We want to assure you that it is in fact a vocal minority and we&#39;re really sad that the Fedi seems to be no different than X in situations like this.</p><p>Furthermore, we want to thank you for taking your time for a response. That is important for you personally. We know that it might not be as fast as others liked it. But we&#39;re all doing this shit for free.</p><p>We hope that this is not the end of Fosstodon. Thanks again for all you&#39;ve put into this.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@kev" class="u-url mention">@<span>kev</span></a></span> This is sad but understandable. Thanks for your work and effort.</p>

<p>My opinion of the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/fosstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fosstodon</span></a> drama:</p><p>It&#39;s fair to expect mods to be on the right side of history, and not to have heinous views. And it&#39;s fair to call this out. At the same time, this server is run by VOLUNTEERS. The needless attacks, the immediate moves and blocks, and the insane expectation for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@mike" class="u-url mention">@<span>mike</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@kev" class="u-url mention">@<span>kev</span></a></span> to constantly be on top of this and aware of about 500 threads of toots at the same time (and on different platforms) is SO TOXIC. Yall need to CHILL. Everyone is just doing their best.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@kev" class="u-url mention">@<span>kev</span></a></span> mastodon is strange... Although I&#39;m on the same instance, I don&#39;t know what happened nor knew that something was going on.</p><p>Looks like things went south quite drastically, so I&#39;m not expecting anything in depth, but: if I&#39;d like to know more, where would I find details?</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@kev" class="u-url mention">@<span>kev</span></a></span> oh man sorry about all the garbage of the last few days. I hope you and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@mike" class="u-url mention">@<span>mike</span></a></span> will stick around, you&#39;ve built an amazing place.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@kev" class="u-url mention">@<span>kev</span></a></span> I am sorry to hear this. Thanks for all the work you did. I, and certainly other FOSS folks, appreciated it. FOSSTODON helped to spread the word about <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RKWard" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RKWard</span></a>. Therefore, also thanks from this side.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@kev" class="u-url mention">@<span>kev</span></a></span> Sadly, closure of fosstodon will be seen as a victory for those who&#39;ve been stirring-up bad feeling against the instance and yourselves.</p><p>Forgetting the technical merit of a decentralised Fediverse, it&#39;s situations like this which will ultimately make it fail.</p><p>Having been on the receiving end of the vocal minority myself, I ask (daily) whether it&#39;s really worth the effort of being here.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@kev" class="u-url mention">@<span>kev</span></a></span> sorry to hear but I don’t blame you a bit 😞 thanks for all your work on Fosstodon, and for being a welcoming first home for me on Fedi.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@kev" class="u-url mention">@<span>kev</span></a></span></p><p>This.</p><p>&#39;The vocal minority are just as loud, and just as obnoxious as everywhere else&#39;.</p><p>I fully respect whatever decision you arrive at and understand your stance. Even though I&#39;m not on Fosstodon, I feel for the vast majority of happy users of the instance who may be forced to relocate as a result of this.</p>