sakurajima.moe is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
A comfy, non-toxic, and inclusive Anime/Manga/Japanese Media fandom and Japanese Media/Culture Content Creators (Bloggers/Artists/Video Creators/Podcasters/etc.) Mastodon Server

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It really sucks that Bluesky is facing massive turmoil and it'd be an amazing time to bring folks over to the Fediverse but moderation stuff here is also a massive nightmare (especially as we lack good tools for certain things) so most of them will reasonably decide taking the leap isn't worth it.

LiteralGrill
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If anyone knows some good instances for trans folks currently not embroiled in controversy I might recommend, let me know?

Also any that are particularly nice for sex workers of any stripes would be helpful.

I see rumblings of some folks who plan to leave Bluesky over the Jesse Singal situation and wanna help out whoever I can.

tojikomori
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@literalgrill I've had my head in the sand a bit lately. What's the turmoil on Bluesky?

LiteralGrill
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@tojikomori They refuse to ban Jesse Signal despite him clearly breaking the rules.

tojikomori
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@literalgrill Thanks. That's disappointing. I think it affirms the need for good instance admins, but still: I've seen enough praise for Bluesky's individual user tools (especially subscribing to block lists and starter packs created by others) that I'm convinced they'd help people on the Fediverse. Whether or not it wins those users back, it'd be good for us.

Silver Huskey
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@literalgrill I'm already seeing statements on Bluesky that people tried the Fediverse and just didn't like it. If BS doesn't work out, they're just done with social media.

I'd be nice if the big platforms on the Fediverse could all agree on some helpful moderation tools. I know people are trying, but it's just slow going.

Min :neofox_fingerguns:
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@literalgrill@sakurajima.moe For what it's worth, transfem.social and tech.lgbt immediately come to mind for me. (transfem.social has had some drama in the past but I think it's stable now?)

kitsunes.club is another nice SFW instance (and kitsunes.gay is their NSFW counterpart), and meow.social and tiggi.es are both good furry-oriented servers.