I found a discussion on some crappy Lemmy clone. It's really tedious. The TLDR seems to be he promoted a tool for blocking Twitter accounts back when gamergate was a thing, then when he joined Mastodon there were some former Twitter peeps who'd got blocked and were still mad about it.
@bloopernova I don't remember what people were annoyed with him about, but I do remember that it was a BOFA joke that was the last straw for him. Anyway, he's the only high-profile Mastodon user that even comes to mind.
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bloopernova@programming.dev · 10 pts · 2y
Chased away? Has it happened to folks other than wil wheaton? What was mastodon's issue with him anyway?
octoperson@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 2y
I found a discussion on some crappy Lemmy clone. It's really tedious. The TLDR seems to be he promoted a tool for blocking Twitter accounts back when gamergate was a thing, then when he joined Mastodon there were some former Twitter peeps who'd got blocked and were still mad about it.
bloopernova@programming.dev · 4 pts · 2y
Thank you for the extra info, I appreciate it!
glencoe@jorts.horse · 7 pts · 2y
@bloopernova @fathermcgruder this is the short version of why: https://old.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/9bimug/why_did_mastodon_run_off_wil_wheaton/e57gknd/
bloopernova@programming.dev · 5 pts · 2y
Thank you for the info, much appreciated!
DoctorWhookah@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
Probably people who love Star Trek but hate The Big Bang theory. Could be the other way around too I suppose.
fathermcgruder@jorts.horse · 1 pts · 2y
@bloopernova I don't remember what people were annoyed with him about, but I do remember that it was a BOFA joke that was the last straw for him. Anyway, he's the only high-profile Mastodon user that even comes to mind.
mateomaui@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 2y
George Takai is the only one I can think of at the moment.
NataliePortland@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y
I'm here to find out along with you. Would love any recommendations. My Mastodon is just politics now.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 2y
@gretathunberg@mastodon.nu is on mastodon.