In that brief time I looked back at #
Friendica and wondered if I was gonna have to just deal with abandoning my efforts with #
Hubzilla, I did notice all those things that were missing: polls, custom emotes, strict privacy controls, file uploads, blocking post imports by strings or regex...stuff that even in a couple weeks I found I really didn't want to live without.
The only thing Friendica has that Hubzilla doesn't is a robust moderation panel, but you know, the more I think about it, the less I miss it. It really isn't all that often that someone is such a problem that they should be blocked from the entire instance, and if someone really does feel that strongly about a person, they can take the extra time to personally message or email me about it. In my time as a fedi admin, I've noticed that the few reports that got made to me were extremely silly, nonsensical, even — especially because they were made
about me. Yes, people reported me to myself, on multiple occasions, it was hilarious.
And likewise, if an admin of an instance feels so strongly about one of my users or my moderation, they can take the time to take it up with me personally — and if they don't want to bother doing that, then, well, good riddance, really.
I think this new home will be nice.
