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1. Shibaprasad B :liverpoolfc: (shibaprasad@qoto.org)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2019 12:46:16 UTC Shibaprasad B :liverpoolfc:

   One good thing is in QOTO instance, the number of political posts have been very very little. And I am really liking it!

   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 repeated this.
   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2019 12:56:28 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     @shibaprasad Are you asking about QOTO or the fediverse as a whole.

     The fediverse as a whole has lots of interests and politics is among them.

     At QOTO we are STEM based but not topic-enforced. So our users sometimes discuss politics like anyone else might. But generally in the past it wasnt really the most popular topic except when a significant political event takes place.

     Based on past influxes (this is far from the first) we will see the political talk die down in about a week and go back to the usual topics we see (personal updates, and a lot of STEM stuff).

     Basically people who post **only** or mostly politicial stuff just dont get many followers over time. So usually after a week or so they disapear to another server or just stop talking politics and move on to more interesting topics.

     I'd say give it 2 weeks and should be back to normal around here with a few new faces.

   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2019 13:00:52 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     • prithwis

     @yantrajaal

     Sadly the fediverse like anywhere else has plenty of extremists, both left and right wing extremists. However thankfully due to the federated structure, as you said, that sort of protects you.

     We are a STEM instance so generally we dont have many extremists locally, they all tend to be on other servers. But that makes them easy to block as you can block an entire server from your account not just people.

     @shibaprasad