You may have heard about an incident from the other day where a user uploaded some baaaaaad images. I’m worried that the responsibility for hosting that stuff could circle back to the nice people running instances, as federated sites are connected that way.

I’m just a garden guy. Here because I wanted to show off pics of my garden with like minded green thumbs. I don’t need to get caught up in any trouble. The other thing is that I have this instance which is mostly just this one community !gardening. We often have only 1 or 0 active users in a day even though many people subscribe and participate from other instances. It’s lovely to have you all come and visit but hosting an instance for myself doesn’t grow corn 🌽.

Special shout out to our most active users Thrawn, Spacebar, editedit, thegiantkorean, David from Space. I have really enjoyed connecting with y’all through my favorite hobby. I will see you on one of the other garden communities I’m sure.

Some folks in my area grow this plant. It seems really dangerous.

Brugmansia produces anticholinergic toxins that can cause permanent neurological damage. It's closely related to the Datura genus, also known as jimsonweed, devil's snare, or loco weed.

It's kinda pretty, but it baffles me that it's so popular as a front-yard ornamental plant. If your child or dog eats a flower from this plant, they will probably have a bad trip that they may never recover from.

So why grow it? Are you sure nobody you care about will ever stick it in their mouth?

No trolling. This actually baffles me.