➡️ new acct link in bioImagining if Mastodon called instances "neighborhoods" instead. The metaphor works really well IMO and doesn't sound like robot-speke.
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@alexhillman I use "planets in the federation" because I'm a sci-fi nerd 😎
Although really I just use "sites" for general purpose explanations. Everyone knows what a site is in the context of the web.