Eugen RochkoI was a bit worried that the Kotaku article made Mastodon sound like an insular closed club, but judging by all the new sign ups there's probably no better way to make people want to sign up than to suggest that something is exclusive...
A Republic, while we kept it@Gargron Sorry, but I really can't let you whitewash this fence. It has to be done just so, and only special people have the talent to do it.
@Gargron It's a reference to "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer".
Tom convinces the other kids to paint the fence for him, by convincing them that it's a very exclusive privilege to do so.
Tom convinces the other kids to paint the fence for him, by convincing them that it's a very exclusive privilege to do so.
Dusk 
@arensb Oh right, I remember that. I hadn't heard "whitewash" in its literal meaning for many years.