One interesting side effect I just noticed is that when I think about opening twitter I am immediately filled with dread about how bad the discourse is going to be and when I think about opening Mastodon I'm.... vaguely hopeful? I know it may not last but it's a fascinating feeling.

@joshuatopolsky I feel like every third post of mine here is a version of this. We’ve been saying “Twitter is bad” for years, but now we really know!

Also, if you go by the Fourth Law of Joshes — when multiple Joshes agree on a thing, that thing is as close to truth as we know — then who are we to say otherwise.

@joshuatopolsky @joshsternberg I would like to add a 3rd Josh to the mix. ✅
@joshuatopolsky @joshgammon and now we enter The Josh of Thirds, where the distance between Joshes dictates the strength of an argument. The closer you are the more correct you are. If only the world lived by the Laws of Josh