Them: "Mastodon is hard to use."
Me: _gets started easily_
#coops

Them: "The #fediverse is fragmented - hard to find anyone."
Me: _easily finds many folks here I know or enjoy_
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Them: "It's just white male tech nerds"
Me: _discovers fairly robust presence of non-white, non-male folks_
✊

Them: "It's set up so it's antiviral"
Me: _sees more interest in my thoughts here than ever on the birdsite_
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Them: "Local servers are like isolated islands."
Me: _finds a canoe to explore archipelago_
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@christina maybe we need a term for a less explosive but more deliberate spread of content and interests here:

I propose #fungal. Slower and more subtle than #viral but we've been repeatedly surprised by the size and scope of territory a single fungal organism can inhabit and facilitate communication throughout.

@matt
I’m all down with fungal #mycopunks