Via @mmasnick: "We’re at a fork in the road, and it seems like we should be looking to take the other path. The one that is open, not closed. The one that gives us more freedom, not less." ~ https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/21/why-would-anyone-use-another-centralized-social-media-service-after-this/

I feel the need to add: all you've followed to this point may not join you on the journey. That should not stop you from taking it for your own future and potentially theirs. This includes your friends! You can keep them (but make new ones). ~ #socialmedia #news #community #mastodon

Why Would Anyone Use Another Centralized Social Media Service After This?

So, it’s been quite a year for legacy, centralized social media — and all without any really big change to the laws that govern it (yet — the EU’s are coming into force shortly, but pos…

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@ChrisPirillo @mmasnick "Skate to where the puck is going to be." —Wayne Gretzky

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@mmasnick @ChrisPirillo

I’m a new arrival. I like it here. I picked a certain server because someone on Twitter who I didn’t know but seemed to be honest, normal, and bright picked a server.

It makes me nervous that I don’t know who is behind my server. Should that bother me?

@ChrisPirillo @mmasnick I thought you were quoting Volodymyr Zelenskyy.