By the end of April, the bird site will be a substantially different user experience. Legacy check marks gone; only Blue in “For You”; no non-blue in polls.

This will have the effect of warping the entire ecosystem towards fascist shills, demagogues, and opportunists.

Now would be a good time to invest in alternative infrastructure, including making sure Mastodon instances are fast and robust. We are going to need them.

@davetroy true, also financially robust i would like to add, because also Mastodon is not for "free".

@ErikJonker very true. For folks that wish to contribute to offset hosting costs for toad.social, they can do that here. Other instances should be sure to have similar support mechanisms.

https://donorbox.org/help-support-toad-social

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@ErikJonker @davetroy Right. I just donated and going to ask other folks to do the same.