It has come to my attention that Mastodon, and/or OSocial, and/or the Fediverse, are no longer what they once were. They're being flooded by Normals. Or People who Don't Speak my Language. または私のアルファベットを使用しない人。
It's becoming like ... birdland.
Or worse: Facebook.
So, here's a thought for you: Facebook was once literally Harvard.
And whatever you think of FB or Harvard, it most certainly isn't any more. Which is a thought you might want to keep in mind. Because change.
If you joined Mastodon because it was small and quirky and whatever non-mainstream group you align with felt like it was welcomed, and comfortable, and safe here, I've got some really bad news.
You didn't find a space that was inherently suited to your wants, but one that happened to support them. Because of scale and founding cohorts.
Those are the first two characteristics to be lost in any growing community. Unless it was dead-normal to start with, and even then I'd bet against it.
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@projektir If that's ultimately the only solution, well, OK.
But I think we've got more options ahead of us.
@projektir If you're interested in solutions, you can read to the end.
If you're interested in solutions and /lazy/, you can skip to the end and read backwards.
(I ... do that a lot on long essays -- if only because it often becomes clearer as to whether or not there's a there there.)
Doc Edward Morbius ❌
projektir☕