Here's your irregular reminder that:

Twitter was a multi-billion dollar company with thousands of employees.

Mastodon is a niche hobbyist product run by volunteers

The fact that we're being seen as a viable alternative to them is an admission that a federated, decentralized future is not only possible, but desirable.

Mastodon is not one thing, or one place. It's a network of many things and many places. We don't have a spokesperson (I mean, there's me. I'm the official spokesperson for 💯 of the fediverse, but beyond me there is no spokesperson) we don't have consensus on moderation or blocking or tools or what is good and what is bad. Some of us are professional SREs and Sysadmins, some of us aren't. Some of our instances have been around for 5+ years, some won't be here in six months.

And that's good! All of it, every last bit of it is good.

We're wrestling power away from the billionaire class, in real time, and reclaiming it for the People.

I joined this site a fortnight ago today.

I did not have a clue how it worked, or about its lore and culture.

Now, it seems intuitive - though not because I am adept but because networks and protocols are familiar and practical things.

We use them all the time: www, mobiles, emails, etc.

And this place is structured to encourage calm civility.

It was Twitter which was strange and, in many ways, inhumane - rewarding clicks and rage and vileness.

We just got used to it.

And now we are out.

Regarding the announcement that a special counsel will be appointed in the DOJ probes: I never had strong feelings one way or the other, but I did find
Randall Eliason's arguments persuasive.

https://www.sidebarsblog.com/p/mr-attorney-general-its-time-to-appoint

He published this hours before the news hit about a special counsel being appointed.

An analogy for fedi feeds: "Home" is the folks you like hanging out with. "Local" is the cafe where you like hanging out. "Federated" is the city the cafe is in.

#twittermigration

I'm Jane, a #Writer on pause, a sparrow, a harbinger, #Reader, worrier, terrible sleeper. I like fantasy, Sci Fi, the #Weird #Ghosts #Esoteric Collector of Lost Souls in short stories. Restricted but not stopped by Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. Loves #Frocks

Pleased to meet you.

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