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Two years later.
Want to know one of the major reasons Mastodon didn't catch on with journalists and large website owners?
It is *invisible* in referrer statistics.
Here's my blog from the last month.
BlueSky now sends me more traffic than Bing.
How much traffic does Mastodon send? It is impossible to know due to the "noreferrer" header in all links.
(I'm not saying your privacy isn't important. But you can't grow a community if no-one knows you exist.)
Between a16z pushing their crypto agenda and Elon out for revenge, I’d wager the SEC will be the first agency gutted next year.
Without a functioning SEC, there’s a straight line between unregulated crypto and your parents gambling away their life savings, like 2008 all over again.
Just in case you’re wondering why Bitcoin hit a new all time high.
Appreciate the kind words about me from my old friend @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy here, but I think he's misunderstood the architecture of @atproto.com. The system is absolutely building in Ulysses Pacts and you can exit Bluesky infra while staying in contact. https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/
At a Trump rally in Georgia last week, right-wing propagandist Tucker Carlson gave a clear glimpse of the "strict father" morality underlying the Republican Party.
In his speech, Carlson described American voters as misbehaving children in need of strong punishment from an angry father.
"The Strict Father Model is the Core of Conservative Politics," by George Lakoff https://truthout.org/articles/the-strict-father-is-at-the-core-of-conservative-ideology-and-values/ #conservatives #ConservativePolitics #strictFather #MAGA #Trump #TuckerCarlson
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