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The issue with Mastodon is that it’s confusing for a large portion of the population. The thing that makes it so incredibly interesting to us (the nerdy infosec/it/tech is folks) is precisely what makes it annoying to so many people that “just want things to work.” Don’t get me wrong, it’s not like writing ModeLines in a XF86Config file, but it’s not always easy to find folks on different servers, and now there are at least three different servers for the infosec community.
That said, it may work absolute wonders for people highly focused on privacy and anonymity - thinking of people that live in oppressive States, for example.
I love the tech, not sure about how broadly it will scale from a usability perspective.
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Blowing up the microwave while softening the yams before they go in the oven: 2/5, would not try again.
Thankfully, it was the only thing we were using the microwave before Thanksgiving dinner. Unfortunately, to reheat all of that goodness, I had to brave Black Friday shoppers to pick up a new microwave…