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@Sheril @elisegravel Add "Would anyone else really care about what I have to say?" to that list, and that's basically the list of why rarely post anything.
@Stubbs You might say they were a flash in the pan.

@Stubbs @andyd Yeah, I didn't ever own a home in the UK, so I don't have much of a frame of reference as to how it normally works over there.

They certainly do try to push refinancing though, which of course comes with a while bunch of closing costs. They add up to a few grand.

@Stubbs Interesting. I think that's a pretty rare thing over here. I know it would make me feel pretty uneasy: not knowing how it might change from one month to the next.
@Stubbs Is your interest rate variable?
The NORAD Twitter account has been suspended for doxxing the location of Santa's sleigh.

Every news outlet should stand up a Mastondon instance for their reporters & staff.

It’ll be great to see [email protected] or whatever domain they want to use.

Built in verification. Every reporter for the Washington Post on a washpo domain. Every reporter for the New York Times on an NYTimes domain. Etc, etc.

Plus the “local” feed for each instance becomes a feed of all the posts from that institution mixed together — providing extra discovery.

I'm a fairly new Mastodon user. I've been here less than a week.

Earlier I promised a more thought out explanation on why it seems to me that the Mastodon model can cure the worst evils of social media and create a genuine and workable public sphere.

A draft is here:
https://terikanefield.com/can-the-mastodon-model-cure-the-worst-evils-of-social-media/

It's a draft because there is SO much I don't know.

Some thoughts about Mastodon - Teri Kanefield

This is a DRAFT. I am new to Mastodon and not a techy. I’ll be reading the comments so I can correct any accuracies and include things I forgot.   I’ve been using Mastodon since November 4, but I am going out on a limb with a prediction: Mastodon (or the Mastodon model) is the future … Some thoughts about Mastodon Read More »

Teri Kanefield
@0x0caf Yeah, the whole federated thing is an interesting approach. The moderation rules for the one I'm on seem fine, so I figure I'll stick here until some other compelling reason crops up.
@0x0caf How did you end up picking the server you joined? I made my account years ago (just because, really), and really have no clue what sort of community it's supposed to be.