Do what you want 'cause a pirate is free! You are a pirate!

Reddit was never a great place for piracy because of central corporate ownership, the fediverse is much more free.

Thank you, this makes sense. I checked what was used previously with it and it is called "gear oil" which I think is the same.

Jiangnan Alto from 1990s with five gear transmission will use motor oil instead of special fluid, yes? Is transmission fluid is for an automatic one and not a regular one?

It will be interesting to see how quickly the whole fediverse gets blocked by strict countries now…

This will be nearly impossible. Popular instances can be blocked but someone can simply create a new small one each time. It is eternal cat and mouse. Censorship by the country where it is hosted however will be effective for that instance but no other.

Defederation should be a last resort when an instance is always making problems outside of itself or have illegal content. Otherwise it is better for the network to remain connected and not partitioned and for blocks and moderation to deal with problems. Respectful community members should be allowed to participate respectfully all over the network regardless of their views as long as they behave.

I just want a place where the content and community are not just bait to pull us in and show us ads, and I have it here.

Yes the first and only time I opened that site there was a cartoon image of a jewish stereotype rubbing his hands together upvoted on the front page.

More attention means more open source developers, biggest effect in QA, so hopefully soon.

We can and will run it for ourselves. USENET for the modern day!