An administrative announcement.
Motherfuckers.
It has come to my attention that Mastodon, and/or OSocial, and/or the Fediverse, are no longer what they once were. They're being flooded by Normals. Or People who Don't Speak my Language. または私のアルファベットを使用しない人。
It's becoming like ... birdland.
Or worse: Facebook.
So, here's a thought for you: Facebook was once literally Harvard.
And whatever you think of FB or Harvard, it most certainly isn't any more. Which is a thought you might want to keep in mind. Because change.
the distributed nature of federation may avoid some of the problems with centralized servers
there will be no avoiding the problems of people working against each other
and change is unavoidable
plus ça change ...