If Fediverse software starts encouraging monetization, I don’t think the userbase will even maintain the current strength.

The laws will be changed to make them legal. Either that, or de facto standards will “move faster” than laws.

Held liable by whom? The President who absolutely would say he agreed with it? The legislature that will talk a good game but fold before doing anything important? The courts who are owned by the parties? Or the police who want this to be SOP, and wouldn’t enforce any orders for arrest?

Wait, you didn’t just set up a second account that had a 1970 birthdate?

I wanted to like Google+, but the way they forced it into YouTube ticked me off.

Mint includes both ed and sed.

So what? The best outcome is that someone issues a pull request that teaches you how to do what you did in a “better” way. The worst outcome is that someone starts using your code in an LLM and vibecoders learn your style.

Threads in microblogs baffle me too. Doubly if replies occur mid-thread. Tagging should be limited to the person being replied to and the OP, not everyone.

Oh, so the good idea from Bluesky of Starter Packs is now fully in Mastodon. I know that repost-quotes are in too, which is fun.

Character limits are a feature, not a bug. I liked the limit of 160 characters (with tags) on Twitter. It’s because of SMS, but called for brevity and clarity.

He’s also on mute.

We have a difference of opinion, but I’ll say you’re not wholly wrong.

“[INSERT COMPANY] is an evil corporation” is a needless truism. All corporations are evil by definition.

I’ve worked with highly educated people in multiple fields - libraries, engineering, education, and marketing. The more letters after a person’s name, the less they read any messages.

The more education a person has, the less they read.

It’s the same playbook as his father in NYC.

I really hope that this goes through.

I don’t think I’m lucky enough that Sam would be my guardian angel. Plus, I’m not putting up lights this year.

Yup!

Ah, that’s also possible. Have you considered switching your VPN server to a more local one? And yes, location spoofers do exist; they’re widely, if coyly, used in some communities for Niantic games (Pokemon Go, etc).