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I'm sick to death of people telling me I should be on this or that social network that's controlled by some billionaire wingnuts. I'm perfectly happy where I am. And I have a strong feeling that we're going to see something of a great migration here soon (fingers crossed).

Meantime, go ahead..say Bluesky one more time.

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Michelle (she/her) :verified: 🇵🇷
Michelle (she/her) :verified: 🇵🇷
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Agreed but I have to admit that if I were to honestly look inward, I'm sad and a bit FOMO that people jumped over there instead of here. I love it here and no amount of FOMO will make me jump ship, BUT, if I am being honest seeing people flock there NOW when they could have come here 2 yrs ago makes me feel a little abandoned.
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BrianKrebs
BrianKrebs
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@Diami03 As a strong introvert, I am of course aware of the phenomenon known as FOMO, but I can't recall the last time I felt it.
@Michelle (she/her) :verified: 🇵🇷
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charvaka
charvaka
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@Diami03 As another introvert, I like the interactions I have here much better than what I saw on Xitter before Elon the #oligarch bought it. If the pitch for BlueSky is that it is like that old site, that's not an effective pitch for me.
#oligarch @Michelle (she/her) :verified: 🇵🇷
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Emory
Emory
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💯 💯 💯 get a load of this - i replied to someone about #trans 🏳️‍⚧️ day of remembrance and this asshole shows up in my feed
#trans
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Michael Kohlman
Michael Kohlman
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Celebrated my 2nd anniversary of being on Mastodon.world yesterday. No plans to move.

This is the strength of the Fediverse...

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BrianKrebs
BrianKrebs
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@NoRomBasic Me too. I checked the other day and realized it was the same day Musk fired half the staff and did a bunch of other really reckless and stupid shit.
@Michael Kohlman
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Michael Kohlman
Michael Kohlman
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Yeah. Same Day. Same Reason. At some level I have found it interesting so much focus has (justifiably) been on the abhorrent swing in culture on the former Twitter, but for me the trigger was not wanting to financially support or endorse a business leader who would treat people so abominably. If anything Musk's actions since then have been a strong confirmation of that decision.

With that, also not a fan of social platforms controlled by oligarchs or governments.

So... Not moving

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BrianKrebs
BrianKrebs
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Well, it's been really tough to watch so many of my colleagues who see reach as paramount, kind of like well we don't run from war zones, we run TO them. I get that. But I don't agree, and it makes me sad.
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Curtiss Grymala (he/him/his)
Curtiss Grymala (he/him/his)
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I do miss a lot of the celebs I followed on the old bird site, and it makes me sad to see so many of them still there or switching to the network you said not to mention.

At least if they're on the Facebook-owned site like this, they can federate, and I can theoretically follow them even if I have no interest at all in signing up for that service.

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TheYOSH
TheYOSH
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I know the feeling... I refuse the use any 'social media' that wants my phone number... No whats-app, signal, FB, Meta, Threads, etc.

If you want to contact me, ask me for my email or phone number. Happy to give if when you ask nicely...

But people do not understand that Big Tech does not respect any privacy.
So I am on my own federated social media platforms like Mastodon and Matrix running mine own servers...

#matrix #mastodon #privacy #real-freedom

#privacy #mastodon #matrix #real
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SnowshadowII :maple:
SnowshadowII :maple:
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Feeling the same, and blocking those account who are berating anyone who doesn't want to move there.
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BrianKrebs
BrianKrebs
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@StephenTallentyre The way things are going, yes, my bet is it's about to get 10x worse w/ the troll and far right posts, w/ 47 & co. back to RT'ing all the Kremlin talking points.
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⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯
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i suspect the migration here will be slow but steady... i feel like if there was an option to customize your mastodon algorithm to be literally anything other than just pure reverse chronological order it would really accelerate things.
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BrianKrebs
BrianKrebs
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I've also been thinking of telling my readers on LinkedIn that if they want to follow my rantings for the next month, they can do it over here.
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B'ad Samurai 🐐
B'ad Samurai 🐐
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but I rely on your posts' replies to efficiently block LI chuds at scale.
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Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee:
Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee:
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Yeah... I kinda hate LinkedIn and am only on it minimally. I am more likely to read you here than there so count me as one of the "Do it!" replies.
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Emory
Emory
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that's not a bad idea either. i am starting to look around for a job at the moment and linked in is not like i remember it - i occasionally would share-sheet something to linkedin but rarely actually use it. i logged in a couple weeks ago and it was depressing as hell but i have met a lot of new recruiters and maybe one of them will understand what i do 😂 i link to my fedi ID on my profile there and i encourage #infosec to come over here where the real party is,
#infosec
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Mastodon Migration
Mastodon Migration
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Yup, us regulars at Mulligan's getting a little tired of folks we've never met coming in and carrying on about the new shiny Rascals Brewpub, 100 craft beers on tap, down the way.
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your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦
your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦
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DO IT! tbh, i get why you would use LinkedIn as one of the authorities on infosec, but am not in info sec and i felt so uncomfortable with how they lead people into giving so much sensitive information about themselves that’s why i stopped filling in the questionnaires and just have a stub. and i did that over a decade ago.
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Stefan Scholl
Stefan Scholl
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don't forget to give the RSS link, too. For the lurkers with style.
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charvaka
charvaka
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@leifdavisson There were plenty of journalists who opposed the Nazis in Germany. They didn't continue to hang out in Nazi bars when their local bars got taken over by Nazis, though.
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13reak :fedora:
13reak :fedora:
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You should try Mastokrebs owned by billionaire Brian Krebs :bloblaugh:
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Tyson, Chicken Rancher 🐓
Tyson, Chicken Rancher 🐓
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There's a hacky bridge that lets people there follow your Fedi account. It works! You can also use the same bridge to follow Bsky accounts. https://infosec.exchange/@tsupasat/113511538131176796

Tyson, Chicken Rancher 🐓 (@tsupasat@infosec.exchange)

Attached: 1 image The bridgy thing linking Mastodon to Bluesky works! Check out the instructions on this post: https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.brid.gy/#welcome-dm-https://infosec.exchange/users/tsupasat-2024-11-19T15:29:51.
Infosec Exchange
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MFTech
MFTech
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Every time I see a post from Threads and look at the vitriolic replies, I’m grateful to be here. There may be a benefit to Mastodon having a learning curve…
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BrianKrebs
BrianKrebs
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@leifdavisson thanks. I should probably care more about promoting my work, but I really suck at it. That said, my site routinely gets >1m visits a month, so I consider that a minor miracle.
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kristophr
kristophr
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I have found the interactions and content is much richer here. On bluesk-uhhh bluenotground seems to people doing whatever they can to get the most followers. Seems fake and in-genuine. I’m happy here.
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Dan Goodin
Dan Goodin
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The thing I don't understand about Bluesky is why I get so little engagement. I post something and it gets a few dozen likes and a handful of reposts. When I post here, I generally get many more responses, and most of them are constructive?

🤷‍♂️

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Incredibish
Incredibish
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It's hard not to tell them all the reasons they shouldn't go 'there' but should really take a look 'here'... but I'd not be tactful if someone told me where to go. They'll find us when that place goes the way of the other one.
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Rafał :C_H: :verified_paw:
Rafał :C_H: :verified_paw:
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I'm waiting for a social network named yellow snow. At least the name would say the truth 😅
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Maria Liv ✏️
Maria Liv ✏️
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Everything is always changing. First people were fleeing from Twitter to Mastodon, a lot of forks were created, people changed servers and forks, then Meta went after Mastodon and created Threads, then people from Meta, Threads, X and Mastodon discovered Bluesky and started migrating there or testing it out, then Cara became a valuable option for artists wanting to leave Meta etc, then Lemonade started to replace TikTok, and soon it will be something else. Who cares.
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Carlos Augusto
Carlos Augusto
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Seems like a more mature crowd over here for the most part. I'll apologize in advance for rocking that a bit with my zest for political memes and petty ribbing, but I think the community self policing goes a long way.

"The standard(s) that you walk past are the standard(s) that you accept"

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Michael
Michael
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Thanks for sticking it out. I will likely NEVER go back to a corporate owned social media platform (I'm getting older), so it's fantastic to see you staying here.
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Andreas K
Andreas K
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Brian Brian.

It's time to chose wisely your feudal overlord.

(terms and conditions apply, please be advised that some overlords reserve the right to sell and remove your organs while you are still conscious; so take that under consideration if it's incompatible with your religious beliefs.)

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Scatt
Scatt
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but its too complicaateeed and nerrdy, i dont wanna be on a nerdy platform 😒
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soc
soc
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Some people simply cannot function without some rich asshole telling them what to think. 🤷

Glad that they aren't here.

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erica_sea55
erica_sea55
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I came here when he bought Twitter, and really prefer it (I’m on all the others, but don’t engage much, though BS does have a good academic / science network). The only thing I don’t really like about Mastodon (similar to FB and NextDoor) is summed up in this quote about ND “Is there another app for people who … not just want to whine about their lives and ask for free stuff”
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craberium
craberium
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it'll take a long time for any large migration to a service like this and it'll likely never happen- but that's okay. Leave the bots and large scale shitposters to the big platforms and keep this community what it is.
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MeaningfulBits.eth
MeaningfulBits.eth
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I always thought it was funny they jumped from one billionaire's platform to another billionaire platform. #Mastodon is the only Organic #SocialMedia and it will reach critical mass at some point.
#mastodon #SocialMedia
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Christiaan Moleman
Christiaan Moleman
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Both can exist at the same time. If you want more people to use Mastodon ya'll need to make it more user-friendly, because face it: the UX is not where it needs to be. People tried Mastodon en masse in 2022 and they mostly left again because it wasn't easy enough to use. Convenience wins.

Specifically the inter-server stuff is way too confusing and needs to be fully seamless. If this improves maybe next time more people will stick around. If it doesn't, they won't.

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Bryce
Bryce
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I’m glad people are not really harping on me getting on Blue Sky.

I’ve seen people say they were disappointed with Mastodon in the past, but I’ve so far only just established a bridge that mirrors my posts, so people don’t need to choose.

Only downside is that they need to establish that same bridge for Blue Sky.

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Beachbum
Beachbum
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💯 Same here. I came here for the individuality not to see what’s on other platforms.
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Andrea
Andrea
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I think it's good to be on an open source social network. As long as you can run your own instance of it there will be ways to "bridge" different networks. An early example is @bsky.brid.gy
@bsky.brid.gy
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Mark Darbyshire
Mark Darbyshire
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I joined BS a few days ago, but one of my big aims is to raise awareness of the gap between the platform's vision and where it is at the moment, and to promote the wider Fediverse. I doubt I'll get very far 😅
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Russell
Russell
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😉

@itsjustmy.bsky.social

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Richard
Richard
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just like the year of the Linux desktop, the year of mass migration to mastodon is eternal.
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Amanda Grace
Amanda Grace
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HARD SAME. I remember hearing someone say that Bluesky was pretty problematic and why that was, but I can’t remember what the reasons were and I know nothing about Bluesky. So what’s fucked up about that one?
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grabe
grabe
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- Maybe, but as an alternative BlueSky seems to have taken over.
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TintedKiwi
TintedKiwi
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I have it on good authority that if you say Bluesky 3x in front of a mirror in a dimly lit room, that you can summon Jack Dorsey. Don’t know why anyone would want to, the more you know I guess :dab:
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Fediverse Champion
Fediverse Champion
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A reasonable ask of people is: Post wherever you’d like, but maintain your #fediverse profile as your primary home.

Having an #openweb presence, guaranteeing people anywhere can see your content with a simple browser free of paywalls, is a huge selling point in this day and age.

Lastly, #bluesky isn’t doing themselves any favors by taking 20M people and placing them onto a single server. It’s hardly decentralized and it creates ever larger bills for the VCs…

#openweb #fediverse #bluesky
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Jim
Jim
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I feel the reverse (contrapositive?) every time I hear someone promote their Bluesky or Threads. It's like...you're leaving the bird site because of a billionaire wingnut ruining the place. Why would you join another site controlled by a small number of extremely wealthy people? Join us over here where things are so much better!
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skedarwarrior
skedarwarrior
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Proprietary services are not to be trusted.

Which means, you are more than on the right track.

Twitter, Facebook, youtube, google, instagram, reddit, etc...

And others...

All should vanish into smoke at least as far as their surveillanceware attitude.

Not to mention they favor right wing douche bags even if they are inciting violence and hatred. But god forbid someone try to stand up against the big corporations and then demonetized, or banned, punished in some way...

Such horsecrap these services are.

Point being, ignore these narcisistic or ignorant people who want you elsewhere

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My camera shoots fascists
My camera shoots fascists
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What I'm hoping is that by the time bluesky is enshittified and people start coming here again in droves, some of the structural problems of mastodon will have been worked out and also that some of the other fediverse apps will have undergone more development and take in some of that influx.
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Psyvacy
Psyvacy
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I'm less and less convinced me being on any social media is a good use of my time. Yes, there's some information gain somewhat, but it's so mixed in with nonsense and political garbage and tribal signalling that I'm not at all sure it's a positive.

Maybe if I were better at curating and blocked more liberally it'd be better

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ManuX
ManuX
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Why do you hope in a "great migration" of the very same people that created the toxicity in other social media in the first place?
Internet worked until it became widespread, and I have been here since 1993.
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Jameson Lopp
Jameson Lopp
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Nostr is controlled by no one; its architecture offers greater censorship resistance than Mastodon since your "account" lives in your client rather than in any one server. 🤓

I run both mastodon and nostr servers and the latter is far simpler.

https://blog.lopp.net/why-nostr-matters/

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Tom
Tom
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I only looked into Bluesky now and I am very shocked. I don’t know why peoples solution to Twitter Is just VC funded trash that will go the same way as Twitter in a few years time :/
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dr2chase
dr2chase
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I would still be a good idea to steal compatible good ideas from That Place. Subscription block lists are good. Starter packs are not bad. I don't see how it doesn't end in advertising or sale to a non-benevolent dictator, and it would be nice to be ready for that day.
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