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Facebook is awful for many reasons, but according to this video, Mastadon only solves some of the problems. youtu.be/sLnjINRUfq0

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Really, asking "what should replace Facebook" is putting things the wrong way around.

A more interesting way to ask the question is, "what did Facebook replace."

People used to build their own websites. People used to have blogs. People used USENET which was truly distributed and un-censorable.

Facebook and Google took the open internet and open standards and monetized and made everything crappy. Enough of that. Nothing should replace Facebook, it's done, stick a fork in it.

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I'm a publishing professional (boring stuff) who would much rather be running a brewery, or writing fiction, or both. I blog, vlog, and brew. Fish in the summer. Run. Swing dance. Trying to learn other dances. (The kids are grown so we have to do something.)

If you get a chance, check out pigeeed and Crowhill on YouTube. (Older videos are from a crappy camera, but the newest one is better.)

It's probably a vain hope, but I want Mastadon to take down Facebook.

Here's some silliness for your Friday. The Pigweed and Crowhill show's latest episode, on found magazine. Plus a review of a smoked beer. youtube.com/watch?v=uil6bmOPw5