:bird: something is wrong and Twitter should do something to fix it
:elephant: something is wrong and oh I guess we need to work through this complex problem and come up with a solution as a community that works for us and if other people prefer something different they can do that too
@alexking I guess that's the difference between centralised commercial systems and federated open source ones
@alexking it turns out being empowered is a lot of work!
@alexking So, this reads like a meme, but it's really true, because Mastodon is a FOSS project and the instances are run by the people rather than some big commercial org
@Gargron that's what you want us to believe... :P
@alexking Well you can't fit Mastodon's version in a tweet, so... :P
@alexking this is like some kind of a metaphor for something but I can't put my finger on what
@alexking THIS, THIS, A THOUSAND TIMES THIS.
@alexking Feels good being in control of your stuff, doesnt it?