From: usenoob@mail.invalid   
      
   >> > If I may ask, what made you decide to join Usenet at such a late   
   >> > date?   
   >>   
   >> Just thought the protocol was interesting; the idea of being able to   
   >> say whatever you want like it's the 90s and there's an implicit   
   >> assumption of no safe spaces. But it turns out that arrangement   
   >> attracts Nazis, so I use Usenet less now.   
   >   
   > Free speech attracts minority views, for sure. Fortunately, Usenet also   
   > has free listening. Between them, a killfile and a scorefile can hide   
   > anything I don't want to see.   
      
   Whatever works. Aside from ad blockers, I take an all-or-nothing approach   
   to personalized censorship. I'd like to think I'm strong enough to have   
   conversations with people who want me dead. I just need thicker skin or   
   more alcohol.   
      
   >> Getting into Mastodon and finding more people I can identify with, but   
   >> occasionally checking back on the Usenet boards I frequent out of   
   >> curiosity.   
   >   
   > I've looked at Mastodon but never tried it. I like the idea, a lot.   
      
   It's ok. Each instance is its own thing, more or less a silo, very   
   feudalist. All that is fine, but it can be confusing as to how much reach   
   each account or post has between instances. Some instances will defederate   
   or censor and may or may not tell people they're doing it. How much reach   
   each post has depends on more factors than Twitter/X because of the way   
   Mastodon does federation, and it often feels like shouting into the void.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)