From: thetruemelissa@gmail.com   
      
   Verily, in article <10kra6h$2cnnq$1@dont-email.me>, did   
   usenoob@mail.invalid deliver unto us this message:   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   The people who hate me are one thing. The people who post nonsense all   
   day are another. :-\   
      
      
   > >> 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.   
      
   The distributed infrastructure is what makes it interesting. One could   
   have all kinds of different systems and substructures, all   
   decentralized.   
      
   --   
   The True Melissa - Canal Winchester - Ohio   
   United States of America - North America - Earth   
   Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group   
   Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)