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   isAAAc 🏴🏴‍☠️⏚ (isaaac@masto.krashboyz.org)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 23:04:26 JST isAAAc 🏴🏴‍☠️⏚

   • Thomas 🔭🕹️

   @thomasfuchs
   hi o/
   in short, you don't care about the "special interest",
   you don't have to have one to be federated in the fediverse.
   My advice: if you feel like it, set up your own mastodon, keep your current account as a "backup account", and in a few months you'll see whether you want to keep your current account or your own instance. ;)

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     Mikey P (mikey_p@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Aug-2023 03:07:50 JST Mikey P

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs It's like picking Geocities neighborhoods all over again

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     Eli the Bearded (elithebearded@fed.qaz.red)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Aug-2023 04:31:50 JST Eli the Bearded

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs Geographical instances seem to be the best non-special interest solution. There's a huge amount in everyone's life that is regional from weather to local politics, so if you lack any predisposition to some topical server, that's a good choice.

     I went with a Mastodon. Host personal server before I learned about the good regional one here.

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     Eli the Bearded (elithebearded@fed.qaz.red)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Aug-2023 07:37:25 JST Eli the Bearded

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs People do move, but outside of a region probably less often. And then many people will retain some degree of continued self-association with the previous area, reducing the "move server" pressure.

     I'm from NYC but have been living in California nearly half my life. Still I read email and Usenet via a NYC ISP.