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   Marco Rogers (polotek@social.polotek.net)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 05:10:13 JST Marco Rogers

   I would like to watch a documentary about how tech communities died as a result of the pandemic. I've talked to lots of people, and confirmed that it's not just me feeling this way. Things have changed a lot. Where is everybody?

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     esmevane, sorry (ironchamber@mastodon.esmevane.com)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 05:10:00 JST esmevane, sorry

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     @polotek I know I'm a rando to you but, I have a real small instance for myself and some close friends, and it's worked out very well. We can keep up with moderation on our own, and there's very few (almost no) Bad Surprise days. I think tiny instances are great for those of us who can manage them.

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     Marco Rogers (polotek@social.polotek.net)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 05:10:11 JST Marco Rogers

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     I'm just starting to rebuild my online presence after deciding to divest from Twitter. I'm gonna try hanging around mastodon for talking about tech stuff. For better or worse, I chose to make my own separate instance instead of joining a popular server. I'm sure that won't help the feeling of isolation. But here we are.

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     Marco Rogers (polotek@social.polotek.net)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 05:10:12 JST Marco Rogers

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     The slow death of Twitter is not the cause of this. But I do think that is bringing it into sharp relief for everybody. Twitter used to still be a place to stay loosely connected to your community. At least you know people you like were still around. Now that's less and less a thing.

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     esmevane, sorry (ironchamber@mastodon.esmevane.com)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 05:10:33 JST esmevane, sorry

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     @polotek Also welcome (back)!