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   Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified: (mattl@social.mat.tl)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Nov-2022 08:35:41 JST Dr. Matt Lee ?:verified:

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   @mrvi I think it's a mistake to have multiple websites running Mastodon with "Mastodon" in the the domain name. When most people say "Mastodon" they mean "mastodon.social" and that's not going to change.

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     VI (mrvi@loci.onl)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Nov-2022 08:35:42 JST VI

     People thinking Mastodon is a website, because Twitter was a website is a problem.

     Mastodon is no more a website than IRC is a chatroom. Centralised platforms have got folks out of certain habits - to wit, the internet is *run* by protocols.

     Having a crap time? Block, mute, seek out an instance that meets your needs and desires. IRC still exists. Email still exists. They've outlasted individual sites *because* they are protocols, of a sort.