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   silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 04:55:34 JST silverwizard
   Cory Doctorow is just sitting on the Fediverse using it correctly "Your follow list is your job, you don't like it, stop following me" and people keep getting mad at him.
   
   And honestly, I love it
   
   Follows aren't endorsements or solidarity, they're "I want to read the things you say"
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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 06:15:59 JST hypolite

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     @silverwizard People are getting mad at what exactly?
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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 06:25:16 JST silverwizard

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     • hypolite
     @hypolite Long multiitem threads and high engagement essays
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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 06:36:46 JST silverwizard

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     @mike Yeah, it's a hell of a lot
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     mike (mike@micro.mkp.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 06:36:47 JST mike

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     @silverwizard Cory’s linklog was one of the first feeds I followed and I quickly discovered that. Holy fuck, can that guy fill pages.

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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 06:43:35 JST hypolite

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     @silverwizard Then don't follow him? I like his work but I don't follow him for this exact reason.
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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 06:47:14 JST silverwizard

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     @hypolite Yeah, and that's what he says to do
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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 06:53:50 JST hypolite

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     Thank you for the elaboration!
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     mcv (mcv@nerdica.net)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 08:08:17 JST mcv

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     • hypolite
     @hypolite @silverwizard I do follow him because I like his work, but he's sharing it in a way that's hard to read.
     
     I'm not mad at him, but if he wants people to read it, I think there are more effective ways he could post.
     
     On the other hand, I'm also wondering if maybe Friendica could show those kind of threads in a different way.
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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 08:09:37 JST silverwizard

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     @mcv @hypolite Yeah, he 100% could be doing longer posts which collapse, but it's 100% because he's ported twitter tooling, and improving it is work
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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 08:11:14 JST silverwizard

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     @mike @mcv Yeah, that's 100% valid, and his "use RSS " response is 100% correct
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     mcv (mcv@nerdica.net)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 08:11:15 JST mcv

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     @mike @silverwizard Is there anyone who follows him and for whom this way of posting works well? Because it would be a shame if he posts all these long threads and nobody reads it.
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     me (me@social.jlamothe.net)'s status on Thursday, 22-Dec-2022 03:13:54 JST me

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     • hypolite
     @silverwizard @hypolite That's the thing. I've seen people getting mad about artists selling their art on the Fediverse. Again, if that bothers you, don't follow them. It's simple. It's not like there's an algorithm shoving ads down anyone's throat.
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