I'm kind of relieved that you seemingly don't remember our differences and the harsh words. That perhaps allows me to lay my memories and regrets to rest, finally.

Please tell me, if you don't mind, what has happened to @3mp0? At times it felt to me at Quitter like he was your alter ego, perhaps even you yourself under a different avatar. If not, how and what is he doing today?

Same goes for Manuel Ortega with whom you did a summer school on GNu Social in Spain. Any idea what he is up to today?

He is (or was) one of the drivers of the Spanish collective whose name I've forgotten that tried to use GNU Social as means to connect countercultural initiatives. As far as I remember he coded a version of GNU Social that could be used to share objects, stuff, tools, services. Also he and his comrades coded a GNU Social plugin for Wordpress. His article

Manuel Ortega, "GNU social: Federation against the social model of Twitter" (2015) https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/gnu-social-federation-against-the-social-model-of-twitter/2015/04/25

I found to be one of the best things I've read about #federation and the #Fediverse, arguing that incomplete conversation trees due to different instances' scope are in fact a feature, not a bug. I disagreed back then but it has been a major stimulus for my thinking about the social aspect (not the technical one) of federation.

And last but not least, do you have any idea what happened to @mcscx or where life has blown him to? He has been the best moderator of a Fediverse instance I have ever encountered yet. Till today I'm fond of his kindness towards "users", his politeness, patience, his effort and dedication, his sheer infinite willingness to help and support newbies in the Fediverse. It was especially him who made Quitter such a pleasant place, at least to me – although one could argue that it was some quality of Quitter an dits atmosphere that attracted people like @mcscx in the first place. Any idea how he fared? Should you still be in contact with him, please send him my regards and best wishes, and that I still remember his "service". Without him, Quitter wouldn't have been the place in was back then.

Cheers to you. I'll have a deeper look into your blog the coming days.