@cypher the problem I am trying to point to is that the resolution criteria becomes a mix of the question itself and political influence.
If you can have a reliably uninfluencable decider, then it's not a problem, but those are thin on the ground.
@thomasfuchs I'm not sure this analogy is actually analogous.
Especially given how many left-wing bluechecks there are.
I expect more vanilla Democrats will pay for $8 check marks than vanilla Republicans and 4chan shitposters combined.
@JessTheUnstill there was chatter a few weeks ago about blocking mastodon.social (for insufficient moderation,) so balkanization into multiple unconnected networks is also a possibility.
Like IRC did, IIRC.
@rickyflows nobody expects HTML entities.
Their main weapon is surprise and fear. Their two main weapons...
@AbstractFairy @panchromaticity
She's the new CEO of Twitter.
@AbstractFairy I suspect men and women just get different shit projected on them, not none/all.
@rickyflows I'm using Tusky right now.
I tried Fedilab and that was okay, but I didn't like the threading view. (But you might.)
@dedicating_ruckus there are a handful of multiprotocol clients.
Andstatus and Twitlatte show up, but I haven't tried either.
@AbstractFairy * waves *
@galaxis It doesn't work though, right?
Like, you can try to follow them, but because the instance is blocked you'll never see their posts, IIUC.
@kokogiac isn't this just loaded questions?
According to all known laws of society, there is no way a meme like John Mastodon should be able to federate. Its referent is too niche for the necessary momentum to get off the ground. #JohnMastodon, of course, federates anyway, because John Mastodon doesn’t care what humans think is impossible.