<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Popehat" class="u-url mention">@<span>Popehat</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://federate.social/@mattblaze" class="u-url mention">@<span>mattblaze</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mmasnick" class="u-url mention">@<span>mmasnick</span></a></span> There are freaks everywhere. I had some weirdo tooting RFKJr nonsense at me the other day. But on the whole there's a lot less malice here than at the birdsite, and Mastodon doesn't have that weird culture of discouraging blocking. Just shut the door on them.<br />I just think that after everything we've seen at FB and "X," it's better to avoid a putative "public square" that's subject to the whims of a crazy billionaire. I don't see how we can expect any better of Dorsey this time around. Fool me once, shame on you...<br />Better to start all over with a new paradigm that's maybe more like email (anyone can set up an email server, anyone can set up a Mastodon instance). IMO every major company and every serious news organization should have its own instance, giving them complete control of how their info is disseminated.</p>
