@EposVox Thank you!!

@EposVox well written. this is now my go-to article for introducing friends to mastodon. thank you.

@EposVox A really good article, especially since you make the connection with the "old days of the Internet" when e.g. forums were the central hubs of "the web".

Regarding Mastodon I often hear critisism like "ohh, like Twitter but run by reddit mods lol". The internet we know today was built upon forums & communities moderated by volunteers & members of those communities.

Were there any black sheep moderators? Of course, but that sorted itself out. If mods went too far, those forums dried out

@EposVox Ooh, nice!

It might be worth mentioning that the local/federated TLs aren't an "alternative app" thing, they're a built-in thing – the web UI has 'em, too – that the "official" app deliberately removes.

@EposVox Awesome article Adam! I’m brand new here on Mastodon. My excitement for Mastodon and the fediverse is growing exponentially. The potential is so significant. It’s been a minute since I’ve been this excited about the potential of some form of technology. Onward and upward!

@EposVox Good stuff..thanks for sharing

@EposVox cracker of a read

@EposVox Nice article. Thank you!!

@EposVox This is a great article, I enjoyed reading it!