@thomholwerda That's because most of that demographic work with IT-security, right?

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social networks are outdated, it's time for anxious networks.

@thomholwerda Can't tell if it's down or not. F*cebook login wall prevents me from viewing anything. Nothing of value lost, apparently

@thomholwerda I’ve tried so many times to get a BlueSky invite. Just want to know what it’s like.

@thomholwerda This is as it should be. If my time on the internet has taught me anything, it's that you should never fuck with furries.

@thomholwerda guess why?

It's #decentralized af!

@thomholwerda I know at least one server that runs on Ritalin and allergy to meetings ;)

@thomholwerda @sebsauvage : So #bluesky is a decentralised platform that:

1. Belong to one company

2. Which you can access with invite-only

3. Can be completely down

"Decentralized". You keep using that words but I don’t think it means what you think it means.

https://ploum.net/2023-03-03-bluesky.html

@thomholwerda to be fair most of our instances did close the door behind us which is how it still works

@thomholwerda though Fediverse, it is more then just Mastodon, don't give website boy that much honour.

@thomholwerda I mean that's the thing, this app is never going to replace them, but I don't need them to. As long as SWers have a safe place to work, and we have a way to find out on-the-ground news in repressive regimes, I don't really care beyond that. (It is nice to see all the trans ppl on the cloud app, but that's a "nice to have")

@thomholwerda trans people get tech shit done.

@thomholwerda @pippaholloway coffee, there must be coffee

@thomholwerda meow meow :QueerCatHeart_Trans: :QueerCatHeart_Trans: :QueerCatHeart_Lesbian: :QueerCat_Trans: :QueerCat_Pride:

@thomholwerda I do wonder why people are talking about Bluesky and get excited about joining a waiting list, when Mastodon is right here and works fine.

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Dont forget about the instances running smoothly on the income of a single mom

@thomholwerda Three hours laterand just fine is pushing it slightly.

@thomholwerda @isatis unfortunately cohost, which is definitely run by a similar crowd, is also down. Turns out an unexpected influx of users can lead to this sort of hell. Meanwhile, the efficacy of a federated system shines here.

@thomholwerda mastodon good

@thomholwerda Isnt blue sky from that one anti IPv6 guy

@thomholwerda I've heard of a grand total of one (1) instance which supposedly is having issues currently. you can guess which one

@thomholwerda yeah makes me so relieved my instance run by trans women like me and how much she has done to improve this instance, including increasing character limit <3.

@thomholwerda I almost spilled my coffee while reading that. Beautiful

@thomholwerda bluesky isn't down but it's struggling

@thomholwerda i like my instance admins how i like my linux distros

unstable

@thomholwerda more proof that anxiety is what truly powers the Internet.

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and dads

@thomholwerda
and dads

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And nostr

@thomholwerda wait, Bluesky is down? :blobfoxcrylaugh:

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If you don't have furries running your stuff online, you're going to have a bad time.

@thomholwerda @jimi , análise de conjuntura importante aqui

@thomholwerda Classic reminder that there's a disproportionally high number of furries in the tech community.
A typical joke is "I'm against furry conventions. If a plane going to the convention crashes, it would be disastrous for the world's tech infrastructure!"

@thomholwerda FACTS

@thomholwerda I know it kinda harshes the mellow here and your narrative but...
- bluesky probably has more trans furries and femboys than mastodon (anecdotally speaking)
- If it was down, it was just down briefly (though it has slowed down)
- all but one of the bsky team members I've interacted with are women and/or POC. Jack may have originally mega-funded it, but he's seemingly largely (if not entirely) stepped away

@thomholwerda if a plane full of trans, furries, trans furries, and other variations, crashed with no survivors, the internet would be down for at least a full day.

@thomholwerda That's because the trans furries, femboys, leather daddies and other weird types have been running networks and data centers longer than the techbros have been alive. There's no substitute for experience.

@thomholwerda it’s almost like working on something for money does not lead to a better product. It seems that passion is a better indicator of quality.

@thomholwerda That's because they run Mastodon as a hobby in between running the entire Internet as a job =]

@thomholwerda lube & caffeine, don’t forget the lube & caffeine.