So PIxelfed, PeerTube, and Tumblr don't exist? Because all of those are federated.

No one is forcing you to use the default frontend. I rarely, if ever, use the default.

The highway code? The one that says that when the speeding ticket occurrence exceeds a certain threshold in a single year the speed limit is automatically raised? That highway code?

That people who have for their entire lives relied on others to think for them are now using tools that don't think.

Ah yes, the default fallback of the mediocre white cishet neurotypical man: AI slop.

Incorrect, its intended purpose was to preserve the institution of slavery.

It
- doesn't require an invite to use
- doesn't require an account to read posts
- is open source
- isn't controlled by a corporation
- uses a simpler protocol
- allows you to move your account between instances at the push of a button

If that's too hard, I worry for your kitchen.

That's a genuine skill issue.

Have you ever heard of Mastodon?

Every now and then I remember I have a BlueSky account, look at what's on here, and then go back to the sanity that is Mastodon.

This seems to be part of a trend of people thinking luddism == tech is bad. I am a luddite because I use tech in a way that minimizes harm. I use local ML models that I train myself. LLMs? Nope. Radar hook echo detection? Sure.

Guess it depends on the peninsula

I take it you don't spend much time in rural Maine.

Why stick to paths when there is a whole world?