"i can't squat my username globally and if i move to another instance i lose all followers, this sucks!" has to be one of the worst takes
it's kinda sad how you can tell if a person shows up here because they needed refuge from hellbird or if they just didn't wanna miss out on The Latest Coolest Social™️
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oops i checked that dudes profile and yup its blocking time
imagine your ego was so small you had to constantly brag about 'being one of the first 140 people to join twitter'
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@Ludonaut you'd think this dude would realize that forcing people to follow a new account is a bad idea
except he's too focused on wanting his numbers to go up for that to matter, i guess?
@Ludonaut im legit laughing
dude cares more about numbers than the actual people behind the accounts
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@Ludonaut his claim is also just totally untrue, there's a very reasonable discussion happening right now about the particulars https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/177
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@jplebreton oh glob someone suggested implementing a blockchain. abort, abort
@Ludonaut how did these folk cope with IRC?
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you, extremely dumb: anime avatars, telling me about email
me, an englightened being made of pure intellect: um actually social media is about follow counts and nothing else, you fools https://awoo.space/media/kUU1aVZkQjE3jHaEjVQ