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Ever since I left Twitter, back in 2022 when the world's saddest loser bought it, I've had a fraught relationship with social media. I was pissed that I put so much time and effort into something one jerk could buy outright one day and ruin instantly, so I moved most of my posting energy to this blog and then my mastodon account.Mastodon is my first choice because it's distributed and no single shithead can ruin it for everyone. It also lets you post up to 500 characters as well as endlessly edit your posts for typos (seriously, why is that impossible on every other social network?!).But Mastodon has some major drawbacks like occasional cranky weirdos in your replies and a byzantine system of interlocking servers that never quite feels user-friendly to newcomers. So naturally, many of my friends went to Bluesky instead, which works a lot more like early twitter (but with a 300 character limit). It's way easier to sign up and use, and has most of the good energy Twitter had in its…

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