10 Years on Mastodon

As of today, I've been on the Mastodon social network for 10 years. I think that deserves a little reflection and celebration. Post by @Edent@mastodon.social View on Mastodon Social networks often launch in a blaze of glory but limp out of existence within a year or so0. How many services have you signed up to, only to gradually drift away from? If you're anything like me1, your password manager is a graveyard of unloved services and your MFA app is filled with icons of websites you barely remember. It could easily have been that way with Mastodon. I gradually drifted away from Slashdot. Despite a promising start, AppDotNet died an untimely death. Slack works as a meta-social-network - but there are half-a-dozen communities which I know I'll never check in on. Once in a blue moon I'll think about uploading a photo to Flickr. I tried quitting Twitter several times - only to walk away cold turkey to prevent my soul being polluted by its filth. I lurk on LinkedIn mainly to gawp at the…