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Thor A. Hopland<p>Today I got new inspiration regarding <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/WebSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebSocial</span></a> (aka the <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a>), when I met an old acquaintance and his friend</p><p>The acquaintance tried to call me a <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/TechBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBro</span></a>. With some salt, and sugar, I explained what a tech bro was, why I despised them and rolled out a simple explanation of what <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> was.</p><p>His friend was surprised and said he didn't know that such a thing existed. My acquaintance then said he wanted to start his own server.</p><p>I then realized he's probably not the only one in my city.</p>
Thor A. Hopland<p>You stare in awe and disbelief as the child one more time, after many attempts, place their hand on the oven element. "*sigh*... that searing pain? Yeah, that's gonna happen again and again."</p><p>In this analogy I look at the average <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/user" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>user</span></a> as a child that just doesn't learn, because they keep trusting <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> instead of going to <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/WebSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebSocial</span></a>.</p><p>Angry, disappointed users react to <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bluesky</span></a>'s upcoming blue check mark verification system - Neowin<br><a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/angry-disappointed-users-react-to-blueskys-upcoming-blue-check-mark-verification-system/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">neowin.net/news/angry-disappoi</span><span class="invisible">nted-users-react-to-blueskys-upcoming-blue-check-mark-verification-system/</span></a></p>