(1/7) I suppose #Fediverse isn't the place people are discussing #RobReiner. But after 36 hours of deliberating whether to say anything, I feel compelled. This thread will be long,but I start w/ most important part:

It's an “open secret” in the #FOSS community that in March 2017 my brother murdered our mother. About 3k ppl/year in USA have this experience, so it's a statistical reality that someone else in FOSS experienced similar. If so, you're welcome in my PMs to discuss if you need support…

@mekkaokereke

A question for the "The #Fediverse doesn't need to grow" crowd:

Do you _want_ commercial platforms to dominate social media around the world - and allow them to manipulate the algorithm in order to promote unchecked #Capitalism, #fascism, and everything else that is currently wrecking the planet? Not to mention handing over sensitive personal information to authoritarian regimes.

I don't see social media going away. But the Fediverse currently represents our best hope of getting away from _commercial_ social media, and thus we need it to grow.

Thus, if you don't want the Fediverse to grow, you want #Meta and #X to win. Unless you have a _better_ noncommercial social media alternative than the Fediverse, in which case I'd love to hear about it!

Как же меня заколупал Erlang, ещё во времена админства jabber.org.by и ejabberd !