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@Polychrome @xianc78 @root @lanodan The "retro" label is actually pretty useful these days.
All it means to me is that it has guaranteed no communist wokeness and no soycialist bullcrap like lootboxes, micro transactions, paid DLC, always online, and all the rest of the bloat inserted into it.

And yes, I don't consider those things to be capitalist, because capitalism relies on customers paying for quality on a voluntary basis (you pay and it's yours, you do with it whatever you want).
Soycialism on the other hand relies on stealing your money and scamming your wallet dry, even after you already bought it, regardless of how low quality the product is, which is exactly what all the current year bloat is.
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The context? In 2019 Mastodon as a whole had gained two different userbases: people who wanted a Twitter alternative and to federate and find similar people, and people who wanted to wall themselves in to extreme levels (the canceldon servers with extreme rulesets). You know, like the instances using "secure mode" and having extra long blocklists with comical rules and block reasons anyone laughs at and worry about their safety while oversharing, as their idea of opsec is "I hope the bad people don't find my public posts". The latter took credit for things such as private posts and content warnings and saw themselves as the CEOs of the project...while not really being big contributors or forking the darn thing like Alex did.

The end result was a giant shitfest between the idea guys who came up with ideas and wanted to be credited for them, and Eugen who did the programming and people declaring their "leave from Mastodon" and running back to Twitter. They could do this as they weren't constantly eating Twitter bans but in fact wanted something that had more censorship than Twitter.

https://www.dailydot.com/debug/mastodon-fediverse-eugen-rochko/
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Reading up on the early history of the fedi makes the flamewars with Alex and quote posts look like nothing burgers, like when Mastodon added in trends and hashtags.
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Made a post announcing the instance is up but I'll get around to making the GS post (and my issues I had with it) later.
https://pleromanonx86.wordpress.com/2022/10/14/your-system-ate-a-sparc-gah/
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Why is a certain group of people too desperate to make the China coof stay relevant in 2022? Nobody buys that shit anymore
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The actor who played Hagrid died. Being one of the few people who vocally supported JK Rowling, the trannies on Twitter are celebrating his death.
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For the niggers who can't tell the difference between different webs, here's a handy table.
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gamedev 

After a few full playthroughs, I can confirm that the game is at least enjoyable even though it's generic and uninspired.

Though the levels still need some polishing.

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"Why don't my co-workers respect me for being given a job that I didn't earn?
Why do guys think it's ok to flirt with me at a bar, but also, why am I still single and staring down the barrel of middle age?
Why do people question my judgement even though I'm plainly terrible at my job?
Why do men not like me for who I am instead of how I look, even though I desperately want to look better?
Why are my family putting pressure on me to settle down when I just want to party and pretend like I'm still in my mid-20s?
Why is there nothing of substance or value in my entire life outside of work and drinking?
Why can't I do or say whatever I want with absolutely no consequences?

These are all issues that I can safely label as rich liberal women problems."

Critical Drinker reviewing She-hulk and somehow still being able to get millions of views on Youtube while presenting a little bit of reality to Marvel consoomers
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