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English Internet Politics

I joke that staying off X was Woke 1.

Gruber has a point here. I also enjoy Mastodon more than I do Bluesky and my feed does have a bunch of interesting things in it. But truly, there is zero “action” there.

The people who build it even pride themselves on it. When the design goal is to be dull, that’s an easy one to hit.

https://daringfireball.net/2026/10/x_once_again_marks_the_spot

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