i don't understand it either, because there's so little of it. and also, we know how to handle dangerous substances. like, asbestos stays dangerous forever.
define "hijacked". what we've gotten so far is optional telemetry, a well-needed ui cleanup, and a potential new logo. and it's still open source, with a written guarantee that it will not change.
i mean maybe. i initially chose one of those instances for mastodon, but it turns out when you don't defederate from anyone, others defederate from you because you act as a proxy for the nazis and pedos to reach other instances. so i couldn't talk to my friends. it's a bit of a hassle.
yeah but, again, it's seamless. my instance only hosts content in swedish, but that's not really a problem. sorting by scaled means i still see things that happen locally mixed in with everything else.
it's weird that, because once you're in it's basically seamless. it's just that first step of picking a server based on your interests that trips people up, because aren't you supposed to pick interests after you get in? more national instances would probably solve that, i think, so you can just go to your local one.
what, weigh the spool, dunk it in water, weigh the water?
what exactly am i looking for there, manufacturing defects? moisture?