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The quality about the fediverse that I appreciate the most is the fact that nobody on any of its platforms raised an eyebrow at having a rainbow-coloured pentagram for a logo, until the first Twitter exodus when some newcomer primed for spotting the mildest of outrage-by-proxy gasped, "Have you seen this? Somebody might get upset!"

Meanwhile, the pentagram has been warding off hyperbolic fundamentalists since 2018. The fediverse is much chiller without them. 🤘

When there are only two options om the ballot and one is set to steer your country into fascism and a recall of human rights — there is no comparison. You vote for the other one.

Also, dick measuring.

Love that featured image 😆 Perfect metaphor for latter day Twitter!

I guess you have to take it for what it is. I see Matrix primarily as an IM network, and for that it works fine. I only use it for private communications with trusted friends, no random pedos can drop into our conversations.

In the past I've subscribed to a couple of interest-based rooms (music and movie genres), but other than that I don't find Matrix' forum or social features very compelling. Too much potential for anonymous randos lulz bombing any public room for my taste.

Well, Mastodon and Lemmy both use ActivityPub, and they're not entirely compatible. On the other hand, the diaspora*, Ostatus and Zot protocols are more or less compatible with ActivityPub, and are considered parts of the Fediverse.

Edit: My bad, according to this diagram it's much more fragmented than I understood it!

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Marketing, sure, but the onboarding from Instagram was a massive factor for Threads growth.

another for matrix I forget

If you or anybody else reading should remember the project, I'd be interested in hearing more.

Edit: If it's this one you're forgiven for not committing the name to memory...

Some day, some day I'm going to try and get started on the eighth Doctor books. If for nothing else then to get more background for Faction Paradox which is honestly one of the crazier hard left turns I've heard of... If that ever makes it into the main (or its own) TV show I'll be very curious to follow!

But even though I'm only aware of some of the eighth Doctor's adventures, ie. audios, the show owes the character as well as Paul McGann (and a slew of writers) for tiding the fans over through the wilderness years.

As for Moffat, I don't disagree with you about the quality of his writing, at least during the time when he was running two of the BBC's most prominent shows. I do think Capaldi's last season was solid, and a bit of a fresh breath after much too much Clara Oswald, but to each his own.

I'm one of the few who will defend the Jodie Whittaker years, though I don't hold any hope to convert you on them. They're not bad on average but there are real stinkers as well as a handful of very good episodes — and quite a few "well, that was certainly ...a Doctor Who episode?" ones. But it didn't have the flair that RTD and Moffat brought to their runs.

"The" RARbg, as opposed to the RARbg that closed last year? I'd be glad to hear that somebody picked up where the original site left off.

That Eighth Doctor book reference is a nice, deep cut from the extended universe! I tend to take the books, comics and audios as well-produced fan fiction, or I wouldn't be able to post such confident continuity fixes as the above 😆 I do think Moffat had to acknowledge Big Finish's massive effort of establishing 8 while the TV show was off the air. That is too wild to just shrug off!

I won't argue against your head canon about the eighth and Shalka Doctors, after all we're both (all!) making subjective rationalisations from a frankly bonkers continuity. Plus we don't seem so far apart on Shalka.

Jenny, though? She is explicitly said to be a partial clone of the Doctor, probably with some local parts thrown in, so might actually be part human on her "mother's" side... IMO she's his daughter in episode title only, like the TARDIS/Idris was "the Doctor's wife" 🙂

Side note: You haven't followed the show since the end of series 10!? I know Capaldi's early characterisation was a bit bumpy, but you're missing out on some terrific Missy episodes. Plus, 12 mellows out after Clara, and his last series has one of my favourite companion pairings.

No idea what the John Tucker thing is about 😆

Fingers crossed it's just temporary maintenance!