As much as I hate to say it… I use Facebook groups. They’re usually really well established and very local.

So maybe look for a fediverse Facebook replacement like frendica?

Yeah, but how effective is it really?

The latter. Though given the downvotes, I think people are either not smart enough to get it, or too smart and think I don’t get it.

I love that you called it the lingua franca.

Why yes, English is the French.

Didn’t the Instagram admins do that too?

That bullet point had two sentences.

Lol

Usually when a server allows anything, it collects the things other systems block.

I checked and it doesn’t seem to be

for general use

So every third video is going to be a beheading or medical gore?

That’s a horrible take and you should feel bad.

But I’m a stranger on the Internet and probably a moron so it’s ok to not take me seriously or respond to me.

Is this not relevant, since this person is a linchpin in creating federated alternatives to those social media sites? And if he fails he drags them all down.

I still can’t log into the darn android app. Takes me to the pixelfed.social login, then does nothing.

But one day I’ll love it, I’m sure.

It’s not exponentially growing. At best, the growth rate has exponentially increased. These are VERY different things.

It was exponentially growing, the platform would come screeching to a halt and crash.

How do you pronounce that?