Post #2124892
2026-05-04 16:30 UTC
"I never expected to find my news […] on a federated social network that half the internet has never heard of. […] But there's something quietly beautiful about a place where people just... share what they know.
No brand deals, no engagement metrics, no algorithm nudging you toward rage. Just someone who spent twenty years studying Arctic policy posting a thread at 2 AM because they think you should understand what's happening.
It's the internet I was promised in 1996."
https://matduggan.com/boy-i-was-wrong-about-the-fediverse/
Replies (5)
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@Kierkegaanks@beige.party 2026-05-04 17:01
@marcel@waldvogel.family He should try posting and appreciation of jk rowling without alt text
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@ronzegers@mastodon.nl 2026-05-04 21:32
@marcel@waldvogel.family @matdevdug@c.im —> Please remind the audience to financially support the instance/server they are using.. The admin’s will love you :) We all pay with €/$/£ instead of privacy/ads
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@Feral_3D@mastodon.social 2026-05-04 22:56
@marcel@waldvogel.family the fediverse is big good.
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@virgil_tibbs@norden.social 2026-05-07 06:39
@marcel@waldvogel.family cool !
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@energisch_@troet.cafe 2026-05-09 04:49
@marcel@waldvogel.family super ! Just reading it I had to nod again and again! Thank you @matdevdug@c.im for putting into words, what a lot of people experience(d) in social media since it existed - and ended up in the :fediverse: to communicate with real people and not algorithms, designed to manipulate for greed and hate.