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Nazis. We’re talking about Nazis. And white supremacists. And “provacateours” or trolls or whatever they’re called this week.

There was a time when the world didn’t just ostracize people like this, the entire planet went to war to stop them. So, yeah. Silencing them on a social media site seems like a decent first step.

Good call. I just added an elevator pitch for what Mastodon is to the introduction. To save you a click:

“What is Mastodon? My elevator pitch is that it’s a social network for sharing short messages, photos, links, and more that is built by and for people. It’s open source and federated, which means there are no ads, no invasive tracking, no shareholders to demand #maximum #engagement, and no single company or server that can be shut down. It already has over 2 million users, and you can learn more at JoinMastodon.org.”