Wandering Adventure Party

@rufustheduck good to hear

@rufustheduck glad the fedi has been going good for you

@rufustheduck nobody does! this is way I have no shame using and advocating using an ad blocker like ublock origin or AdNauseam which is built on top of ublock origin, this is a cool ad blocker a lot of people have not heard of and they got banned of the chrome web store from what I hear https://adnauseam.io/

@rufustheduck I can't stand ads in any form these days either

@Oregon_Pacifist @rufustheduck plus if you want to switch instances I think there are ways to export your data such as who you're following so that you can quickly follow back everyone you were following before when you start over on a new instance, not sure if there is an option for other stuff like posts but you'd have to check that

@Oregon_Pacifist @rufustheduck exactly, if everyone is on mastodon.social and if it goes down for whatever reason its just like being on a centralized platform, the point of decentralization is so there can be many instances of the fediverse run by different communities and individuals so that if .social goes down or closes up shop there will still be others instances out there catering to different communities and making up the ecosystem if the fediverse

@CathyBikesBook howdy ho and welcome to the fediverse, be sure to follow hashtags to find your tribe and if your getting into Linux I would recommend Linux mint as its a good starter distro and has been my daily driver since I left windows in 2022 https://www.linuxmint.com/

@wanderingprofessor you're welcome and no problem

@rufustheduck howdy do and welcome to the fediverse, thanks for joining

@wanderingprofessor howdy ho and welcome to the fediverse