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Does Not Knowing About Mastodon or the “Fediverse” Mean I’m Out of Touch?

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5 min readJan 18

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Hell no.

Two simple words that, hopefully, speak volumes to those of you who are super-excited over the thought of jumping into this oh-so-new-and-trendy fray. (I was going to say “fuck no,” but I held back.)

Sherry McGuinn

Written by Sherry McGuinn

Long-time writer and big-time dreamer. Screenwriter. Cat mama. Red lip aficionado. sherrymcguinn@gmail.com

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