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@RolloTreadway thank you.

That poses the question if that is just at the town where you are at, or all across the fediverse countryside.

The analogy with towns, villages and cities breaks down here. On the fediverse we have this social fabric we weave ourselves that determines the city or village we want to live in. By carefully curating our own following and followers. I call this Personal social networking..

https://coding.social/blog/reimagine-social/#personal-social-networking

It would be an interesting experiment if by doing some curation and turning it into habit to garden your connections, you can arrive again in the village or city that is to your preferences.

@Netraven I would not express it like that, but I know what you mean.

Mastodon.social can be compared to a large metropole, and it becomes not much different than Twitter platform's megapole in terms of social dynamics and culture. It's a New York that has its charms, but also many unsafe back alleys and ghetto's that are best avoided at night :)

@benjamincox @oblomov @Tattooed_Mummy

You are doing well, and attracted a sizable village to be part of together, looking at your profile. Thank you for your input.

@geoffduncan an interesting analogy to common day to day life activities, thank you.

@mikeymikey thank you. Yes, I will do a follow-up. The poll runs for a full 7 days, and has a delightful response thus far.

@fwtl yes, I'm quite positively surprised at all the good social experiences people have.

> An algo is a tool that can be used for good and the lack of one is really big problem for normies

I don't think that is necessarily the case, more so than that we are dealing with different social networking paradigms. And when people do not realize that, their expectations are off. I call this paradigm #PersonalSocialNetworking..

https://coding.social/blog/reimagine-social/#personal-social-networking

Hopping from #twitter to #mastodon is not just switching to another microblogging platform, that happens to be decentralized. The lack of algorithm gives an opportunity as well as a responsibility in order to get the most out of the fediverse: you are in control and should curate your own feed. By choosing who you follow, you shape your own village, and over time you may nurture it into a bustling city you are part of.

Algo's may help, but it is more Starter packs and app websites that can do a better introduction to fediverse social media.

@glc ah yes. I like your analogy, thank you.

@iwein ha, I like that, thanks.

@glc

A refuge from hectic life then? An quiet oasis to escape the surrounding social media traffic and unwind a bit?

@darby3 in a good way, though? In an extracting-myself-from-the-ratrace casual walk kinda way perhaps?

@msbellows I like that. Thanks for your input.

Complete this sentence:

"I experience #fediverse as a .."

#Poll #AskFedi #Microblogging #Mastodon #ActivityPub

@Gina here is that democracy index. The EIU list is I think the official one, but last publication dates from 2024. I hoped to find 2026 and was curious how they'd rank the USA with Mr. T and all that jazz.

https://freedomforallamericans.org/democracy-index-rankings/

@Gina

On that safety list btw, there are some surprising positions.

@Gina Chili is also rural galore, beautiful nature. Speak Spanish fluently (if you don't already), 2nd largest language, always handy.

@Gina

Do you want to go for bustling city life, or quiet rural life? I was attracted by those TV programs of Floortje Dessing "Alone on the World", for instance the edition where she visited a family living in the Belise jungle. Surrounded by Nature, though not far from road and city. Those examples are a bit extreme, of course, but the general idea for the non die-hard hobbyist "lonely planeters" is fine.

@Gina ah yes, that is true. I have family living there, but they emigrated from NL long ago, at the height of the Cold War and going the safest country to be in, in case of a nuclear war. They are now long-time house owners with big overvalue. 😅

@Gina you mentioned Australia, but perhaps New Zealand?

The other day I checked the democracy index 2025, and it cross-ref'ed to another list measuring countries on a host of safety, freedom, human rights criteria. Perhaps there are more such lists with things you do not readily think of, e.g. on laws, regulations, pension, etc.

Here's that list in case it is useful: https://freedomforallamericans.org/safest-countries-in-the-world/

@Gina @mitch

Roll out the terraces!

@_elena

I haven't done this recently, but many years ago on a google account I no longer used I requested the full dataset from them. And I was astounded that it amounted multiple gigabytes. 😬

In the past I got several work-related google accounts, which sucks too because you get locked out of all your history and opportunity to do a takeout if you forgot to make one timely.