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1. Christopher M. Hobbs (cmhobbs)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2014 17:08:43 EST Christopher M. Hobbs

   • GNU social
   Had some discussion about it earlier today, but I'm surprised that security minded and free-culture c…
   • Christopher M. Hobbs (cmhobbs)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2014 17:09:30 EST Christopher M. Hobbs

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     By the same token, I rant about #freesoftware a lot, but I still own two Roku devices and a little Se…
   • laurelrusswurm (laurelrusswurm)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2014 18:00:38 EST laurelrusswurm

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     @cmhobbs Somebody has to share posts like “Why I Am A Twitter Quitter” on Twitter.
   • laurelrusswurm (laurelrusswurm)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2014 18:05:03 EST laurelrusswurm

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     @cmhobbs Most online have no understanding of free software, free culture or privacy issues. I know because that was me 5 years ago.
   • laurelrusswurm (laurelrusswurm)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2014 18:10:11 EST laurelrusswurm

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     @cmhobbs Even when I understood I didn’t switch 2 !fs right off. Even with support from local tech folks, it was scary. #babysteps
   • laurelrusswurm (laurelrusswurm)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2014 18:15:29 EST laurelrusswurm

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     @cmhobbs Most people will never to host their own instance, just like most don’t do their own car maintenance, or make their own clothes
   • Christopher M. Hobbs (cmhobbs)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2014 18:22:35 EST Christopher M. Hobbs

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     • laurelrusswurm
     I was there some years ago as well. The messed up part was that I was a heavy GNU/Linux user, but kn…
   • Christopher M. Hobbs (cmhobbs)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2014 18:28:02 EST Christopher M. Hobbs

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     • laurelrusswurm
     Well, it's up to the technically inclined to get off our collective duffs and start spinning up instances (myself included).
   • lnxw37 (lnxwalt on quitter) (lnxw37)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2014 19:17:27 EST lnxw37 (lnxwalt on quitter)

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     @cmhobbs I fully agree. I'm noticing (while spinning up fresh\.federati\.net) that the set up process needs *lots* of work.
   • laurelrusswurm (laurelrusswurm)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2014 19:41:54 EST laurelrusswurm

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     @cmhobbs Not messed up at all… #OpenSource is better than proprietary software any day of the week.
   • laurelrusswurm (laurelrusswurm)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2014 19:45:12 EST laurelrusswurm

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     @cmhobbs My instance was set up for me but I share with 1 of my brothers eventually hope to recruit at least 2 other brothers & sister
   • Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2014 21:07:21 EST Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

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     I organized a Video Chat for !Ubuntuca on #Google Hangouts because that's what !Ubuntu people said they …
   • Christopher M. Hobbs (cmhobbs)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2014 10:10:25 EST Christopher M. Hobbs

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     • Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca
     Outside of work, I've generally been refusing to use Google services to communicate with people with …