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1. laurelrusswurm (laurelrusswurm)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2014 19:37:17 EST laurelrusswurm
   By the same token, I used to bug everybody to use Identica, the wonderful free alternative to Twitter, and look how that turned out.
   • lnxw37 (lnxwalt on quitter) (lnxw37)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2014 19:42:22 EST lnxw37 (lnxwalt on quitter)

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     @laurelrusswurm The lesson there is that we have to learn to be comfortable with many instances, instead of one central instance.
   • laurelrusswurm (laurelrusswurm)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2014 19:51:52 EST laurelrusswurm

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     • lnxw37 (lnxwalt on quitter)
     @lnxw37 My theory is most non-tech people can handle learning one platform; once comfy the idea of starting over from scratch is daunting
   • laurelrusswurm (laurelrusswurm)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2014 19:53:46 EST laurelrusswurm

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     • lnxw37 (lnxwalt on quitter)
     @lnxw37 Tech folks don’t realize that learning tech is not fun for non-tech folks; we do it because we must if we want to use the tools.
   • laurelrusswurm (laurelrusswurm)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2014 19:57:40 EST laurelrusswurm

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     • lnxw37 (lnxwalt on quitter)
     @lnxw37 Facebook continuously tweaks their service; it changes just when folks are comfy, effectively exhausting user capacity to change
   • laurelrusswurm (laurelrusswurm)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2014 19:59:54 EST laurelrusswurm

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     • lnxw37 (lnxwalt on quitter)
     @lnxw37 Facebook users grumble every time it happens, but they have to do it to preserve their social network. Starting over is hard.
   • lnxw37 (lnxwalt on quitter) (lnxw37)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2014 20:10:04 EST lnxw37 (lnxwalt on quitter)

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     @laurelrusswurm My theory is that #Facebook's constant change is to prevent users maintaining any kind of privacy. Affects FB's wallet.
   • laurelrusswurm (laurelrusswurm)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2014 19:07:32 EST laurelrusswurm

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     • lnxw37 (lnxwalt on quitter)
     • Christopher M. Hobbs
     @lnxw37 I like @cmhobbs idea 4 tech folks to start up own instances… invite non-tech family & friends aboard and build !federation
   • lnxw37 (lnxwalt on quitter) (lnxw37)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2014 19:24:58 EST lnxw37 (lnxwalt on quitter)

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     @laurelrusswurm What I was saying was that rather than pushing people to all join a single instance, we should promote spreading out.
   • lnxw37 (lnxwalt on quitter) (lnxw37)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2014 19:25:58 EST lnxw37 (lnxwalt on quitter)

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     @laurelrusswurm As we've seen with #Identica, most users had little idea about other instances, so were helpless when #bifurcation came.
   • lnxw37 (lnxwalt on quitter) (lnxw37)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2014 19:27:14 EST lnxw37 (lnxwalt on quitter)

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     @laurelrusswurm And, yes, those who have tech skills should !self-host themselves and others.
   • lnxw37 (lnxwalt on quitter) (lnxw37)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2014 19:30:34 EST lnxw37 (lnxwalt on quitter)

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     @laurelrusswurm Most people understand enough to say "send it to my Hotmail account" so we know they can learn about #federation.
   • laurelrusswurm (laurelrusswurm)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2014 20:25:17 EST laurelrusswurm

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     • lnxw37 (lnxwalt on quitter)
     @lnxw37 For some that’s fully extended. My Dad asked me to help him set up a Facebook account b/c he doesn’t think he can do it himself.