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Regardless of the technical measures, I think we can all agree something called 'Mastodon' will be safe from spam bots in perpetuity simply by virtue of not hav
by cornholio 9y ago
Regardless of the technical measures, I think we can all agree something called 'Mastodon' will be safe from spam bots in perpetuity simply by virtue of not having any non-geek users.
"Hey Melissa, here's my Mastodon handle, hit me up."
"Your... what?"
"My Mastodon, it's a federated social network free from any corporate overlord!"
"Whatever, freak..."
- lordCarbonFiber 9y agoAs opposed to the service that litterally has "twit" in the name? Or the nonsense that has been search engine naming conventions (Google, yahoo, bing, etc)? I think you overestimate the ability for society to accept a name.
- nasredin 9y agoOP was talking about the nerdness (think "PGP keys") rather than the name itself. BTW Mastadon sounds like it's related to BDSM or ED meds IMHO. "Sweetcheeks, have you heard of Mastadon?" "I'm not into that dear!" or "When the moment is right... Ask your doctor about... Mastadon"