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    10 months ago

    This is what one of Edmond Dantes alter egos did in the Count of Monte Cristo. “Lord Wilmore” was an eccentric Englishman who understood French perfectly well, but refused to speak it:

    … Lord Wilmore appeared….His first remark on entering was, “You know, sir, I do not speak French?”

    “I know you do not like to converse in our language,” replied the envoy.

    “But you may use it,” replied Lord Wilmore; “I understand it.”










  • “We tried nothing, and we’re out of ideas.”

    Personally, I like Beehaw. They’ve got a good thing going, so I hope they get moderation squared away and re-federate. But they de-federated at a critical time, and I think they’ll do themselves more harm than they’ll do the fediverse.

    I suspect we’re going to see a lot of churn in the ‘verse in the coming days weeks and months. New instances will arise and disappear frequently. Eventually things will stabilize with most users on a few enduring servers, with new ones popping up less frequently than they do now.

    Beehaw may be an early casualty of the churn. If so, they’ll provide an object lesson in how not to manage such transitions.