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Before getting on our high horse - there are mercenaries of various nationalities fighting on the Ukrainian side as well as the Russian side, that doesn't mean their governments support them.

This. The average user doesn't want to know about the workings and 'All that technical stuff', and why should they?

They want to click an icon and have everything and everyone there. They shouldn’t have to swap instances or what have you.

I put Mastodon on a back burner as it's just too clunky (for me at least) and am currently interacting with people from all over on BlueSky. Half the time on Mastodon (various apps/instances, web, or browser) I couldn't even log on.

BlueSky will probably go the way of others. Yes, there is a troll problem, and you need to be wary. But I had the same to a lesser extent on Mastodon.

In the end, I've had to accept my relatives, work, and old Army colleagues will never be on there, I've become resigned to that and keep a WhatsApp account for that reason.

Right, so we just trade in our relatives for some new ones.

That's the attitude that puts people off.

Try telling that to the UK.

We've got old sausage fingers to cough up for.

He'll get Melania to do it - like in that episode of Space Force.

Gallows are another.

I thought he was a lot older.

RIP Iceman.

You'd think a businessman as bigly smart (people tell him all the time, many people) as he is would understand this.

And some will use it as a training plan.

Colour me surprised.

"You look like the piss boy!"

Yes. Don't forget batteries for torches and a couple of solar charger power banks for your phone.