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Boy I was wrong about the Fediverse
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<p class="card-text line-clamp-3">I have never been an "online community first" person. The internet is how I stay in touch with people I met in real life. I'm not a "tweet comments at celebrities" guy. I was never funny enough to be the funniest person on Twitter.

So when Twitter was accidentally purchased</p>
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