<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[To which of these affiliations do you have the most loyalty?]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>To which of these affiliations do you have the most loyalty? </p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/EvanPoll" rel="tag">#<span>EvanPoll</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/poll" rel="tag">#<span>poll</span></a></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/8a3b150d-a652-425a-82c1-16a2e8cf5860/to-which-of-these-affiliations-do-you-have-the-most-loyalty</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 23:25:01 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/8a3b150d-a652-425a-82c1-16a2e8cf5860.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 13:43:33 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to To which of these affiliations do you have the most loyalty? on Tue, 05 May 2026 16:28:40 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<span><a href="/user/evan%40cosocial.ca">@<span>evan</span></a></span> Since I self-host, loyalty to my instance would feel a little self-serving.]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-4269-fa1a-b829-475292151631</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-4269-fa1a-b829-475292151631</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[me@social.jlamothe.net]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 16:28:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to To which of these affiliations do you have the most loyalty? on Tue, 05 May 2026 16:25:32 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/evan%40cosocial.ca">@<span>evan</span></a></span> university, city, instance. Political party is NULL.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/stinerman/statuses/116522898704665997</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/stinerman/statuses/116522898704665997</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[stinerman@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 16:25:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to To which of these affiliations do you have the most loyalty? on Tue, 05 May 2026 16:23:17 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/evan%40cosocial.ca">@<span>evan</span></a></span> </p><p>A difficult choice because I hold them all extremely loosely.</p><p>Sure, I have some affinity toward my alma mater, but hardly loyalty.</p><p>Same with my city, it's a fine town, but my only loyalty is to the friends I have made here, not the city itself.  Similarly with my fedi-instance, <span><a href="/user/stefano%40mastodon.bsd.cafe">@<span>stefano</span></a></span> does a wonderful job making bsd.cafe a welcoming place, but it's precisely because it would be a non-issue to move to another instance that I remain comfortable here, largely because of the people.  If either the tenor of the users/barista changed, there's no particular loyalty to the domain itself.</p><p>Political party is the weird one.  I've never fit into the shapes of the big parties, so I chose my political party based on the least-unaligned with my values. But my loyalty is to those values, not the party itself, should they change values (glares at what I've witnessed the GOP doing…my Regan-voting ancestors wouldn't recognize the current disaster)</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/gumnos/statuses/116522889852304645</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/gumnos/statuses/116522889852304645</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[gumnos@mastodon.bsd.cafe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 16:23:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to To which of these affiliations do you have the most loyalty? on Tue, 05 May 2026 16:20:53 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/evan%40cosocial.ca" rel="nofollow noopener">@<span>evan</span></a></span> ive learned hard over time to never affiliate or pay loyalty to anyone or anything i cannot immediately strike with my fists upon betrayal.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/0x00string/statuses/116522880439004744</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/0x00string/statuses/116522880439004744</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[0x00string@infosec.exchange]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 16:20:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to To which of these affiliations do you have the most loyalty? on Tue, 05 May 2026 16:17:48 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/evan%40cosocial.ca">@<span>evan</span></a></span> Being in the edge case of running on an instance that I myself run for only my wife and I, it happens to be that “My fediverse instance” is synonymous with “my household”.</p><p>So that’s an easy win.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.mallegolhansen.com/users/philip/statuses/116522868281142694</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.mallegolhansen.com/users/philip/statuses/116522868281142694</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[philip@mastodon.mallegolhansen.com]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 16:17:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to To which of these affiliations do you have the most loyalty? on Tue, 05 May 2026 15:54:29 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/evan%40cosocial.ca">@<span>evan</span></a></span> Fedi by a wide margin, followed by city (only in as much as a city is a collection of people anchored to a place, and not with regard to the actual place or the local government), followed by university (even though I don't have one.) </p><p>I have no loyalty to any US political party, although I could conceivably find some loyalty to a syndicalist party if one had any chance of participating in US pol.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://retro.social/users/ajroach42/statuses/116522776641272995</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://retro.social/users/ajroach42/statuses/116522776641272995</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[ajroach42@retro.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 15:54:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to To which of these affiliations do you have the most loyalty? on Tue, 05 May 2026 15:53:59 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/evan%40cosocial.ca">@<span>evan</span></a></span> I am a co founder of the local organization that I'm affiliated with, fun fact</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://todon.nl/users/burnoutqueen/statuses/116522774653756594</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://todon.nl/users/burnoutqueen/statuses/116522774653756594</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[burnoutqueen@todon.nl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 15:53:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to To which of these affiliations do you have the most loyalty? on Tue, 05 May 2026 15:53:29 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/evan%40cosocial.ca">@<span>evan</span></a></span> my loyalties lie most in my political affiliation and my university</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://todon.nl/users/burnoutqueen/statuses/116522772681243467</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://todon.nl/users/burnoutqueen/statuses/116522772681243467</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[burnoutqueen@todon.nl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 15:53:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to To which of these affiliations do you have the most loyalty? on Tue, 05 May 2026 15:46:28 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/evan%40cosocial.ca">@<span>evan</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Family" rel="tag">#<span>Family</span></a>. Perfect in terms of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/choice" rel="tag">#<span>choice</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/support" rel="tag">#<span>support</span></a>.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dotyk/statuses/116522745077371410</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dotyk/statuses/116522745077371410</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[dotyk@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 15:46:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to To which of these affiliations do you have the most loyalty? on Tue, 05 May 2026 15:43:34 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/evan%40cosocial.ca">@<span>evan</span></a></span> <br />None of the above to include professional sports side.<br />I have never understood such loyalties, as they reek of mindless chauvinism.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nrmacdonald/statuses/116522733709008646</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nrmacdonald/statuses/116522733709008646</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[nrmacdonald@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 15:43:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to To which of these affiliations do you have the most loyalty? on Tue, 05 May 2026 15:35:56 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/rollotreadway%40beige.party">@<span>RolloTreadway</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/evan%40cosocial.ca">@<span>evan</span></a></span> IYKYK</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/wendinoakland/statuses/116522703651811222</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/wendinoakland/statuses/116522703651811222</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[wendinoakland@beige.party]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 15:35:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to To which of these affiliations do you have the most loyalty? on Tue, 05 May 2026 15:27:59 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/evan%40cosocial.ca">@<span>evan</span></a></span><br />When you're a beige<br />You're a beige all the way<br />From your first "not a cult"<br />To your last dying day</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/RolloTreadway/statuses/116522672391970136</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/RolloTreadway/statuses/116522672391970136</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[rollotreadway@beige.party]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 15:27:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to To which of these affiliations do you have the most loyalty? on Tue, 05 May 2026 15:02:48 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/evan%40cosocial.ca">@<span>evan</span></a></span> City, but Fedi Instance comes close second.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/jszym/statuses/116522573387301260</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/jszym/statuses/116522573387301260</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[jszym@cosocial.ca]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 15:02:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to To which of these affiliations do you have the most loyalty? on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:26:10 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/danso%40mtl.rocks">@<span>danso</span></a></span> <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f62d.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--sob" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="😭" alt="😭" /><img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f62d.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--sob" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="😭" alt="😭" /><img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f62d.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--sob" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="😭" alt="😭" /><img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f602.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--joy" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="😂" alt="😂" /></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CraigSauve/statuses/116522429354501305</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CraigSauve/statuses/116522429354501305</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[craigsauve@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 14:26:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to To which of these affiliations do you have the most loyalty? on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:20:54 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<a href="/user/danso%40mtl.rocks">@danso@mtl.rocks</a> <a href="/user/evan%40cosocial.ca">@evan@cosocial.ca</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@CraigSauve">@CraigSauve@mastodon.social</a> Yeah running your own single user instance makes the poll answer kind of obvious.]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://doomscroller.social/notes/alwa5su3lzpu02bn</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://doomscroller.social/notes/alwa5su3lzpu02bn</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[driusan@doomscroller.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 14:20:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to To which of these affiliations do you have the most loyalty? on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:19:43 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/evan%40cosocial.ca">@<span>evan</span></a></span> I was really debating between city and instance. Settled on instance because I've moved so often (across Québec), I'm not sure which city I can identify the most!<br />My instance will follow me, wherever I go. <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f601.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--grin" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="😁" alt="😁" /></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/technotrotteur/statuses/116522403995434303</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/technotrotteur/statuses/116522403995434303</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[technotrotteur@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 14:19:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to To which of these affiliations do you have the most loyalty? on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:19:36 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/evan%40cosocial.ca">@<span>evan</span></a></span> none of the above</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/Shanmonster/statuses/116522403534735454</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/Shanmonster/statuses/116522403534735454</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[shanmonster@c.im]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 14:19:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to To which of these affiliations do you have the most loyalty? on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:16:24 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/evan%40cosocial.ca" aria-label="Profile: evan@cosocial.ca">@<bdi>evan@cosocial.ca</bdi></a> without question mtl.rocks, sorry <a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/craigsauve%40mastodon.social" aria-label="Profile: CraigSauve@mastodon.social">@<bdi>CraigSauve@mastodon.social</bdi></a> <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f605.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--sweat_smile" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="😅" alt="😅" /></p>
]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mtl.rocks/objects/fd194878-1181-4dea-8711-84cfc4b8980f</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mtl.rocks/objects/fd194878-1181-4dea-8711-84cfc4b8980f</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[danso@mtl.rocks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 14:16:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to To which of these affiliations do you have the most loyalty? on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:12:36 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/evan%40cosocial.ca">@<span>evan</span></a></span> See username. <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f497.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--heartpulse" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="💗" alt="💗" /></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/mayintoronto/statuses/116522375996691111</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/mayintoronto/statuses/116522375996691111</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[mayintoronto@beige.party]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 14:12:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to To which of these affiliations do you have the most loyalty? on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:04:58 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/evan%40cosocial.ca">@<span>evan</span></a></span> I had to pick one, that's how multiple choice works. But the amount of loyalty I have to all of the above is pretty close to zero. </p><p>If my chosen political party (the one I picked) starts moving in a direction I don't like, I'll find a new one.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://phpc.social/users/preinheimer/statuses/116522345999652589</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://phpc.social/users/preinheimer/statuses/116522345999652589</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[preinheimer@phpc.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 14:04:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to To which of these affiliations do you have the most loyalty? on Tue, 05 May 2026 13:47:58 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/evan%40cosocial.ca">@<span>evan</span></a></span> There's only one of those I will publicly admit to so Beige Bless to all <img class="not-responsive emoji" src="https://media.beige.party/custom_emojis/images/000/012/947/original/8fd288112e4e5ad6.png" title=":bb:" /></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/miffyhelen/statuses/116522279136209101</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/miffyhelen/statuses/116522279136209101</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[miffyhelen@beige.party]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 13:47:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to To which of these affiliations do you have the most loyalty? on Tue, 05 May 2026 13:46:57 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/evan%40cosocial.ca">@<span>evan</span></a></span> and because we’re both grad students there, go bees too, I guess <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f41d.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--bee" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🐝" alt="🐝" /></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/VTDARKSIM/statuses/116522275160242983</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/VTDARKSIM/statuses/116522275160242983</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[vtdarksim@toot.community]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 13:46:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to To which of these affiliations do you have the most loyalty? on Tue, 05 May 2026 13:45:49 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/evan%40cosocial.ca">@<span>evan</span></a></span> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/GoHokies" rel="tag">#<span>GoHokies</span></a> <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f983.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--turkey" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🦃" alt="🦃" /></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/VTDARKSIM/statuses/116522270674840073</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/VTDARKSIM/statuses/116522270674840073</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[vtdarksim@toot.community]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 13:45:49 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>