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.world has its issues, mostly because of its behemoth size. Not all bans there would necessarily be a great idea to apply on instances that are an order or two of magnitude smaller. Their needs and approaches to moderation differ in enough ways that an auto-copy would probably not be advisable, unless we can reliably categorize them. If we can tell a ban comes because of CSAM, or something like that, that would make sense to immediately copy. But a behavioral / rule break sanction is much more closely tied to the specific instance rules and moderation standard.

I was able to implement community maintained blocklists.

Could you share how? That's very interesting.

And Pixelfed, Peertube, Bookwyrm, PyLova, WAFRN, Mbin, Loops, Vernissage, ... We are legion!

I consider myself quite tech savvy. Some 20 years ago I even coded for the PC, and might have run questionably sourced software a few times. Nowadays, I have a home server, do my tiny bit of tinkering. My current approach to pirated software is "nope". I find it too much trouble to still not feel safe. If there isn't an open source alternative, I'll either cough up the dough for the real deal or go without.

I'm racking my brain to remember something, but it's usually very mundane stuff, and I've been here long enough that I got used to it all so it faded to background. What I do remember clearly was the uncanny sensation of being inside a TV show, and it happening with a certain frequency in my first year. I can't really recall the exact situations that triggered it, though, sorry.

You underestimate other cultures inclination to making up the most straight up bullshit for escapist entertainment.

I think as an immigrant, I might actually more qualified than Americans to answer that. And broadly speaking, yes. The accents will vary; the conversation isn't rehearsed so there are a lot more uhms, ahs, and interrupting one another; witty banter is less prevalent; stuff like that that is the usual differences between a script and real life. But the cultural differences? They're there. Most US media is incredibly grounded in their reality. I caught myself befuddled in many situations because it felt surreal, like I was in a TV show. I couldn't believe what I watched on the TV was real and not just something contrived to drive the plot where the writer wanted. But it was real.

Did they stutter? Clarifying comment, move on.

New Godwin's law just dropped.

Always projection with them boomers, man.

beans

Looks inside.

No beans.

AFAIK gedit doesn't recover your scribbles unless you save them. Not sure about the others, but I expect the same of them.