MacropodCarer: Verified 🌈🦘🦣<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://firefish.social/@atomicpoet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>atomicpoet</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://liberal.city/@wjmaggos" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wjmaggos</span></a></span> </p><p>We are all equipped with <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/choice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>choice</span></a>. I came here for the <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/conversation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conversation</span></a>, spent 2 minutes in the <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/confrontation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>confrontation</span></a>, learned about <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/block" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>block</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/mute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mute</span></a> and here we are.</p><p>I think <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/guidance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guidance</span></a> on happy use of the Fediverse makes sense. Ppl coming here after years on <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Farcebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Farcebook</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/xitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xitter</span></a> (pronounced Shitter in deference to <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/president" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>president</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Xi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xi</span></a>), have gotten used to being torn apart over an asterisk or a comma.</p><p>Here it takes a moment to realise those people aren't here. They are still on <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/shitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shitter</span></a>.</p><p>Many folks, me included, didn't even know there was a word for <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ablism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ablism</span></a> for example. I do now and try to keep it in mind, simply because <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/someone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>someone</span></a> pointed out of to me.</p><p>These <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/discussions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discussions</span></a> can become the core of what the <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> is so about.</p>