: This sounds kinda like me when I'm talking to frens and acquaintances about coming to #CoSo but they keep asking why they should come here "where there aren't as many other people".
All ZuckerDroid and Elon Muskovite can do is censor mention of this place on their platforms and pay MFs to badmouth us. Because they know if word actually got out and their black hat buffets had to run down the straight with us, their users will have never seen anything move that fast.
Not as many people was a selling point for me. I'm more of a small dinner party vs loud rave type. π€·π»ββοΈ
We're not pirates. We're "privateers". π
@Agatha: Not according to Mr. J. π€·ββοΈ π
But see, we're legal pirates, because he allows us. Therefore, privateers. Fancy pirates. π
@Agatha: He doesn't inaugurate pirates. He allows them in to harbor. That's the difference. It's not the same to say, "No non-pirates may enter here," as it is to say, "If I let you in you are a pirate."
The former is that you're already a pirate when you show up. The latter is merely giving a title upon entry.
Privateer implies whoever gave you the title is your boss. The J isn't the boss. He's the harbor master. "Abide by few simple rules, and we're all jake. Don't, and...
The excuse I get from people when I suggest CoSo is "Yes, but all of my friends are at ....." Yeah, until you or they get thrown out for whatever invented reason is in fashion.
Would you rather see your favorite band in a stadium full of yelling people you don't, and never will know. Or in a small neighborhood club where the bartender knows your name.
@corlin: It isn't that we'd get volume. We'd not attract non-pirates. We'd attract people with enough self-control and self-awareness to fit in well. It'd also be nice to get more people so The J. doesn't have to cover anything his own self.
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True.
Thatβs the goal.
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