Happy Monday, all you (we) CoSonauts (still getting used to the nomenclature).
Last time I came here I saw that the site was undergoing some much-needed maintenance and all that. Best wishes to the admins.
Also, I'm seeing the term (on that bird app), #Fediverse and am trying to find out what it is. Might as well put it out there in all the places.
@susankitchens
Quick summary: There is a social media open source software called Mastodon. Site owners create their own "instances," places like this, but the software creates an additional column called the fediverse to see what's going on in other instances.
There was a kerfluffle because Coso blocks several countries that don't respond to complaints about bots and forum spamming. Mastondon's creator responded by cutting off our interaction with the fediverse.
@susankitchens
J responded by "forking" the software (disconnecting from any further updates by the Mastodon developer) and going forward creating all the additional features that you only find here.