If you're trying to persuade someone to try Mastodon (or Pixelfed, or Friendica, etc), you'll get a lot further explaining them as algorithm-free, ad-free, AI-free, nazi-free conversations, rather than trying to describe a "decentralised protocol" or why "open source" is good.
Mastodon is conversations between real people.
It's sharing.
Highlands & Islands Greens
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