@evan @spacehobo The fact that you're more interested in the frequency of fish consumption than the feelings about fish of the people responding is intriguing.

What motivated this poll?

@evanprodromou For some reason this post snapped everything into clarity for me.

Ever since the Starr report brought down the hosting web server, I've felt like Usenet was actually the correct architecture for broadcasting things.

The reason I'm attracted to the fediverse is because it feels like UUCP is making a comeback. Many of the other virtues feel like consequences of that architecture.

You don't need a blog, despite what a lot of Mastodon posts would have you believe.

It's okay to feel like you don't have something the world needs to read. It's okay to save your stories up for when you encounter people in real life. It's okay to write things down in a private diary.

What's not okay is recording important information in closed-off spaces like Discord or Facebook. If you have knowledge that could benefit others, please do get a blog.