Mastodon: Fun with Polls
Besides the fascinating arts, science and historical posts that I’ve discovered on Mastodon so far, another tremendously insightful and fun aspect of the platform are the polls and surveys. One…
Besides the fascinating arts, science and historical posts that I’ve discovered on Mastodon so far, another tremendously insightful and fun aspect of the platform are the polls and surveys. One…
You may have heard about Mastodon, you may have read about my first 10-day experience, or you may wonder how the heck you’ll ever leave Twitter. In any of these…
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