wandering.shop is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
Wandering.Shop aims to have the vibe of a quality coffee shop at a busy SF&F Convention. Think tables of writers, fans and interested passers-by sharing drinks and conversation on a variety of topics.

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Charlie Stross

8. Right now the spam problem is one idiot gamer in Japan. But the next stage will be sleazeball marketers (anyone else remember Canter & Siegal from the first time round?)

9. There will be toolkits to send marketing spam, not because Mastodon users are the target, but as a route into Threads, Bluesky, and other commercial media with a mass user base.

10. Added lulz: anti-corporate partisans (who hate Meta) may even start spraying spam just to force Meta to defederate from the wider fediverse.