@futurebird
While the US is nowhere near being a failed state, as per the common understanding of the term, it sure is home to quite a bunch of failed humans.

(I know there are great, decent folks the in the US. You know who you are!)

(Also, we do have our share of failed humans here across the pond too)

@britt
May I ask you why? So you've been having technical issues for a month, the customer service isn't reaponding and they keep on happily billing you.

Hate to break this to you, but it sounds like you're being screwed over. By naming the hosting provider you would lessen the chances of someone else ending up in your situation.
@steter

@redsad
Brutal

@Matt_Noyes
Yeah, if by open sign-ups they mean you can sign up without admin approval, then this requirement is either hilariously stupid or purposely crafted so that they can exclude most, if not all, other servers except mastodon.social and then just return to the current status quo.

I'd so much like to apply Hanlon's on this, but given how long it took them to start working on this...
@Mastodon

@torproject
I operate, and have for years already, a regular relay. Is that of any help? I might be able to fire up another one, albeit with a rather limited bandwidth.

@ShaulaEvans
Not probably what you're asking for, but:

"Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow."

-- Eric S. Raymond (Linus's law)

@FluentInFinance
I wonder what's taking its place? Gold, maybe? Euro?

@jollysea
IRC, Usenet mostly

@xtaldave
I'm afraid those currently next in line for the wheel, while not demented, are even more sinister.

@andrewstroehlein
Some men just want to watch the world burn.