If I wasn't so lazy (and cared more) I should probably just setup my own instance. But none of the above prerequisites have been met.
@OpinionatedGeek a Northern Ireland instance you say? That would be a horrible idea (/me checks the name of the instance he's posing from)
@d3z I saw your instance name but figured it avoided the awfulness by limiting itself to tech folks.
One of the things I'd miss about Twitter is all the local folks and stories. I thought an NI instance might help bring them over, and also have a nice local 'instance timeline' too. But NI Twitter is often overloaded with politics, and not only am I not interested in that, I don't want the hassle of dealing with other instances and peering when one of the NI users goes too far.
@OpinionatedGeek @d3z A bit of active moderation should help to avoid the hassles in dealing with other instances.
Sometimes I regret the tech bit, but that wasn't initially intended to be active limitation; just a legacy of coming from the NI Tech Slack.
