1/ "Schools of #Magic " show up from time to time in German #folklore . One of these is the "Black School", which is known in Northern Frisia and Denmark.
In it, priests are instructed in the magical arts by the Devil. Most priests know a little about magic, but full graduates must sign their souls over to him. However, they are saved if they adhere to certain taboos for the rest of their lives.
https://books.google.de/books?id=_Jg9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA192#v=onepage&q&f=false
I wonder if joining #mastodon would be easier for new people if we called the servers “community hubs” instead of “instances”. 🤔 people get confused (and intimidated!) by the technical language; and really, federation boils down to being community hubs anyway.
@Indigo is okay, we'll make it better
@War_Kittens where did you come from?
@TristonArmstrong looks fun, how is the realism?
@cwbuecheler this platform is just about barely functioning. Scaling is hard
@benjaminhollon why the hostility towards lurkers though? They're a net positive, and kinda crucial for any fledgling social network to succeed anyway
@benjaminhollon if I have to guess it'll be all false positives. People are trying this place out post-it Twitter and not everyone wants to be not-a-lurker
@benjaminhollon get involved or else 🙃
@brss like how Local is a chronological feed of this server. Can I have a combined chronological feed of a few different servers I'm interested in?