Jonathan Emmesedi<p>I've made 10,000 posts on Mastodon since I joined just under two years ago.</p><p>Thanks and thoughts:</p><p>- I'm grateful to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://c.im/@admin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>admin</span></a></span> for running this instance. I made a small contribution to the running costs, and you should do the same.</p><p>- Thank you to all who follow and interact with me.</p><p>- Thank you to the people I follow for providing so much thought provoking, entertaining, informative, and beautiful content.</p><p>- I wish more of the academics and journalists I followed on Xitter had migrated to Mastodon.</p><p>- There are times when I feel I am just talking to myself here.</p><p>- There are many topics on which I have opinions but which I do not discuss here, either because I am not sufficiently well informed to make a constructive contribution to a discussion, or because for some topics I do not think Mastodon is an appropriate forum for their discussion.</p><p>- Partly on account of its current rotten government and the appalling way in which it is currently waging war, Israel is an unpopular country on Mastodon, or at least in the parts of Mastodon that I see. Nevertheless and regardless of how many people here take offence, I will continue to defend the right of Israel to exist. A two state solution, Israel and Palestine recognized as two states living alongside each other, is not utopian and is the only way to ensure peace and dignity for all. </p><p>- I use hashtags and so should you!</p><p>- I boost a lot because I think it makes Mastodon more interesting. Am I right in this?</p><p>Image - Wikimedia Commons - Public domain</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ControversialTopics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ControversialTopics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/IsraelPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsraelPalestine</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Zionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zionism</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/TwoStateSolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwoStateSolution</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Xitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xitter</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/OnlineInteraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineInteraction</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Hashtags" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hashtags</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Tags" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tags</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Tagging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tagging</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/OnlineDebate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineDebate</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/OnlineDiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineDiscussion</span></a></p>