@pluralistic

I'm not sure if this fits what you are talking about here, but I found a problem with groups is the level of knowledge assumed and desired.

Some groups are made up of Great Experts pontificating solely for the benefit of other Great Experts.* Which is overwhelming if you are not a GE. And the participants may be impatient or unhelpful to the clueless new guy.

* Stealing a line from Anna Russell.

@CrazyMooseThing @StefanEJones @nyrath @foone @DenOfEarth

Something Something Omega Point recreation.

@StefanEJones @DenOfEarth @nyrath @foone

Internet Archive seems to have all the episodes and didn't have problems with a few spot checks.

@DenOfEarth

Well if a lot of Mastodon tooters get mysteriously torn apart, we'll know where to look, then.

@fishidwardrobe @vkc

You can at least sometimes work around this by clicking on the three dots and choosing "Open original page", at least on the web interface.