Have you ever grumbled that a particular application you use doesn’t work the way you want it to, or doesn’t have a specific feature you want?

Sure you have. I have too. Everyone has. But what makes coders and developers different is that they usually hunker down and implement the feature or fix the code themselves. Especially in the world of open source, whining for a new feature will just get you, at most, a derisive comment. You are expected to pull your own weight, get the ball rolling, and then people will join in to your effort.

That said, this post is going to be an unabashed whine for an essential tile that is missing in this blizzard of puzzle pieces called social media. And that piece I will call the universal receptor protocol.

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