With all the tiktok drama I have been telling people Mastodon is still here and kicking!!

[ryanc@infosec.exchange]

@Viss @taylorlorenz ah, yeah, the no alt text complaints are common. I just decided to add alt text or not post.

[viss@mastodon.social]

@ryanc @taylorlorenz im waiting for actual people who are visually impared to ask for it. because so far all the screaming is done by dipshits doing virtue signaling - and its those virtue signaling dipshits that are chasing people away

they think theyre "helping".

they arent.

[realn2s@infosec.exchange]

@Viss @ryanc @taylorlorenz
That's a strange argument.

What you are basically saying is only affected people are allowed to fight for their inclusion?

Only black people are allowed to point out anti black racism, only women are allowed to point out sexism, only LGBTQ people are allowed to point out discrimination?
Everything else is virtue signalling ‍️?

[jesuisatire@tupambae.com]

@IveyJanette

Prompt:
ChatGPT, where do people from the afro american community feel safer in social media spaces like the fediVerse and why?

@futurebird @taylorlorenz

[jesuisatire@social.tchncs.de]

jeSuisatire neindochohh ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ (@jesuisatire@social.tchncs.de)

Attached: 1 image #justSayin #mastodon @satire@tupambae.org

Mastodon (social.tchncs.de)

@bitpickup @IveyJanette @mina @futurebird

[bitpickup@troet.cafe]

@IveyJanette

#blackMastodon
https://social.tchncs.de/@jesuisatire/115935782222161571

@NickGates @futurebird @taylorlorenz

[janikvonrotz@fosstodon.org]

@jan @taylorlorenz Remember when TikTok was banned, people started learning chinese. And now TikTokers are yery annoyed by Oracle.

The idea of ownership and unrestricted access matters. Don't you agree?

[amazing_joeyy@mastodon.social]

@gbargoud @taylorlorenz cool, thanks!

[unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz]

@taylorlorenz

I think it's possible that the best way to help people find their feet here is via people inviting their friends.

First, before you even mention it to them, figure out what'll be a good instance for that person, and (if they have a smartphone) a good app for their phone.

Then help them to get set up (easiest if it's someone you see in person), and introduce them "my friend joined, here's what they're into".

I think that's probably always gonna work better than, like, trying to advertise it big-scale.

#Fediverse #FediMeta

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@futzle LOL she did not reply nor did she hit "star" as one traditionally does to acknowledge you have read the reply. 🤪

[viss@mastodon.social]

@realn2s @ryanc @taylorlorenz to date, zero people who are visually impared have asked me to put alt text on a meme

but several dozen people who are claiming they are "fighting for the visually impared" have been fucking assholes to me because i didnt put alt text on a meme.

and your argument trying to equate me calling out people who are obviously virtue signaling with people who are racist has earned you a block.

[erikcats@dice.camp]

@hfinyow it's ofc just an idea, needs a lot of work, as long as 4-5 screens of this lead to a relatively short list of suggested servers

[rick_d_card@mastodon.social]

@taylorlorenz I'm finding it hard to understand how it all works. I just fumble around hoping I'm not doing something disastrous.

[audrinabell@mstdn.social]

@taylorlorenz
hello, I have some thoughts I posted a few weeks ago that I think apply.
https://mstdn.social/@audrinabell/115805243694009255

[deborahh@cosocial.ca]

@taylorlorenz stop letting the geeks and admins do PR. Nobody cares about platform details, or philosophy. (Well, the ones who do are already here).

Make a way for non-tech users talk about their *social* experience here to unhappy users on other platforms.
@ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty

[leslore@zeroes.ca]

@taylorlorenz Who says "it" needs improvement or that it should strive to grow the user base?

[kelyblue@mastodon.social]

@taylorlorenz Honesty. It's very hard to leave the addiction of TikTok. The Videos win over text.

[orionkidder@mas.to]

@IveyJanette @bitpickup @NickGates @futurebird @taylorlorenz I think I need to get off soon if it's true that they welcomed ICE and Trump. That said, I'm hearing that that might have been faked, so I have to look into it more closely.

[orionkidder@mas.to]

@bitpickup @andyinabox @taylorlorenz Yeah, it did:

"The fact that influencer like you refuse to setup their own instances."

[orionkidder@mas.to]

@print Sure, you *can*, but what we're talking about is bringing more people in to Mastodon, and something automatic, something one-touch, user-friendly is how you do that: make the default Mastodon "app" a web app, installable like an app.