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

[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.

[orionkidder@mas.to]

@sidereal @brandonscript @taylorlorenz That's fair. More *real* engagement rather than hundreds or thousands of bot-likes. I'd agree with that.

[dfx4509b@friendica.world]

@taylorlorenz There's Loops for those that can't live without short-form video content.

[smattymatty@socialontario.ca]

@deborahh @taylorlorenz @ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty

As a Geek and Admin, I approve this message.

[print@theforkiverse.com]

@OrionKidder

There are thousands of recent new users here in the Fediverse.

The problem isn't an app.

The problem is not an app.

The problem is no body is talking to them.

The actual social part of social media.

[deborahh@cosocial.ca]

@smattymatty thx.

[bitpickup@troet.cafe]

@OrionKidder
No it didn't:
"Provokative wording creates engagement with the content."

Also @taylorlorenz isn't someone new like to say "from the start".

The argument as from the get go is about how to:
> courting new users
> improve the product
> grow the user base

@andyinabox

[iveyjanette@mastodon.social]

@OrionKidder @bitpickup @NickGates @futurebird @taylorlorenz In any event,I've blocked them.

[aysc@mastodon.social]

@sven222 Nothing was said about the Fediverse in the original post. Again, stay out of the conversation, and don’t try to insert yourself into ones that don’t apply to you.