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

[erikcats@dice.camp]

@jill @hfinyow @taylorlorenz 4x4x4x4x4

[erikcats@dice.camp]

@jill @hfinyow @taylorlorenz Neither you mine

[hfinyow@mstdn.ca]

@jill @erikcats @taylorlorenz for those sufficiently motivated, this should be enough. I think I found my server through Twitter back before they started messing with the algorithm to suppress any Mastodon related posts.

[annmlipton@esq.social]

@taylorlorenz quote posts

[pmb00cs@mastodon.online]

@bjn @taylorlorenz @davidallengreen I think @TechConnectify raised the point some time ago that mastodon simply doesn't have the moderation tools for popular accounts that large platforms like Twitter have.

Mastodon needs to grow up from it's techy roots and start being far more pragmatic about supporting people, especially the sort of popular people who drive interest in joining the platform. Federation is grand and all but making something that isn't painful to use for key users is important.

[wnd@fosstodon.org]

@bjn @taylorlorenz @davidallengreen I did mention this out at the time but apparently that also makes me a "scold". Apparently hounding people is fine if you don't agree with their choices of technology.

[starlily@mastodon.social]

@bjn
Fuck the Nazi Bar that is Substack. Fuck collaborators.

@taylorlorenz @davidallengreen

[aliengasmask@mas.to]

@bjn @taylorlorenz @davidallengreen especiallly stupid bit of scolding in this case as he always posts links to both substack and his personal blog, and just left a note that hed add the blog link later on this one.

Substack is entirely compromised, but also seems to be required in the uk to be a public intellectual. Hes doing a bang up job of navigating that in my opinion.

Figured id give more context as this may reach others who dont follow him and miss the detail.

[bart@smop.fyi]

@Infoseepage @bjn @taylorlorenz @davidallengreen In what way is you feeling a bit better about yourself a net benefit to the Fediverse as a whole, compared to the positive interactions that will now be missed?

Also, you know this, but people don’t have to leave the Fediverse for you to stop interacting with them. For that it’s enough to not seek them out, or block them if you must.

[bjn@mstdn.social]

@Infoseepage @taylorlorenz @davidallengreen And that’s the purism that will limit the reach of mastodon. Great work.

[bjn@mstdn.social]

@Infoseepage @bart @taylorlorenz @davidallengreen so block them.

[retreival9096@hachyderm.io]

@bjn @taylorlorenz @davidallengreen "If the fediverse is a place only for people everyone agrees are doing everything right ... then there's only room for one person here.'

[orionkidder@mas.to]

@ozeng @print This is gatekeeping.

[orionkidder@mas.to]

@ozeng @print You are correct. I was attaching stigma to it.

[git@theforkiverse.com]

@EregLoch I’ve never spoken to someone who self hosted email… it’d be a part time job

[eregloch@mastodon.coffee]

@git
Now you have, sort of.
Initial install is tricky, but after it just works. Using Linux though, and a bit familiar with this work.

[steve@feltmarker.uk]

@taylorlorenz @noodlemaz people are inherently lazy or too busy to find people to follow. Algorithms spoiled the experience by automating it.

[badpenny@alaskan.social]

@MamaLake @morgan @taylorlorenz Some businesses can get real spammy. I see the turnoff.

If there were a commercial designated account type, there could be an option to mute them wholesale or disable them in an instance. You'd know who allowed business and who didn't, at least.

Like it or not, business access (particularly for small and micro) is important and supportive to the overall social ecosystem.

[creckling@mstdn.social]

@OrionKidder @marymessall @taylorlorenz this is the most underrated feature on mastodon and the key to opening up your feed right away to discover new people.

[davidbcohen@twit.social]

@starlily @bjn @taylorlorenz @davidallengreen Point. Missed.