<![CDATA[One of the many things that I love about this place is - in my experience, anyway - just how friendly, positive, and supportive it is.]]>One of the many things that I love about this place is - in my experience, anyway - just how friendly, positive, and supportive it is.

People posting their creations, and others saying how cool they are.

Artists showing their art, and people loving it. Buying it if they can.

People posting silly jokes, poems, photos, whatever.

People chatting together pleasantly.

I see very little negativity or bitchiness.

(It may be there; I am commenting only on what I, personally, see, which is inevitably limited).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/7034c9de-8e06-499a-afea-7b9d4950169d/one-of-the-many-things-that-i-love-about-this-place-is-in-my-experience-anyway-just-how-friendly-positive-and-supportive-it-is.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 10:25:15 GMTMon, 27 Apr 2026 17:22:51 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to One of the many things that I love about this place is - in my experience, anyway - just how friendly, positive, and supportive it is. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:59:02 GMT]]>@tamsin Ha!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/users/neil/statuses/116478203848603128https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/users/neil/statuses/116478203848603128Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:59:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the many things that I love about this place is - in my experience, anyway - just how friendly, positive, and supportive it is. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:58:02 GMT]]>@neil thanks, it was just funny timing to read it 😄

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.wales/users/tamsin/statuses/116478199874133578https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.wales/users/tamsin/statuses/116478199874133578Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:58:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the many things that I love about this place is - in my experience, anyway - just how friendly, positive, and supportive it is. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:56:01 GMT]]>@tamsin Hmm... I was thinking more about positivity in terms of engagement with other people's toots, rather than everyone just posting happy clappy stuff especially in the face of adversity 🙂 Your toot was a justifiable moan!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/users/neil/statuses/116478191930597378https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/users/neil/statuses/116478191930597378Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:56:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the many things that I love about this place is - in my experience, anyway - just how friendly, positive, and supportive it is. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:54:16 GMT]]>@neil ha I read this just after posting a moan, but I do try to balance it out and post positivity too!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.wales/users/tamsin/statuses/116478185065311754https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.wales/users/tamsin/statuses/116478185065311754Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:54:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the many things that I love about this place is - in my experience, anyway - just how friendly, positive, and supportive it is. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:17:35 GMT]]>@neil
That's exactly what I see here, too, and I love it the same as you do.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/GertrudeZane/statuses/116478040845284094https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/GertrudeZane/statuses/116478040845284094Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:17:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the many things that I love about this place is - in my experience, anyway - just how friendly, positive, and supportive it is. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:14:26 GMT]]>@neil > I see very little negativity or bitchiness.

You called?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/lcamtuf/statuses/116478028423967317https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/lcamtuf/statuses/116478028423967317Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:14:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the many things that I love about this place is - in my experience, anyway - just how friendly, positive, and supportive it is. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:44:23 GMT]]>@neil I totally agree. I post my musical creation often and gert some lovely feedbackc.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://caneandable.social/users/darrenhartland/statuses/116477910275813974https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://caneandable.social/users/darrenhartland/statuses/116477910275813974Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:44:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the many things that I love about this place is - in my experience, anyway - just how friendly, positive, and supportive it is. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:42:17 GMT]]>@jochie No, I've not really got into using lists.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/users/neil/statuses/116477902014860518https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/users/neil/statuses/116477902014860518Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:42:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the many things that I love about this place is - in my experience, anyway - just how friendly, positive, and supportive it is. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:40:21 GMT]]>@neil and all of that in one single timeline, no lists of any sort?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://strangeweb.page/users/jochie/statuses/116477894425595386https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://strangeweb.page/users/jochie/statuses/116477894425595386Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:40:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the many things that I love about this place is - in my experience, anyway - just how friendly, positive, and supportive it is. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:37:16 GMT]]>@jochie

Yes, I filter a lot of sports and party politics related terms, annoying hashtags and so on.

But my main approach is following people reasonably liberally, seeing how I get on with what they post, and unfollowing if needed. So I end up with a feed of stuff which I am choosing to see, on the whole.

Occasionally I mute accounts, but this is pretty rare.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/users/neil/statuses/116477882320312633https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/users/neil/statuses/116477882320312633Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:37:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the many things that I love about this place is - in my experience, anyway - just how friendly, positive, and supportive it is. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:35:00 GMT]]>@neil Genuine question: What's your approach to "handling" the (in)frequent posts from 600+ accounts that you follow?

I recall that you mute keywords generously. What other tools from the Mastodon toolset do you apply?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://strangeweb.page/users/jochie/statuses/116477873417294817https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://strangeweb.page/users/jochie/statuses/116477873417294817Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:35:00 GMT