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giving up is sooooo last year<p>okay fuck it here's Gargron's cover of Fireside by Arctic Monkeys that he used to announce mastodon's new audio upload feature in 2018</p><p>i saved it because i figured it was an important piece of fedi history, and it's now a regular feature on my pirate radio station <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/vantaradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vantaradio</span></a> lol</p><p><a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/gargron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gargron</span></a> <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/FediHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediHistory</span></a></p>
FinchHaven sfba<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://federation.network/@daniel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>daniel</span></a></span> </p><p>[I'm already hating myself for even bothering to beat this damned dead horse again]</p><p>"Making quote posts opt-in basically means that it will be hardly ever used, so why even bother investing all the time to develop it in the first place?"</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/QuotePosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuotePosts</span></a> on <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> have been made opt-in (the user decides whether their posts may be quote posted or not) thus preventing (as the most prevalent example) the dog-piling by armies of angry misogynist incel males who used to broadcaast a woman's post to a cc list of their angry misogynist incel male 'brothers' so the bros could execute a wholesale assault</p><p>I witnessed this scores of times on Twitter</p><p>You missed it? Or didn't care?</p><p>None of this may concern you, but at least <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Gargron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gargron</span></a> and the Mastodon devs had the sense to make their concerns known (what? two years ago?) and not just rush in to unleashing this weapon on demand</p><p>The 'demand' coming from 99% males, not surprisingly </p><p>You can still quote post; just opt-out from any controls, or don't use them</p>
END 'Israel' NOW ‼️<p>Do you stand with <strong><em><a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/palestine" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palestine</a></em></strong> and <strong><em><a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/lebanon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lebanon</a></em></strong> against Zionist <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/barbarism" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#barbarism</a> and <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/boycott" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#boycott</a> Mark <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/zuckerberg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zuckerberg</a>'s platforms, e.g. <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/facebook" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Facebook</a>, <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/instagram" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Instagram</a> and <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/whatsapp" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhatsApp</a>, over it? If so, good. But you use Eugen <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/rochko" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rochko</a>'s <strong><em><a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a></em></strong> or even have an account on <a href="http://mastodon.social" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">mastodon.social</a>, <a href="http://mastodon.online" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">mastodon.online</a> or any other Zionist operated <strong><em><a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/fediverse" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a></em></strong> instance or casually interact with their clients? In this case, there's much room to improve:</p><p><strong><em><a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/gargron" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gargron</a></em></strong> <em>must</em> <strong><em>die</em></strong>‼️ <strong><em><a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/gargronmustdie" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GargronMustDie</a></em></strong></p><p>Zionist and pro-Zionist instances, even those who 'tolerate' Zionists and <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/hasbara" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hasbara</a>, must be blocked. Leave those <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/fascists" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fascists</a> to themselves and help creating a human rights oriented network where their cultist <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/supremacy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#supremacy</a> and genocidal ways have no place!</p><p><strong><em><a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/zionism" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zionism</a></em></strong> is the <em>most</em> dangerous (and widespread) <strong><em><a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/cult" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cult</a></em></strong> of our time❗</p><p>Anyone who refuses to publicly state: "I reject Zionism," must not be part of our lives. Check who you're dealing with on the Zionism infested Fediverse and fight the Zionists — or leave. <strong><em><a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/ignorance" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ignorance</a></em></strong> is <strong><em><a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/complicity" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#complicity</a></em></strong>!</p><p>—</p><p><strong><em>Zionism</em></strong> <em>is</em> <strong><em><a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/barbarism" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#barbarism</a></em></strong>. <strong><em>End</em></strong> ' <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/israel" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Israel</a> ' <strong><em>now</em></strong>‼️ <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span></p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/lebanon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lebanon</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/hizbullah" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hizbullah</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/hezbollah" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hezbollah</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/hizballah" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HizbAllah</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/hisbollah" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hisbollah</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/nasrallah" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nasrallah</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/gaza" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/palestine" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palestine</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/hamas" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hamas</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/endisraelnow" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EndIsraelNow</a></p>
END 'Israel' NOW ‼️<p>If you're <em>not</em> with the <strong><em><a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/resistance" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#resistance</a></em></strong>, you're <em>neither</em> with <strong><em><a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/palestine" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palestine</a></em></strong> <em>nor</em> with <strong><em><a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/lebanon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lebanon</a></em></strong>.</p><p>If your <strong><em><a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/fediverse" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/instance" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#instance</a></em></strong> is not with <em>us</em>, then call them out for it and <em>move</em>.</p><p>In any case, <strong><em><a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/boycott" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#boycott</a></em></strong> <em>everything</em> connected to <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/gargron" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gargron</a> ", " <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/stux" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stux</a> ", " <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/tchambers" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tchambers</a> " and their likes and <em>strictly</em> avoid <em>all</em> <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/instances" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#instances</a> under the book burning regime of the <strong><em>European Union</em></strong> and <strong><em><a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/germany" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Germany</a></em></strong> in particular!</p><p><strong><em><a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/liberation" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Liberation</a></em></strong> <em>can't</em> tolerate <strong><em><a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/genocide" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#genocide</a></em></strong> and liberation does <em>not</em> compromise.</p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/europeanunion" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EuropeanUnion</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/berlin" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Berlin</a></p><p>—</p><p><strong><em><a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/zionism" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zionism</a></em></strong> <em>is</em> <strong><em><a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/barbarism" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#barbarism</a></em></strong>. <strong><em>End</em></strong> ' <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/israel" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Israel</a> ' <strong><em>now</em></strong>‼️ <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span></p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/lebanon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lebanon</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/hizbullah" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hizbullah</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/hezbollah" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hezbollah</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/hizballah" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HizbAllah</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/hisbollah" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hisbollah</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/gaza" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/palestine" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palestine</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/hamas" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hamas</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://devs.live/tag/endisraelnow" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EndIsraelNow</a></p>
giving up is sooooo last year<p><a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/gargron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gargron</span></a></p>
FinchHaven sfba<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lethallava.land/@vetehinen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>vetehinen</span></a></span> </p><p>There are currently 11,094 Active Mastodon Servers, with some 855,902 MAU</p><p>Here: <a href="https://fedidb.org/software/mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">fedidb.org/software/mastodon</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>How about if our boy <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Gargron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gargron</span></a> sets up some sort of a wealth-sharing program to distribute <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Mastodon</span></a></span>'s financial largesse back out into the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> that's made him a success by some sort of size-of-instance / number-of-users algo?</p><p>Ya know: help out all those small, struggling instances everyone is all concerned about</p><p>Think @Gargron would ever agree to do something like that?</p><p>Yeah</p><p>Me neither</p><p>Again, the rich stay rich and the poor just need to Stop Being Poor</p><p>It's just that simple</p><p>cc <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>aral</span></a></span></p>
FinchHaven sfba<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lethallava.land/@vetehinen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>vetehinen</span></a></span> </p><p>"what on earth makes you say they are raking in shit tons of money?"</p><p>Apparently you haven't been paying any attention</p><p>"Thank you Sujitech"</p><p>"Today we would like to thank Sujitech for kindly donating $100k USD to Mastodon, by far the largest single donation to our non-profit so far."</p><p>$100,000.00 USD</p><p>For what?</p><p>To pay "two full-time developers" $50,000 USD annually?</p><p>Dream on...</p><p>And this is one "donation" only</p><p>What is <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Gargron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gargron</span></a> raking in on his line of plushies and other bling?</p><p><a href="https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/11/thank-you-sujitech/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/11/</span><span class="invisible">thank-you-sujitech/</span></a> </p><p>Merch: <a href="https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/07/new-merchandise/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/07/</span><span class="invisible">new-merchandise/</span></a></p><p>cc <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>aral</span></a></span></p>
giving up is sooooo last year<p>i wish gargron would say literally just a single word about FediPact, even just something short and dismissive like "not a fan," so i could quote it on the website lmao</p><p><a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediPact</span></a> <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meta</span></a> <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threads</span></a> <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/gargron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gargron</span></a></p>
TDonoval<p>My year with Mastodon (<a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/MastodonWrapped" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonWrapped</span></a>)<br>A new post on my website.</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/boost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boost</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/share" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>share</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/boosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boosting</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/reblogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reblogging</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/sharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sharing</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ForYou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForYou</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/HowTo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HowTo</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FediTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediTips</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Gargron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gargron</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/MastoTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoTips</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/JohnMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnMastodon</span></a><br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/xl8freelancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xl8freelancer</span></a></p><p><a href="http://tomasdonoval.com/2023/12/03/my-year-with-mastodon-mastodon-wrapped/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">tomasdonoval.com/2023/12/03/my</span><span class="invisible">-year-with-mastodon-mastodon-wrapped/</span></a></p>
TDonoval<p>4/<br>I can’t think of anything else that upsets me about <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> so I might just as well get back to the boosting issue. </p><p>I have a suggestion of the “what if” sort this time. What if your <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/home" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>home</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/timeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>timeline</span></a> also showed <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/toots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toots</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/favorited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>favorited</span></a> by the people you <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/follow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>follow</span></a>. Wouldn’t it be nice to boost the boosting function this way and give an extra power-up to the content <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/distribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distribution</span></a>?</p><p>Ok, I may not be the first to come up with this idea. Maybe it has already been tested and proved technically unfeasible. But still, what if....</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/boost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boost</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/share" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>share</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/boosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boosting</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/reblogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reblogging</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/sharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sharing</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ForYou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForYou</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/HowTo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HowTo</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FediTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediTips</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Gargron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gargron</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/MastoTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoTips</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/JohnMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnMastodon</span></a><br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/xl8freelancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xl8freelancer</span></a></p>
TDonoval<p>3/</p><p>Then there is the ‘For you’ tab in Search that shows <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/suggested" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>suggested</span></a> profiles to <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/follow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>follow</span></a>.</p><p>This would be a very useful tool if it worked. However, unless you follow them all, it keeps showing the same profiles, presumably forever. At least that’s my experience. I did it once shortly after I had joined Mastodon, the suggested profiles refreshed .... and have since remained unchanged.</p><p>Maybe some more seasoned <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Mastodonians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodonians</span></a> know if this is a <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/bug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bug</span></a> or a <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/feature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>feature</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/boost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boost</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/share" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>share</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/boosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boosting</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/reblogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reblogging</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/sharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sharing</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ForYou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForYou</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/HowTo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HowTo</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FediTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediTips</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Gargron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gargron</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/MastoTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoTips</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/JohnMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnMastodon</span></a><br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/xl8freelancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xl8freelancer</span></a></p>
TDonoval<p>2/<br>The thing that buggers me the most is boosting.</p><p>I know boosting is important because it’s the only way to spread the news around as there are no <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/algorithms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algorithms</span></a> here to force-feed us what they “think” is good for us, and I’m quite a <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/booster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>booster</span></a> myself, too. But I’ve cut back a bit recently for a simple reason: I can’t hide boosted posts from my <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/profile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profile</span></a>.</p><p>I mean, when someone views my profile I want them to see my toots first so they can get an idea of who I am and, conversely, when I visit someone else’s profile I prefer to see what they have to say.</p><p> If you’re a generous booster but not so creative in the “<a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ContentCreation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContentCreation</span></a>” department, just like me, you get a profile full of re-blogged posts where your original <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/toots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toots</span></a> are hard to find. And no, <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Pinned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pinned</span></a> toots don’t do the trick.</p><p>If there’s a <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/hack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hack</span></a> to work around this, I would much appreciate if you share it here.</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/boost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boost</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/share" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>share</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/boosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boosting</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/reblogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reblogging</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/sharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sharing</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ForYou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForYou</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/HowTo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HowTo</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FediTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediTips</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Gargron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gargron</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/MastoTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoTips</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/JohnMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnMastodon</span></a><br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/xl8freelancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xl8freelancer</span></a></p>
TDonoval<p>Long thread<br>1/</p><p>My year with Mastodon (<a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/MastodonWrapped" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonWrapped</span></a>)<br>I celebrated my first <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Mastoversary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastoversary</span></a> a few days ago. It’s been a good first year on Mastodon for me; I like the <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> idea, I like people here, and I like the calm vibe this place offers.</p><p>Also, I ditched all of my other <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> accounts. All but one.¹</p><p>As I say, Mastodon is a good <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/platform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>platform</span></a> to be, however there are a couple of things I’ve been struggling with the whole time. I’m going to put together a brief summary below in hope that someone can help me with them.<br>-----------------------<br>¹ I still keep Instagram to exchange cute pics of sloths and pandas, and ice-hockey reels with my sons. 😁</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/boost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boost</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/share" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>share</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/boosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boosting</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/reblogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reblogging</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/sharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sharing</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ForYou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForYou</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/HowTo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HowTo</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FediTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediTips</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Gargron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gargron</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/MastoTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoTips</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/JohnMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnMastodon</span></a><br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/xl8freelancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xl8freelancer</span></a></p>
FinchHaven sfba<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>HistoPol</span></a></span> </p><p>So</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Gargron" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Gargron</span></a></span> is going to chide us to stay inside our little walled gardens and only talk to people we already know</p><p>Is that the plan now?</p><p>Wow</p><p>Who put a burr under <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Gargron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gargron</span></a>'s saddle blanket?</p><p>Betting it was that dustup a couple days ago about Popehat and Matt Blaze and Kanefield and a couple other people who weren't getting the deference they were used to expecting and were going off to Bluesky in a big pout</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/App" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>App</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bluesky</span></a> </p><p>cc <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://indieweb.social/@tchambers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tchambers</span></a></span></p>
Nuki Raccoon: The DEI Program of Furry Erotica<p>Would y'all believe me if I said I was actually <a href="https://yiff.life/tags/Eugen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Eugen</span></a> <a href="https://yiff.life/tags/Rochko" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rochko</span></a>, and that <a href="https://yiff.life/tags/Gargron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gargron</span></a>@mastodon.social was my main account and this is just my AD?</p>
maegul<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://blahaj.zone/@jo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jo</span></a></span> Even more than this, I am starting to wonder if there’s a little obsessiveness over ousting tankies? Happy to be schooled on this, if you’re progressive/left, I feel like there’s a natural mode of tolerance and acceptance, especially if they’re pro-FOSS, fediverse, and anti-facist,racist?</p><p>Like, how capitalist is <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gargron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gargron</span></a> or some other big admins and how helpful on the BIPOC issues here have they been? Are we going to cancel them too?</p><p>Genuinely curious and a little befuddled here.</p>
Pierre<p>Here we go again ... this time browsing profiles ... fitting for silent Sunday ... why is this even happening? Is it Mastodon's version of Twiter's fail whale? Anyone know? <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Gargron" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Gargron</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/silentsunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>silentsunday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ratelimited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ratelimited</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialnetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialnetwork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/activitypub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>activitypub</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lazysunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lazysunday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gargron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gargron</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>twitter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/failwhale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>failwhale</span></a></p>
maegul<p>Interesting revelation from <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gargron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gargron</span></a> in recent interview on server choices for newcomers (<a href="https://www.theverge.com/23658648/mastodon-ceo-twitter-interview-elon-musk-twitter" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/23658648/mastodon</span><span class="invisible">-ceo-twitter-interview-elon-musk-twitter</span></a>)</p><p>“However, I think that possibly going forward, we might rework the onboarding user experience into **presenting a default option as well as an advanced option, where all that stuff with choosing a server would basically be hidden away from the people who get intimidated by choice**.”</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://venera.social/profile/fediversenews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fediversenews</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://venera.social/profile/hosting" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hosting</span></a></span> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a></p>
His & Hearse Press<p>But they were all of them deceived, for another platform was made. In the land of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a>, in the dumpster fires of <a href="https://c.im/tags/BirdSite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BirdSite</span></a>, the benevolent <a href="https://c.im/tags/JohnMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnMastodon</span></a> forged, in secret, a master instance to serve all others. </p><p>And into this instance, he poured his love, his toots, and his will to share free and open-source software. </p><p>One instance to bring them all and in the darkness, guide them.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/HisAndHearsePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HisAndHearsePress</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/JoinMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JoinMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/FreeJohnMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeJohnMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/WeAreAllJohnMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeAreAllJohnMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/IAmJohnMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IAmJohnMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AIArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIArt</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LOTR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LOTR</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Nerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nerd</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Gargron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gargron</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/EugenRochko" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EugenRochko</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/TwitterMigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterMigration</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Community</span></a></p>
Heidi Li Feldman<p>Friends, right now Mastodon.social has 208,000 active users. Its admins have been crowdfunded by 5000 people on Patreon. Let’s close the gap! <a href="https://www.patreon.com/mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">patreon.com/mastodon</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gargron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gargron</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gratitude" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gratitude</span></a></p>