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Re: Twitter Suspends @Joinmastodon

#101

Post by aendruk »

scrollaway wrote: post #43
Sithwuth wrote: post #20

If you're thinking of trying Mastodon, I would recommend joining an interest-specific or locality-specific server rather than one of the general purpose servers, because the local community is likely to be stronger and more engaged. You can always jump ship later if you find it's not your thing Some examples: - https://fosstodon.org for FOSS - https://infosec.exchange for infosec - https://sfba.social for the bay are…

Im very surprised that, among techies, there aren't more people running their own instance as a solo user, so that they can own the entire username including the domain name. It's what I did for myself (Follow me! @jerome@leclan.ch), following Simon Willison's post: https://til.simonwillison.net/mastodon/custom-domain-mastodo...

Speaking from three years’ experience on a single-user instance, Mastodon just isn’t designed with this use in mind. Having the custom domain is neat but for now comes at the cost of an awkward and isolated experience.

Some of that could be improved with UI changes but to address it satisfactorily probably requires the server to do some proactive crawling beyond what’s dropped in your inbox.

For just ownership of identity keep an eye on this issue:

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/2668

Re: Twitter Suspends @Joinmastodon

#102

Post by yellowapple »

tedunangst wrote: post #74
tedunangst wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can I post a tweet linking to a news article that links to their mastodon account?

Seems like the answer is no, that's a suspension. https://mobile.twitter.com/TexasObserver/status/160354905128...

So how many layers deep does the ban-hammer strike? The Seven-Degrees-of-Kevin-Bacon-esque game being played here seems like it'll only end with Twitter having zero users.

Re: Twitter Suspends @Joinmastodon

#103

Post by yellowapple »

spoils19 wrote: post #60
clouddrover wrote: post #52

The Twitter accounts of journalists are also being suspended, presumably because they dared to talk about ElonJet: https://twitter.com/drewharwell https://twitter.com/RMac18 https://twitter.com/donie This journalist has not been suspended yet: https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy This is not a good look for Twitter or for Musk.

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I hate to invoke the "literally 1984" meme, but "restricting free speech is good for free speech, actually" is some rather blatant doublespeak. The solution to media bias is not to overcorrect and introduce bias in the opposite direction.

Re: Twitter Suspends @Joinmastodon

#104

Post by fragmede »

lapcat wrote: post #31
pimlottc wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you kidding? The vast majority just use Gmail now, or perhaps an institutional account they were enrolled in “automatically” and have a strong motive to check regularly for school/work purposes.

Right. Most people get their email from work, school, their ISP, or from their OS provider: Google, Microsoft, Apple. If you present people with a list of 30 email providers they've never heard of before, it's going to throw them for a loop.

I don't think any people get their email from their ISP these days.

Re: Twitter Suspends @Joinmastodon

#105

Post by lapcat »

fragmede wrote: post #104
lapcat wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Right. Most people get their email from work, school, their ISP, or from their OS provider: Google, Microsoft, Apple. If you present people with a list of 30 email providers they've never heard of before, it's going to throw them for a loop.

I don't think any people get their email from their ISP these days.

I know for a fact that they do.

Re: Twitter Suspends @Joinmastodon

#107

Post by gala8y »

yellowapple wrote: post #102
tedunangst wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seems like the answer is no, that's a suspension. https://mobile.twitter.com/TexasObserver/status/160354905128...

So how many layers deep does the ban-hammer strike? The Seven-Degrees-of-Kevin-Bacon-esque game being played here seems like it'll only end with Twitter having zero users.

Funny, isn't it? Please excuse my non-essential comment, but this shit-show is so funny. Watching it from the sidelines makes me think of some systemic cures for all of that, which I find none. Elon lost it completely. Psychological factors regarding single human start to play crucial role when we talk about overpower. TBD. You know, like simple, human energy of fear (scared of loosing power) makes a dictator to slash 8M people (examples abound) or childlike nature of Elon makes him go funny with Twitter.

Re: Twitter Suspends @Joinmastodon

#108

Post by kornhole »

Sithwuth wrote: post #20

If you're thinking of trying Mastodon, I would recommend joining an interest-specific or locality-specific server rather than one of the general purpose servers, because the local community is likely to be stronger and more engaged. You can always jump ship later if you find it's not your thing Some examples: - https://fosstodon.org for FOSS - https://infosec.exchange for infosec - https://sfba.social for the bay are…

Fosstodon was just banned from Twitter too, but that should not stop you from joining it. It looks like Twitter will be playing a game of whack a mole as we launch more instances.

Re: Twitter Suspends @Joinmastodon

#109

Post by kornhole »

aendruk wrote: post #101
scrollaway wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Im very surprised that, among techies, there aren't more people running their own instance as a solo user, so that they can own the entire username including the domain name. It's what I did for myself (Follow me! @jerome@leclan.ch), following Simon Willison's post: https://til.simonwillison.net/mastodon/custom-domain-mastodo...

Speaking from three years’ experience on a single-user instance, Mastodon just isn’t designed with this use in mind. Having the custom domain is neat but for now comes at the cost of an awkward and isolated experience. Some of that could be improved with UI changes but to address it satisfactorily probably requires the server to do some proactive crawling beyond what’s dropped in your inbox. For just ownership of ide…

One's own or a small instance with a few friends is suitable for people who are high profile who post challenging content. People will follow them from anywhere and visibility will be gained that way. Some high profile people do not want to be subject to the whims of moderators. Examples include every politician and many journalists. If you are not a high profile publisher, you will likely experience a bit of isolation with your own instance.
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