Sven Slootweg (soft-deprecated) @joepie91@pixie.town

#introduction #introductie Hello! I am polyfloyd. Hacker and treasurer of Hackerspace @bitlair in Amersfoort, Netherlands. I like cycling and making luminous shiny things. You may have seen a few of my projects at MCH2022 where I was responsible for some of the decoration.

We’re super excited and grateful you’re all talking about us and recommend us to your friends, it’s super cool.

Important note: we’re still in ALPHA.
We have the bare basics. That’s it. Everything else will come, but it will take time!

The best way to contribute right now, so we can pay additional people on our dev team for their amazing work, is by contributing on Open Collective:

https://opencollective.com/gotosocial

#GoToSocial

The HSNL Mastodon server for Dutch hackerspace people is still growing. It's now at 69 users!

Don't say it...

"A point was made recently that celebs probably don't give a shit about local cultural norms. Most comedians in particular make their trade by working against established norms."

This is a good point.

We're going to need to push back hard against this kind of antisocial behaviour by celebrities and comedians, to keep the Fedi a nice place to be

Hey do any of y'all have anyone on here who also has epilepsy and the vagus nerve stimulator??

I just learned a new word today.

pooptoot

Obviously just a synonym for shitpost, but on Mastodon. Yet somehow it sounds better. I like it here :)

@joepie91 I'm trying to help you and my distance to the recursion factory keeps halving but I think I'll never really get there.

I keep seeing people say Mastodon is nothing like Twitter. And they’re right.

Mastodon is an echo of the old internet, it’s decentralised, chaotic. What you get depends on your sysadmin. You can’t search, everything has to be shared to you by a human. Networks split apart and rejoin. What you see is your unique connection to it.

Is this good? Maybe. But for me that’s the internet I grew up with. No algorithms, no targeted adverts, just human interaction, and it was glorious.

*blows dust off account* oh, hello there.

Here's a TIC-80 thing I live-coded this weekend for the Inercia demoparty byte jam... https://tic80.com/play?cart=3057

You are not a brand.

Kill your inner capitalist.

Remember: There will never be consensus on the "correct" behavior on Mastodon, especially because (a) Mastodon is only one piece of software used on the Fediverse, (b) there are many, many different Mastodon instances each with their own cultures, and (c) norms evolve constantly, even within the same instance. Not to mention many other factors.

My suggestions? Among other things:

1. Err towards using content warnings

2. Check your privilege (like, uncomfortable introspection on how your privilege tints your views and others' views of you)

3. Before replying, check the other replies. The question may have been answered, the sarcastic nature may become obvious, etc.

4. When confused, consider shrugging and moving on. You might be the fiftieth person to bug the original poster over their pooptoot that day

5. Drink water, have a snack, take breaks! The Fediverse will be here tomorrow but flashes of anger will pass

Emphasis on #2! Remember that marginalized people have to put up with much more shit and need support (or at least to be left alone) far more than they need yet another well-meaning but fumbling person overwhelming their notifications. And if you're marginalized, please take all this advice with a grain of salt. Righteous anger is righteous.

Hope these tips help!

#FediTips

new fedi idea: everyone gets a verified checkmark and you have to pay the admin $8 a month to remove it