The collapse of Twitter is a system breakdown. Mastodon and the fediverse represent something different: _system change_. From for-profit "Big Tech" to nonprofit, open source, community-owned public spaces.
System change is always harder than you think. It always incurs short-term costs, with hoped for long-term benefits.
The next few weeks will be really tough for the fediverse. Stick around, vibe with it, and you just might help us put a huge part of the web back in community hands. <3
meta about organisations on the fedi
If you're an organisation that wants to participate on the fediverse, you really need to be running your own Mastodon instance.
Most of the Mastodon infrastructure right now is being run by individuals or small groups, for the community.
Trying to put your "official account" on community infrastructure is extremely rude.
obligatory addition to CW meta
Content warnings are subject lines, newspaper verticals, essay titles, forum thread titles. Lots of people will add +/-/~ to a CW to specify tone.
I have either used or clicked on all of these at one point or another. It didn't actually get in the way of anything.
(mental health, -) or (mh -)
(LocalPol, +)
(that wizard TERF insisting she's not owned while withering into a corn cob)
(misogyny, handled surprisingly well!)
(gross thing my cat did today)
(venting, no advice pls)
IMPORTANT NOTE: My personal policy on this is that people talking about experiences of oppression NOT THEIR OWN should use a CW. This is specifically and ONLY for the benefit of the people whose experiences are being discussed.
Ex: I think it's grody for me, as a white person, to hide a Black person's post about antiblackness behind a CW. It isn't my job to shape how people participate in that conversation. If I post something myself about antiblackness, I will CW to err on the side of giving Black people control over how they engage.
I frequently CW posts about my own experiences anyway, but that's still out of courtesy to others who share the experience more than consideration for those protected from it by privilege. Because tbh, fuck em
Mastodon pessimism, GoToSocial
The more I see of Masto development the more pessmistic I get about its future. This is why I am supporting GoToSocial development monthly, like we CANNOT hang the entire future of ActivityPub-driven microblogging on Mastodon, not after fucking exhausting years of Gargron's asshattery and his determination to make Mastodon into another popularity- and engagement-driven platform.
GTS website: https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/
Support GTS on OpenCollective: https://opencollective.com/gotosocial
Please don’t feel bad for switching instances, or seeking one that is a better fit. An instance is also a community, you want to be in comfortable company. Also the values and vibes will matter when it comes to moderation & safety.
When I first joined yrs ago I tried at least half a dozen instances, until I found the right ones for me. I now post on two instances. Take your time exploring the fediverse. Actually you don’t need to join an instance, most of mastodon ones will let you peek into their local TL from their front page, so you’ll have an idea before you go in.
#BlackFediverse #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter
Imagine *not* trying to craft a #hottake that will stir people up and get you them clicks.
Imagine #vulnerability and genuine human connection.
crypto, poker
So, fun fact, large parts of the poker economy are tied to crypto.
This is especially true of online poker because ever since congress passed the UIGEA in 2006, it has been fairly difficult to transfer money onto internet gaming sites via conventional means.
Luckily for me, I don’t play online very much these days, and neither do the players in the cardrooms that I am consistently beating.
But it should be interesting watching the panic set in.
Technical debt collector and general hype-hater. Early 30s, non-binary, ND, poly, relationship anarchist, generally queer.
- No alt text (request) = no boost.
- Boosts OK for all boostable posts.
- DMs are open.
- Flirting welcome, but be explicit if you want something out of it!
- The devil doesn't need an advocate; no combative arguing in my mentions.
Sometimes horny on main (behind CW), very much into kink (bondage, freeuse, CNC, and other stuff), and believe it or not, very much a submissive bottom :p
My spoons are limited, so I may not always have the energy to respond to messages.
Strong views about abolishing oppression, hierarchy, agency, and self-governance - but I also trust people by default and give them room to grow, unless they give me reason not to. That all also applies to technology and how it's built.