Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town

I wish space was still a space for all mankind, not just capitalists and imperialists

The new web interface includes a footer link to "Get the app", which leads to a page that heavily emphasizes the first-party Mastodon apps.

As a reminder, the first-party apps are intentionally missing core functionality (Local/Federated timelines, "unlisted" post privacy), and are a very poor user experience compared to third-party offerings.

If you're an admin, please consider editing your local instance's code to replace or remove this link.

You can just be a girl if you want. It’s okay. Or a boy, or something else, or no gender at all. You’re not too old, or too young, or too much, or not enough, or trespassing, or appropriating, or causing trouble. It’s okay. Really.

But the important thing is: do what you want, not what you think you’re allowed. Find the joy and follow that. You can experiment and you can change your mind. That’s okay too.

#TransAwarenessWeek

After that ^ appeal which was an appeal on a warning, I banned the guy, and this is his 'appeal' for being banned.

He's on the same username on mastodon.social now, for your fediblocking purpsoses.

Today in 'nobody uses the appeal feature to appeal, everybody uses it to swear at us'

(Marked sensitive for shouty swearing)

I am dead, I can’t believe this AI intro text I just got. If you thumb through it, there are all the usual suspects like breadth-first search and probability.

Then you open the first chapter and it goes HARD on the current state of things.

Then it’s back to mathematical notation like nothing happened.

hi all this is my #introduction post

1. i'm an indie gamedev from the bird site
2. my posts are like an open diary where i talk about my personal life & various forms of non-monogamy such as polyamory so if those topics interest you then you should def follow me
3. also post #gaming & #gamedev content sometimes
4. i don't reveal my identity for professional reasons so i'll be unhinged and chaotic sometimes
5. will post amusing screenshots of dating app usage

#intro #introductions

this is why we android users can't have nice things. omdat impulsieve clowns als musk zonder blikken of blozen system files weg zitten te mieteren zit onze telefoon zo op slot dat we met achttien google apps opgescheept zitten die met klinknagels in het scherm gemept zijn.

it may be an issue of how the conversations are being framed, but it's as if marginalized communities were never here

It would be good to engage with those of us that have been here and done some work

Something I don't think new users to this platform are considering, particularly for how queer PoC navigate this space, is that despite not having the same tools as birdlandia, we still have carved out ways to care for ourselves here

we have managed to build community across instances here

and that work, that precedent should not be forgotten or not considered in these fanciful critiques

sorry not sorry

Having a chat with the @Vivaldi folks about some of my concerns regarding the integration of Mastodon into the Vivaldi browser (and potentially having it extended by features only available in the Vivaldi browser; the first of which is sign in with your Vivaldi account, which only works on vivaldi.social).

What are your thoughts?

Thread: https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/109347194681015674

#mastodon #vivaldi #foss #proprietary

#fediblock mastodonapp.uk

- brand new instance that picked up shitloads of users immediately
- poorly moderated terf-island shit
- union jack logo (come on)

I always have mixed feelings about trans awareness week and trans day of visibility, because most cis people who talk about it go exclusively for the "you are valid" angle instead of the "trans healthcare has collapsed entirely and we need to do something about that" angle. Like I appreciate the first one, don't get me wrong, but sometimes it reads as a little shallow when you don't also talk about the second. You get me?

People that run an instance are like cat looker-afterers and we are the cats

The fact that we've already gone from "it doesn't matter what server you join" to "it sometimes really matters what servers you join" is a huge leap forward in collective intelligence when thinking about social media.

We've moved from technological considerations to social, cultural & political considerations. We've already democratized our mindset when thinking about tech.

just a note for new artists coming to mastodon:

i've noticed some of you tried to censor words like "patreon/paypal/ko-fi" etc because you seemed to do that during your stay in twitter because the algorithms would prevent your post from being massively seen

but you don't have to do that in mastodon, because there is no algorithm at all!

so don't worry, you don't have to hide links and other stuff!!

(ps: don't forget to cw your art please)

have a good day!

#art #feditips

Ik hoop echt dat organisaties in het oog blijven houden dat online deelname aan een evenement of lezing echt toegankelijker is, zeker nu er allerlei problemen zijn met de NS en andere vervoerders.

Hey there, Admin of the Internet Archive Mastodon here. I've seen some people speculate/rumor that the Archive's mastodon instance is set up to be an involuntary vacuum spot for all toots passing back into the Wayback, and it is NOT that. Any archiving of toots would be some other project (and outside my knowledge) but the Internet Archive Mastodon is just another instance, doing the mastodon thing. Communicate with us at will.