Geo Stokes 🙌Sep 16, 2018
Eugen Rochko
I was a bit worried that the Kotaku article made Mastodon sound like an insular closed club, but judging by all the new sign ups there's probably no better way to make people want to sign up than to suggest that something is exclusive...
Sep 16, 2018 at 1:35amWeb
Show threadTrollSlayerSep 16, 2018
@Gargron
Do you have the numbers of how many people signed up since?
Show threadA Republic, while we kept itSep 16, 2018
@Gargron Sorry, but I really can't let you whitewash this fence. It has to be done just so, and only special people have the talent to do it.
Show threadEugen RochkoSep 16, 2018
@arensb What?
Show threadA Republic, while we kept itSep 16, 2018
@Gargron It's a reference to "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer".
Tom convinces the other kids to paint the fence for him, by convincing them that it's a very exclusive privilege to do so.
Show threadDusk Sep 16, 2018
@arensb @Gargron https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Tom_Sawyer/Chapter_II
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer/Chapter II - Wikisource, the free online library

Show threadEugen RochkoSep 16, 2018
@arensb Oh right, I remember that. I hadn't heard "whitewash" in its literal meaning for many years.
Show threadEugeneSep 16, 2018

@Gargron Its a very exclusive club only people with at least one (1) fursona are allowed to join. If you don't yet have a fursona you better get one fast!

Jokes aside though I do think this site does have is a bit more exclusive but more if you're a jerk you're going to have to make your own instance because no one is going to want your nasty butt in their community.

Show threadJonTonMcNuggetSep 16, 2018
@Gargron I signed up because of the Kotaku article. Said this was "not Twitter". I'm in
Show threadniklashogstromSep 16, 2018
@JonTonMcNugget @Gargron same thing! Though I feel a bit lost! #hello
Show threadJonTonMcNuggetSep 16, 2018
@hogart @Gargron haha ya I read and watched some articles and I think I've got the hang of it
Show threadSydney “The Word” Falk  Sep 16, 2018

@Gargron

now I'm gonna "invent" a microblogging platform that's "only" open for subscriptions two days a year

call it Solstice even though it's on the equinoxes

account creation charge: five thousand dollars

Show threadErnie SmithSep 16, 2018
@Gargron It's a good piece, and I'm glad they properly contextualized the network even if the "exclusive" talk was a bit much.
Show thread1/2 A PB&JSep 16, 2018
@Gargron whaa
Show threadjosephSep 16, 2018
@Gargron do you have a favorite federation?
Show threadGeekySep 16, 2018
@Gargron I honestly thought it would be an inclusive thing, but I decided to sign up anyway.... despite not knowing what to do now lol
Show threadDamian FataleSep 16, 2018
@Gargron I admit to signing up, because I saw you on Kotaku, but I never fully trust Kotaku.
Show threadSagaOrochiSep 16, 2018
@Gargron That happens a lot apparently, specially when you’re trying to push a product but you know, I think it’s working too! 😄
Show threadnoyshSep 16, 2018
@Gargron I'd actually never heard of this system before the Kotaku article. But they did make it sound like a friendly place. Which is, sadly, a rarity in the social media landscape these days. That appealed to me.
Show threadRaptorsonthemoonSep 16, 2018
@Gargron it’s how I found out about it haha
Show threadCarHaulerSep 16, 2018
@Gargron I'm working on an exclusive one for my community. I hope I get noticed one day.
Show threadCarHaulerSep 16, 2018
@Gargron I found this on Google+ it was in my feed. I'm not understanding the "federated" part. I went to look for other sites, and it looks like you have to go through the signup process all over again for each site? How is that "Federated"?
Show threadChris (moving to jade.moe)Sep 16, 2018
@carhauler @Gargron that's a bit of a misconception. You typically only need an account on one instance. Then, the instance you are on can talk to other instances.

For example, I am not on mastodon.social, or using the Mastodon software at all. Instead I host another federated software called Pleroma. Via federation instances of different software send events to each other and receive events. So I can see and respond to you, and you can see and respond to me even though we are on different sites.
Show threadCarHaulerSep 16, 2018
@brainblasted @Gargron So what level of "sysadmin" do you have to be in order to create your own?
Show threadChris (moving to jade.moe)Sep 16, 2018
@carhauler @Gargron depends on how you want to set it up. There are services like masto.host that can host for you, or one-click installs, and you can set stuff up manually. Manually requires some knowledge of SSH, HTTPS, maybe git, database software, and how to build the respective software.
Show threadCarHaulerSep 16, 2018
@brainblasted @Gargron I'm a one click install kinda sysadmin. Think I'll try that route. Thanks for the help and I will call on you when I get after it.❤️
Show threadChris (moving to jade.moe)Sep 16, 2018
@Gargron got a link to the article?
Show threadCarHaulerSep 16, 2018
@brainblasted @Gargron https://kotaku.com/twitters-emerging-competitor-doesnt-want-to-be-twitter-1829069122
Twitter's Emerging Competitor Doesn't Want To Be Twitter

Twitter is a hellhole. Mastodon isn’t trying to replace the trashcan fire that is Twitter, but it is offering its users something different.

Show threadairbenderSep 16, 2018
@Gargron Little Big Horn strategy. It worked for me. I'm brand new.
Show threadSweet TSep 16, 2018
@Gargron I think the bullying that occurred to Will Wheaton have many, including myself, wondering if there’s any difference here. Same social media pile ups and gamer gate nonsense.
Show threadpalex00Sep 16, 2018

@Gargron I didn't feel like it's very exclusive. I'd say all press is good press.

Although I'm hella confused. Why did a new window open after I wanted to reply to this tweet (what are tweets called on mastodon?)

Show threadCannelleRollSep 16, 2018
@Gargron Here I am also from that same Article. From 2 days ago.