Matt Lech
Tbf this safely beats discord
Nov 18, 2022 at 4:56amWeb
Show threadGay Dave - Find Me On Grindr!Nov 18, 2022
@mattlech Just different purposes.
Show threadMatt LechNov 18, 2022
@dave yeah I mean as a Twitter replacement
Show threadSteve LeslieNov 18, 2022
@dave @mattlech How do we change background pics?
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@mattlech @sleslie @dave Download a 3rd party app. They don’t update the Mastodon app very often, it’s way behind on features.

I highly recommend Metatext on iOS, if you’re coming from twitter. You can also change your banner photo on desktop!

Show thread_Nov 18, 2022
@sleslie @dave @mattlech heads-up: the desktop site also just added an edit button and following hashtags a couple days ago, which should start rolling out in 3rd party apps before too long!
Show threadFree Speech AbolitionistNov 18, 2022
@mattlech welcome!
Show threadColin MahnsNov 18, 2022
@mattlech it's good. both on ideological grounds (open source tech is the closest we have to collective ownership at the moment) and it's a good tool once you understand the federation aspect of it.
Show threadMatt LechNov 18, 2022
@colinmahns curious if you're familiar with this critique re open source vs free software. Admittedly the decentralization stuff does leave me a little cold but open to it
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Show threadColin MahnsNov 18, 2022

@mattlech very familiar -- stallman and free software was part of early political development for me :)

"open source" won the branding battle but mastodon is something that falls under that category of "free software". I used the former since more people understand it. it's license is inherent to making sure any derivatives and all inatances also follow it. that only gets you so far of course, which is where the more thoughtfulness the dev team has made with its design decisions come in

Show threadExterasmorsNov 18, 2022
@mattlech I feel like discord serves a completely different purpose than twitter
Show threadWagfaceNov 18, 2022
@mattlech There's going to be a learning curve for sure for this app.
Show threadOscar Zeta GundamNov 18, 2022
@mattlech Discord is more of a chatroom, anyone who tries to turn it into a twitter replacement is going to have a bad time, and I feel this is going to happen with more services. Even Mastodon feels more like an old Facebook feed (before it was was overwhelmed with suggested video posts and ads) than the much faster and more flighty / causal nature of Twitter.
Show threadRaging ChickenNov 18, 2022
@mattlech Majority Report heading to Mastodon too?