EllenInEdmonton
Zoe Williams#introduction I came on here in order to be a new and better person to the one I was on Twitter, more open and respectful, less preening and rude. Lol, no, I came on mastodon bc I was doing a feature for the Guardian on mastodon, but in the course of it I realised I could stand to be less preening and rude. Hi everyone. I'm nice now.
King James@zoesqwilliams just followed you based on seeing you in today’s masthead. Some of us still have real newspapers delivered to our houses, you know!
nm0i@zoesqwilliams welcome to the world of cultured shitposting, or something, I guess.
Julie (she/her)@zoesqwilliams Have just read your piece... Welcome!
AlexTheAutist
@zoesqwilliams just read your mastodon article. Have a boost and a follow!
Marshall✅@zoesqwilliams welcome. I liked your Gardian article.
@Marshall thank you!
LumpySpaceEllie 🏴@zoesqwilliams I read your article 10 mins ago and it was very much how I felt the first week haha. Once you get used to where everything is and find your tribe I think you'll settle in ❤ I haven't experienced a single bit of conflict in WEEKS! We all probably talk too much about Twitter though. Its like the ex boyfriend we are internet stalking 😄
Peter Fella@LumpySpaceEllie @zoesqwilliams I can relate to that one 👍 😀 Just closed my Twitter account.
Leighton@zoesqwilliams I, too, will try to use my time on Mastodon for only good, and not self-righteous indignation..
bahaha nah, i'll probably sink a few cans and call Trump a Pr*&% Life's more fun on the internets :)
Glenn Wilhide@zoesqwilliams is this the right instance for you?
...@zoesqwilliams
i am going to have take up vaping just so i can have a cool profile picture like yours ... or is it a photoshop job? 😅
i am going to have take up vaping just so i can have a cool profile picture like yours ... or is it a photoshop job? 😅
Carl Schwan 
@zoesqwilliams Hi and welcome 🤗
Ca_Gi@zoesqwilliams Welcome on board! 😌
I've read your article about the first week on Mastodon! It's funny and points out some real things that new users struggle to figure out.
Anyway I think that probably you didn't get the vastity of the Fediverse that comprises Mastodon but is not limited to it. Maybe this could explain it better: https://mastodon.help/en#Federation
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I've read your article about the first week on Mastodon! It's funny and points out some real things that new users struggle to figure out.
Anyway I think that probably you didn't get the vastity of the Fediverse that comprises Mastodon but is not limited to it. Maybe this could explain it better: https://mastodon.help/en#Federation
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michaelokarimia@Ca_Gi @zoesqwilliams
Thank you for posting the help guide. Saw Zoe's article in the Guardian and thought I'd give this a go. Reminds me a little of my early days of Twitter
Thank you for posting the help guide. Saw Zoe's article in the Guardian and thought I'd give this a go. Reminds me a little of my early days of Twitter
@michaelokarimia Yeah! The entire Fediverse concept in fact revamps many concepts about digital networks that were very common until the early 2000's, when tech companies began to suffocate 'em. Hopefully we will regain some freedom again ;-) @zoesqwilliams
VicTurk@zoesqwilliams Ah you see how popular the Guardian is—from 84 followers to 565 in a trice!
Nadia@zoesqwilliams I am following you because I read your Mastodon article in the Guardian.👍
Tom@nadia @zoesqwilliams so am I. Always lovely to see Guardian and Observer journos on here - also following Jay and Phillippa, just waiting for John Crace to move onto here.
Tom de Grunwald@zoesqwilliams welcome, good to see you here 🙌
Lomelindi12@zoesqwilliams hi back (I’m nicer too) 😂
Andrew Porter@zoesqwilliams That's a 90s Hollywood movie plot right there!
paul@zoesqwilliams hello Nice Zoe, I hope people are in turn nice to you 😊
Karen Palmer
ex or current IDF unwelcome@zoesqwilliams Grab John Crace across too
Old Hippie Ⓥ@zoesqwilliams LOL. I just finished your article before I saw your post. I like your writing style. Good article.
Rob@zoesqwilliams great to see you here.
Mike Knell@zoesqwilliams Read your article earlier, and I thought it was a pretty honest view of things. You might want to think about linking people up with https://joinmastodon.org rather than directly sending them to mastodon.social - it's a good explainer which answers a lot of the questions confused newcomers find themselves asking.
paulasmith@zoesqwilliams I enjoyed your article, it's how I felt last week. I really like it on here but I can see it might be hard to be a journalist writing about politics as it feels very different here.
Jabsonik@zoesqwilliams Prob the most newbie-friendly text about Mastodon ever. Thanks!
Pilar GomezI quite enjoy the vibe here. Though still finding my feet. It’s definitely putting the social back into social media.
Iain MacGilleBhràith@zoesqwilliams Is this an elaborate “Ive been kidnapped” message? ;-)
Richard Mace@zoesqwilliams
Saw your Guardian article and decided to follow you. Hi!
Saw your Guardian article and decided to follow you. Hi!
buentes@zoesqwilliams Welcome #vapelife 💨
matsimpsk@zoesqwilliams I would like an instance where I don’t need to try and pretend that I’m not an idiot.
Ewan@zoesqwilliams If you're sticking around, look over @daveleeFT and the presscheck.org verification framework he's kindly built.
martinconnolly@zoesqwilliams welcome to a nicer world! Have a word with Marina Hyde and John Crace to get them to move over. Then my favourite 3 Guardian writers will all be here.
Ian WrightI'm currently usingTwitter for doomscrolling and this one for anything other than doomscrolling.
David Short 🇪🇺 🇵🇸 🏳️🌈@FinWright @zoesqwilliams hopescrolling?
Haha, good description!
chris@zoesqwilliams @FinWright @dwasmkuk
It’s the opposite of doom scrolling, so I quite like ‘mood scrolling’.
Steph Gaunt ✍️@zoesqwilliams Hi Zoe, read your Guardian piece. I’m trying to be nice on here too. There is the CW thing on here that people put inflammatory posts behind, so if I see something called ‘Brexity stuff’ or ‘slagging off Matt Hancock’ I don’t even have to read it and risk losing my new-found cool. But have now got shamelessly angry on the bird site. Someone called me a ‘whining clueless snowflake’ and I was on to him. Before I would have ignored it. Anger has to come out somewhere.
1505helen❤️@zoesqwilliams Glad you’re here to engage properly not just tooting RT from the dead bird site as some are doing!
lobster@zoesqwilliams I’m not nice, so any tips welcome … Just read your Guardian peace [sic] … and like me you are a noob nicer …
Jayne 
🇪🇺🏳️🌈Great to meet you and welcome ❤️
David@zoesqwilliams Heh, I found moving to Mastodon helped me try to me more open and engaging and less commerical in my interactions online.
@zoesqwilliams And your article brought me here too!
Leandro@zoesqwilliams I haven’t read your article yet, but welcome!
momenta@zoesqwilliams Glad to hear you're nice now 😂 I wanted to comment on that article but it wasn't an option. I'm from a completely different place. I hated Twitter, but used to love the old discussion forums where people actually had meaningful conversations. I'm hoping this place might go some way in that direction.
Gary@zoesqwilliams Welcome, Zoe. May Mastodon help you on your journey. May Mastodon help us all rediscover #kindness.
0@facevalue@zoesqwilliams aye, right 😁
Willie Dowling@zoesqwilliams Since I can't remember you writing anything that I disagreed with, I've always assumed you were nice. Good to have it confirmed though.
Trent Zimmermann@zoesqwilliams I read that article and finally joined! So thank you
Alan Connolly@zoesqwilliams @mikegalsworthy I just came here to see the hidden face vape shot mentioned in the article 😂
wytchgsd@zoesqwilliams as so much in life, it is what you make it. My angry gland hasn’t swollen up yet 👍
Anthony William - Will@zoesqwilliams I just love confessional pieces. Do continue writing them, lol. 