I just had this terrifying thought. What if I'm not on the cool server?
@grumpygamer I was on the nerds server but I abandoned it 2 hours later I’m sure here is cooler
@grumpygamer lol... anyway, that's the beauty of Mastodon: you can migrate to the cool server! Followers will go with you but posts won't.
@grumpygamer Any server you're on immediately becomes the cool server.
@DavidBFox @grumpygamer Worst case scenario make your own cool server (and have people post using an inventory and a list of verbs. Though that may just be me whishing I was around when Habitat was a thing)
@grumpygamer your server is full of gamedevs so ….
@Eibriel Yeah, not cool server.
@grumpygamer @Eibriel well it’s definitely not a hot server. So if it’s also not cool… lukewarm maybe?
@Eibriel @grumpygamer Yeah, and we're clearly all cool. At least other gamedevs think we are, and that's all that matters, right?

@grumpygamer

don't worry, you can always make your own cool place and migrate there (folks who followed your old account will automatically follow the new one)

(i know you're joking but still want to get the info out there)

@OliverUv I was just reading the docs, I might spin up my own instance.
@grumpygamer i've seen some guides for admins going around, if you stick around for a few days you'll probably see them pop up in your feed
@grumpygamer the side effect is you'll verify your identity with your DNS without paying for a badge (well, you still need to pay for the domain)
@nyx @grumpygamer That's also a good argument for companies and government agencies too run their own instances: yes, of course you're talking to someone at Verizon, because no one else can get a @[email protected] account.
@grumpygamer @OliverUv My feeling is, it's like running your own email server: entirely feasible, but may or may not be what you want to spend your spare time doing (speaking as someone who ran my own mail server for many years, and now happy to pay someone to do it for me).
@grumpygamer that's the beauty of it-- nothing here is cool
@grumpygamer My server must be cool because it's slow as hell. I assume because of all the cool people doing cool things on it.
@grumpygamer What if you are the reason the server becomes cool (if it isn't already)? 😉
@grumpygamer My server is always 5x cooler than yours!
@grumpygamer
Your heart will tell you if the server is right. Don't take it from me, take it from the bottle of red wine in front of me.
@grumpygamer This server is full of awesome, clever, witty, creative people. And, inexplicably, me getting to watch it all in not-quite-real time...
@grumpygamer wherever you are is the cool server.
@grumpygamer Gamedev is always cool... sometimes frustrating, sometimes annoying. ... but still cool.

@grumpygamer check out some, multiple accounts are allowed. Move if you find a cooler one

#newbie #gladtohelp #1sttalktomyidol

you're making fun again 😉

@grumpygamer you're making it cool by being there, don't worry.
@grumpygamer Ron, I hate to break it to you, but there's only one person on the REALLY cool server and that's me. 😎
@grumpygamer You are read from other servers too. Just keep being a cool account and sail the seas.
@grumpygamer Then you're on a warm server.

@grumpygamer well... there's a line for that: "That doesn't seem to work." !

(Nah, it works anyway!)

@grumpygamer I’m on the Welsh server, which amazingly isn’t unresponsive today!
@grumpygamer then make it cool. You’re you.
@grumpygamer I only came here because if it’s cool enough for Ron, it’s cool enough for me
@grumpygamer I think I just got assigned my server. I literally have no idea what it means 😅

@grumpygamer That’s actually what a lot of people, including myself of course, are worrying about since the beginning.

On another subject, it is most probably wonderful Mastodon being a sort of (filtered? or different) version of your following (on Twitter?)

Even though I love Twitter, but I’m loving the fact that people here tends to be different, I a wonderful way.

👍😊❤

@grumpygamer Any server you're on will automatically be cool, because you have a bunch of fans.
#OpsDadHumor