Katharina Kubrick
The birdy place is turning really weird. Half the people I know are gone. I’m going to have to learn how to navigate this new world.
Nov 21, 2022 at 5:23pmWeb
Show thread⛰🌲Randy Walters🌲⛰ has moved!Nov 21, 2022

@kck The people I’ve been missing keep gradually turning up … so it feels more and more like home.

I’ve been pretty liberal with my follows, as well – so I keep running into new people/sights/art. I like it!

Show threadKatharina KubrickNov 21, 2022
@randywalters yep me too. I loved the many lovely connections I made there. I still don’t know how to do a bunch of stuff here. I’m v techno useless You should see me trying to do stuff on my website. I would make teenagers cry…
Show thread⛰🌲Randy Walters🌲⛰ has moved!Nov 21, 2022

@kck The core of my Twitter experience was always the people I followed.

I never used the website (I used Tweetbot) so I never experienced any of that forced algorithmic stuff … unless someone I followed posted or retweeted something, I never saw it.

Here on Mastodon, the “Home” stream works the same way. I see things whizzing by on the Local and Federated timelines, and sometimes (rarely) follow someone I see there.

I also check my old Twitter stream, and love seeing someone’s new address.

Show threadKatharina KubrickNov 21, 2022
@randywalters my experience was the opposite. People followed me because of my name. The people who realised there’s more to me than that stayed , and I made some good twitter friends with all the baking /gardening/ dogs and jewellery making. I’m sure the same will happen here.
Show thread⛰🌲Randy Walters🌲⛰ has moved!Nov 21, 2022

@kck I could not *believe* that last pair of cuff links you posted … they were gorgeous.

Alas, I don’t have any shirts that require them … but they made me want to!

Show threadKatharina KubrickNov 21, 2022
@randywalters also is didn’t use a pseudonym because when I do talk about my Dad I have to have a degree of believability about my statements.
Show threadPaul EldredNov 21, 2022
@kck was listening to a tech guy talking to James O'Brien earlier explaining how things are starting to go awry "around the edges" and these will increase as the days go by.
Show threadchristianbobakNov 21, 2022

@kck

I'm still struggling with it, but slowly getting the Mastodon concept. I was never able to join "mastodon.social" or "mastodon.online", but at least I got on. Now that they just let you-know-who back in, the birdy place looks like it's only one scene away from where the baseball bat starts swinging in The Shining. I'm melting the butter for the popcorn as we speak.

Show threadSteven ArmstrongNov 21, 2022
@kck I completely agree. I'm still trying to compile my old 'follows' to see if they've got Mastodon accounts. 😀 I'm probably going to be slow in ramping up here, but (so far) it seems alright.
Show threadBeavarah  Nov 22, 2022
@kck bye bye birdy!
Show threadJackie WoodNov 22, 2022
@kck It is not easy - I feel bit like a stalker tracking people down!
Show threadMediajoltNov 22, 2022
@kck Clowns like me made the migration too, so you’re not alone!