Compare and contrast. Twitter trending. Mastodon trending.
@mmasnick its like jumping ship to a new platform becomes a form of reverse osmosis
@mmasnick well of course, normal humans who don't eat outrage for 3 meals a day are spending a lot less time over there
@mmasnick I actually feel good about myself after checking Mastodon. The other place makes me feel like taking another shower
@mmasnick also cookies: Twitter vs. Mastodon instance
@mmasnick Oh, and uBlock Origin Dashboard. Twitter vs. Mastodon instance.
@mmasnick Who died suddenly?
@pburke46 @mmasnick it is the idiotic hashtag that antivax wingnuts use to propagandize their anti-COVID vaccine agenda. If you see it for real run away as soon as possible.
@kkeller @mmasnick Aww, jeez. Thanks for the info and the warning.
@pburke46 @mmasnick I believe that is an anti vaxx conspiracy hashtag
@pburke46 @mmasnick it's a conspiracy theory claiming that Covid vaccines are lethal.
@mmasnick I’m feeling better about my social media choices now
@mmasnick It's so bad. I've basically dumped Twitter since my career doesn't rely on it but I still signed in today with an account I use for local game dev organizing and even my brief time on that stressed me out a little
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Browsing through Twitter would be like taking a warm bath in sulfuric acid
@mmasnick yeah, it why i am liking the mastodon communities more and more now
@mmasnick If Mastadon can find some way to bring back the old Google+ photo walks, it'd be perfect
@mmasnick getting off the Blue Bird app is more than a timeline cleanse its a spirit and life cleanse.
@mmasnick still the Twitter UI is cool though.
@amol there are multiple UIs here, including ones that mimic Twitter.
@mmasnick oh..i didn't know
@amol check out https://pinafore.social/ I like that one. Very clean UI.
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@mmasnick thanks will check that out
@mmasnick it's nice. tooting from the same! 😀
@amol yup! protocol based systems are fun for developers...
@mmasnick I noticed this today. Loving the difference. Let’s hope the trolls stick with Musker.
@mmasnick @richservo Unfortunately, I encountered my first Twitter-style troll this morning. I’m hoping that’s the last one I see in a while. If you follow hashtags related to BIPOC, you will likely encounter racist trolls. If you are BIPOC, I suspect you will encounter them even more. We all need to be vigilant in order to keep this place human.
@Bhawthorne @richservo I've had a few. But I've noticed they seem to disappear way faster than the other site.

@Bhawthorne @mmasnick @richservo At least there is an incentive for server admins to keep trolls off their servers - you might just end up having your server blocked

No really much incentive on birdshite

@mmasnick twitters personalized trending for me has been crazy this last week, a ton of crazy right wing stuff. I think where are all the cat stuff, don’t you know what I look at! Lol.
@mmasnick this place is a breath of fresh air…. 🙏🏽❤️
@mmasnick Pure road rage over there. I’ll pass.
@mmasnick I do enjoy my two minutes of hate
@mmasnick Mastodon is far from perfect but so far literally every post/reply I’ve seen on here has been 100% nice
@USConst_Amend_I @mmasnick Good reminder that satire is protected by the 1st Amendment
@USConst_Amend_I i've had a few less than nice interactions, but not many, and they went away quickly.
@mmasnick so peaceful. I went on Twitter to say I’m gone, and it was painful - just to enter the place. I am relieved to be rid of it.
@mmasnick I think the "trending" items you see on Twitter are somewhat personalized. For instance, we US users don't see trends in other languages.
@mmasnick to be fair, it’s always been a cesspool.
@mmasnick I'm so glad I found this place. It's such a wonderful and kind space in comparison to the birdsite.
@mmasnick Where can we find the #Mastodon trend?
@walljet my instance has it in the main menu., apparently, though, it's only on some instances...
@mmasnick @walljet on Metatext, I choose Explore and if the search input field is empty, I see the trending hashtags below the search field.
@mmasnick incredible how fast the site became $8chan
@mmasnick I just felt my shoulders relax. 🙌🤷‍♀️🔥
@mmasnick also. I didn’t mean to use a 🔥 emoji. 🤣🤣🤣
@mmasnick I'll admit, I could use more engaging topics here. I don't need rage, but I also don't need fluff.