Greg SargentDec 12, 2022
It's time to forget about shaming Elon Musk. The whole point of his vile attack on Fauci is to Trigger The Libs. Shaming him only persuades his followers he's "drawing blood." We have to adapt to the reality that he is waging right wing information warfare.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/12/musk-fauci-right-wing-information-warfare-how-to-respond/
Musk’s ugly attack on Fauci shows how right-wing info warfare works

For Elon Musk, the « Triggering » is the point.

The Washington Post
Show threadAerikDec 12, 2022

@GregSargent

Much as Musk irritates me, I feel like the best rational response is to ignore him.

Show thread/C\a/r\l/o\s/
@GregSargent @Aerik And to leave twitter. Its value is its users.
Dec 12, 2022 at 11:41pmWeb
Show threadMike McMahanDec 12, 2022
@worm @GregSargent @Aerik agree but it’s hard to replace. There seems to be less going on here and/or I don’t have enough follows yet
Show threadDianne HackbornDec 13, 2022
@mac2323 Follow more people. You only see who you follow (in the home timeline), stuff won't be thrown at you if you don't follow it. It is very easy to follow enough people to have a deluge of really good posts.
Show threadMike McMahanDec 13, 2022
@hackbod Followed. I’m now counting on you!
Show threadHeeeey it’s Lissy 🦣Dec 13, 2022

@mac2323 @hackbod yes! follow follow follow boost boost boost and you find that it’s a very active place.

We’re used to social media being served to us by a algorithm that’s guessing at what content we want. It doesn’t work like that here & I love that

Show threadstefan hartwigDec 13, 2022
@hiitslissy @mac2323 @hackbod yeah, you have to follow like crazy! also, grab a few hashtags that make you happy and follow those. you soon won’t know what to do with all the content and opportunities to interact!
Show threadTed_CvilleDec 13, 2022
@hiitslissy @mac2323 @hackbod Yes, exactly right!
Show threadDianne HackbornDec 13, 2022

@mac2323 Hahah hopefully not just me, but I'll try to boost stuff of people who are good follows. :)

Also #GeraldineFibbers is great!!

Show threadOld Man MikeDec 14, 2022
@hackbod @mac2323 this is true, took me a couple of weeks here but soon I found I was on here as much as I was Twitter, and over there not at all.
Show threadFrench TexPatDec 13, 2022
@hackbod @mac2323 followed you both!
Show threadDennis JernbergDec 13, 2022
@mac2323 You probably don't. It doesn't really start getting interesting here until you follow at least 200 people. @worm @GregSargent @Aerik
Show threadMike McMahanDec 13, 2022
@dennis_jernberg followed you, don’t let me down!
Show threadDennis JernbergDec 13, 2022
@mac2323 Followed you back. 😉
Show threadMike McMahanDec 13, 2022
@dennis_jernberg tell me about your upcoming novel?
Show threadDennis JernbergDec 13, 2022
@mac2323 Spanner In The Works. I conceived it (20 years ago?! that long) originally as a webmanga full of anime cyberpunk homage but it quickly turned into a bitter superhero satire. It's a science fiction political thriller, set in an alternate (originally future) fascist America, and the title character is a "Banksy wannabe" who turns major-league culture jammer in a plot based on the Macintosh 1984 ad and who's really series heroine Sia disguised as a masked graffiti artist.
Show threadMike McMahanDec 13, 2022
@dennis_jernberg interesting. Lot going on there. You’ve got a publisher I guess?
Show threadDennis JernbergDec 13, 2022
@mac2323 Not yet. I don't have a complete final draft to submit yet, so I'll get around to that once I finish it, hopefully next year.
Show threadFrench TexPatDec 13, 2022
@mac2323 @worm @GregSargent @Aerik follow everyone, and boost everything you find interesting. As you grow, unfollow those that are not fitting your vision. Follow others. But always boost. Favourite is nice, but boost enriches everyone's timeline! Welcome!
Show threadCassandraZeroCovidDec 14, 2022

@TinCanWin @mac2323 @worm @GregSargent @Aerik

I'm finding I'm not seeing all the posts of the people I have followed - even photographers.
And I'm seeing many I haven't followed - even many unboosted by ones I have followed and/or without hashtags. (Hash tags have worked the best.)

This is a problem.

Can anybody help explain this?

Show threadJeff LindborgDec 14, 2022
@mac2323 @worm @GregSargent @Aerik it's definitely more work to get your feed humming along out here - took me several weeks. I ended up moving to a busier server and then hashtags worked a lot better for me to find folks I was interested in following. Definitely a barrier to entry for some folks trying Mastodon out...