Gonna tell my kids this was #JohnMastodon.
Wow, this went kind of "viral". If there even is such a thing here. Thanks for all the boosts and favorites! Interesting to see that things like that are possible here. Long live #JohnMastodon! :D
@janbeta Going viral on Mastodon feels like a small but heartfelt ripple of applause, an appreciative nod, and a sense that maybe, just maybe, everything will be okay.
@davetansley Yes, I feel exactly the same! I hope nobody comes up with a way to change that anytime soon!
@janbeta Of course. Have to respect our guy John Mastodon. He's everyone's friend!

@janbeta plot twist, John Mastodon is Tom's new nom de guerre (I had to Google the spelling for that)

E: autocorrect

@janbeta I tip my hat to you.
@janbeta I thought it was him:
@janbeta come on, Jan, Tomβ€˜s a legend!
@janbeta We all moved to Mastodon looking for a better social media experience. After today and the #JohnMastodon trend, I think we're going to be all right. This is home. πŸ˜‰
@janbeta before he founded a self-titled social network.
@janbeta I knew you were into retro stuff but myspace? that's older than commodore!
@janbeta Oh my gods, that is hilarious. Excellent!
@janbeta haha too good! Oh bring back the days of Tom.
@janbeta I cannot stop laughing at this.
Now I'm going to have to see if he's actually on the Fediverse. (He was an excellent follow on Google+.)
@janbeta
Seriously!? Everyone knows that is #TomMegalodon
@janbeta this is the best so far, love it πŸ€£πŸ‘πŸŽ‰
@janbeta this wins the interwebz for the week!!!!
@janbeta in deep retrospect it seems almost like an R.I.P. photo of him... john was so young..
@janbeta πŸͺ¦πŸ’€ absolutely dead
@janbeta I wish he was my first follower.
@janbeta This was my pfp and username for a while a month ago, before people thought that I was actually him 
@janbeta Wasn't this John's twin, Tom Mastodon?

@janbeta I missed this earlier but it's one of the best - if not the best - John Mastodon jokes!

Well played sir, well played. 😎 πŸ˜…

@hvangalen Thanks! It was a spontaneous idea before I fell asleep that night. Sometimes these things miraculously seem to catch on! :D

@janbeta Nobody will ever give us that much joy as John Mastodon did! πŸ˜„

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