Parker MolloyI've been slowly shifting over most of the general commentary I do from Twitter to here in the past few days (especially), and it's definitely been a better place to interact with others. Plus, it's not run by an erratic right-wing billionaire who implements new rules on a whim.
I'm just going to keep defying Twitter rules I find to be dumb until they suspend me, tbh. But for the most part, I think Mastodon is my primary platform of choice for text-based stuff at the moment.
Aimee in OC 🍊🦁@parkermolloy I’m liking here so far.
Bonnie Schwertner@parkermolloy Just give your link to mastodon. That’ll do it. I’m sure those who have followed you over there will find you here. ❤️
Adrian Morales@parkermolloy The fact that so many people are defending such insane rules is quite disturbing.
Mick Muffin@parkermolloy all the cool kids are here.
Chaoddity@parkermolloy This 1000%. I already hollowed out my account and posted links to my social media in my profile. If they choose to delete my account, thats fine. It will serve it's function as a roadsign to my other social media in the mean time- that is it's only function at this point (other than mocking elon musk)
Hjemmefronten@parkermolloy currently only using the bird site to shitpost elon.
Aimee Giese@parkermolloy It's kind of my goal at this point.
May-lee Chai@parkermolloy I’m just starting to get engagement on masto. It’s been a little slow for me to receive notifications but I assume that’s because of the huge influx of users.
Holy Cow!@Mayleechai @parkermolloy The more you follow the better. And as you boost, the more followers you will attract. It takes a couple of weeks, but my feed here is more diverse than elsewhere and has grown increasingly with my own increasing engagement. Most of the people I was reading elsewhere are also here, but that has taken being proactive in looking for them.
@parkermolloy @JMW809 good to know! Thx!
GoNancyGo@parkermolloy I just found you today, you and Number10cat in the same day! Glad you like it here. It's a nonprofit so high hopes it can't go the way of the bad bird.
Rebecca M is open to work@parkermolloy This whole thing is very dumb and I appreciate the work you've been doing to keep track of it. But on the upside, I've followed a bunch of interesting people as a result of the shakeup.
Can't believe what's happened to John Mastodon though.
In time I wonder if he'll get the same recognition as Tim Apple.
Laurie Brunner@parkermolloy @Rebeccamwrites Is it too late to nominate John Mastodon as Time’s Man Of The Year?
Stan Fletcher@parkermolloy This is just more proof that Musk and his PayPal Mafia believe the attacks on tech over the past year have them running scared. They’re doing everything they can to create an impenetrable information bubble for the army they are building to fight back.
Grumpy Pup@IrwinFletcher0 @parkermolloy Oh, I'll look back on there from time to time, just like I used to do with Gab and Parler to see what the RW crazies were up to. But only to observe, not to interact. I used to enjoy heckling, but it's pointless.
@parkermolloy Agreed. With the latest bird-brained policy on banning links to other services, I just can't be bothered with the petulant child any more.
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Jonathan (Jonny) Ballew@parkermolloy I followed you! I'm learning how all this works but nice to see you here.
mmurdoch@parkermolloy High quality post.
Tammy Gentzel@parkermolloy I’m enjoying Mastodon. Seems the only thing missing here is the constant snark (and a few of my favorite accounts). Don’t get me wrong, sometimes snark is a great tool, but as a 95% response mechanism, it was getting more than tiresome.
Scott Campbell@parkermolloy Glad to see you on Mastodon. You're the best.
SlightlyAmused@parkermolloy Musk is such a baby. He’s mad people are laughing at him so he’s trying to break the toy and go home.
dudeguypal@parkermolloy the one thing really missing from Mastodon is a proper search feature, especially for sports stuff. On twitter you can search the name of a player or a team and have instant up to the second conversation and coverage.
@parkermolloy they figured out how to give him the banhammer, but I'm still seeing mastodon trending, and suggestions who to follow on *here*. So this could take a while. Would be funny if trying to run an elaborate regex search on the whole firehose for words he doesn't like will be what finally brings everything crashing down.
billiecat@parkermolloy when the ban hammer finally falls on you there, Parker, I bet you a pic of each of your pets vs. one of each of mine you will feel a great weight fall off your shoulders and heave a sigh of relief.
Persephone@parkermolloy I saw your post to like you on other platforms. So, I came over to do that.
PianosAreNice@parkermolloy I’m sort of inclined to stay on mastodon too. I’ve lived over 6 years without a Facebook account I can easily do without the bird site
@parkermolloy Looks like that site randomly and capriciously changed its rule again, so link away
David Ross Bacchetti@parkermolloy really? Try #MuskRat #EmeraldMuskRat or just spell it out- elon/#RocketBoy is here to tank twitter for the #TrumpCrimeFamily & GqP,,, funding via #Jared from the Saudis (2 billion above table at that point means 20 below)
The #MuskRat came to end #TheResistance
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Zexerous@parkermolloy he's gonna ban one eight seven seven kars for kidz next
Robert McNees@parkermolloy My experience has been that the engagement here is through the roof compared to Twitter and of much better quality.
Sasha Fox@parkermolloy I like how nobody is demanding I "define women" or some bullshit constantly.
Ms. Penny Oaken@sashafox “Anything she wants to be, so long as twerps like you don’t rule the world” is my pog-slammer-on-the-table for those
violet hands@PennyOaken @sashafox i personally go with "someone who will never touch you"
@parkermolloy @sashafox Or quickly run out of legitimate points, and resort to personal insults about appearance. It was kind of funny, but half-wits annoy me.
Susipsych@sashafox @parkermolloy
Excellent point. You just helped me realize I'll likely never see Marsha, Marsha, Marsha here. 😁🎉🎉
(Fyi if unsure, she who shall not be named might possibly be associated with State o' TENNessee)
Excellent point. You just helped me realize I'll likely never see Marsha, Marsha, Marsha here. 😁🎉🎉
(Fyi if unsure, she who shall not be named might possibly be associated with State o' TENNessee)
PJ "Vote Green" Coffey@sashafox @parkermolloy yes! It's so much nicer!
OkazuYuri@parkermolloy Same. It's frustrating to me that JP Twitter and all the anime and manga companies seem to be not moving, but I'm definitely taking my stuff and moving here.
Dirty Ducko@parkermolloy Is it just me? I can't take a screenshot of the updated #Twitter security policy on my phone because it says screenshots violate security policy.
Is anyone else getting this? Go into the app, click their help center link twitter support posted, try to screen grab. (I'm on a galaxy note 8)
Erick Fernandez@parkermolloy it’s going to be annoying for you, but going to be awesome to see you build up another awesome following here in short time.
T. T. PerryI can't wait to see you really spread your wings here!
Eggcredible@parkermolloy I have so many questions about that last announcement. How will that be enforced? They are going to comb through bios? Is it retrospective? All the way back to the beginning of time? It could be a vast number of suspensions. Do they plan to suspend the FB account?
Kevin OMalley@parkermolloy May need to make the DMs better than weird messages that may or may not stay between two users, but i dunno.
Better than Post so far.
Kev@parkermolloy words mean nothing to him
Sheila Scarborough@parkermolloy I'm starting to do the same. The irony is that I first learned of the new Twitter policy from your Mastodon post. 😊
Paul Rabin@parkermolloy it has gotten increasingly more difficult to rationalize staying on there. I wish that there was a widget that could match and migrate all our followers and followings to the new territory. I was on my second twitter account, my first having been suspended permanently, due to my calling for an nro editor to have a mask violently applied to their face.
Chris L@parkermolloy the last two days I have spent more time on Mastodon than Twitter, due to entertaining content rather than forcing myself. Each fresh Elon outrage improves Mastodon, and a tipping point effect is probably in motion.
MacEnvy@parkermolloy I’m really, really happy to see you here. I followed you on the other place until I was banned a couple years ago for (admittedly) bad conduct toward some very bad people. The culture here is very different and discourages behavior of that type. It fosters creativity and communication.
NothingToSeeHere@parkermolloy *PHEW* Wondered if I might have wandered into Parler for a hot minute.
Andy Knudsen@parkermolloy me too. I only use Twitter to search for breaking "boots on the ground" news now. But Mastodon is good for that too if you follow the right accounts.
Kit O'Connell 🏳️⚧️@parkermolloy the interaction just feels so much healthier and human here
Logan is working on stuff@parkermolloy I'm hoping we start getting some better UI options soon, on Android it's feeling clunky
Ben Paddon@logan @parkermolloy I use Tusky on Android and I quite like it! I'm signed into multiple Mastodon accounts at once too.
@BenPaddon @parkermolloy this might also be a *me* problem. My eyes are just having a hard time tracking the actual information I'm supposed to be seeing.
CindyG@parkermolloy Thank you! It’s good to be able to hear from you here. I like your needle, too.
@parkermolloy I hope you can influence more high-content producers to follow you.
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield@parkermolloy I expect that as the migration continues, we WILL see more unplesant interactions occuring. However, Mastodon seems better equipped to dealing with them, as everything is community-focused and open-source.