It's been a while guys. Feels like the bird app is crumbling under the sheer stupidity of the new owner. I give it another 3 months before it's a TOTAL shitshow.

Meanwhile, I'm using this thing called Movetodon.org to follow as many of you as I can at once while I still can (Musk will no longer allow it next week).

I hope this Movetodon works. ๐Ÿคž

@mmpadellan glad youโ€™re here. Iโ€™ve found the bird app intolerable for a while now, so itโ€™ll be nice to see your posts regularly again!
@mmpadellan It does, and I suggest using it several times each day as more and more people come here.
@mmpadellan It's fully understandable why users have been reluctant to leave - and why they continue to feel apprehensive about the prospect - but after three months here I'm glad to have made the switch. Hope others will do the same. There are many high-profile accounts on Tw*tter that are truly missed here.
@punkhaiku I agree, but I believe they will come here.
@mmpadellan I'm so glad to see your post. With people like you sticking around, it certainly will. ๐Ÿ˜€
@mmpadellan More important here than it ever was there - follow your followers back.
@mmpadellan
Even if movetodon works it will be hit or miss, at least in my experience, because so many I follow on birdsite are not yet on the #fediverse. But either way, so glad you are here! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ
@mmpadellan Glad to see you here, BD. I followed you way back on the bird. 2017 feels like ancient history now. We were mutuals until I was permanently suspended for "spam" in November. Blessing in disguise. ๐ŸŒž
@mmpadellan make a statement. GET. OUT. NOW!!! Please ? ๐Ÿ™

@mmpadellan The #Twitanic, as we knew it, will not survive. It's failing and flailing now. I left it right after my shares were purchased.

#Muskrat is as much a genius as a groundhog is a weather forecaster.

@mmpadellan Itโ€™ll work. You just need to follow us back. Us being the people who left the bird app long ago. ๐Ÿ˜
@mmpadellan i found you ages ago :) just had a look at movetodon and cheers for the heads up just found 300 on my follwers with don accounts :D
@mmpadellan Iโ€™m so happy to see you here! Itโ€™s a sane place in an insane world.
@mmpadellan I'm glad you're here & tx for following. I did the movetodon when I first got here. Maybe I should do it again.
@mmpadellan Glad you made it! It's much calmer and far more intelligent here! Welcome!!!
@mmpadellan iโ€™m glad it helped you find me hereโ€ฆ And me, you! Iโ€™ve had it flagged, but havenโ€™t used it yet. Was it seamless? I admit I am often reluctant about plugging in passwords into third-party apps.
@mmpadellan I find https://debirdify.pruvisto.org/ to be a great tool. I have a weekly calendar item to run it and import the results. (It supports importing your follow, mute, and block lists which is why it's my preferred tool.)
Debirdify

This is a web app that helps you find out which of the people you follow on Twitter are on Mastodon/in the Fediverse already and follow all of them easily.

@mmpadellan so glad to see you. Missed your voice.
@mmpadellan I think you follow me still on the bird site, so hopefully the Movetodon works. In the meantime, welcome back.
@mmpadellan Glad to see you're making the move. ๐Ÿ˜‰
@mmpadellan
Glad to see you here. It's so different to that other place. Much more positive, creative and knowledgeable.
@mmpadellan I'm glad you are here! We need your voice.
@mmpadellan I looked through some of my following list here last night & more than half havenโ€™t been active for a month or more. I hope they come back.
@mmpadellan I wish more "long time" #BirdApp users would recognize this!

@mmpadellan

This app lifts your moods. I found myself increasingly angry on the bird app. One can only take so much bombardment of trolls and cryptobots.

Mastodon is way more authentic.

@mmpadellan Glad to see you here Brooklyn Dad.
@mmpadellan I follow(ed) you on the bird site but jumped here after the sale. It is much nicer here. Welcome!
@mmpadellan So happy youโ€™re moving.
@mmpadellan I followed you on twitter and appreciated your point of view. Welcome!!๐Ÿ˜Š
@mmpadellan Just noticed you joined us here in the Fediverse! WELCOME! I followed you on the bird-site and hoped to see you here.
@mmpadellan itโ€™s fantastic here. Iโ€™ve found so many interesting people, places, photos, etc. Left Twitter last November, and havenโ€™t regretted it. Learning a new platform isnโ€™t easy, but learning Mastadon is very worthwhile. Welcome!
@mmpadellan it is already a shit show
@mmpadellan I just mention that I hoped you would come over. Thanks.
@mmpadellan I found you here in the fediverse. Already canned my Twitter a month back. Please follow back. Good to see you in the elephant space.
@mmpadellan
It was a shit show two months ago. The fact you're still there is pitiful.
@mmpadellan Itโ€™s great to see you here again. I was wondering if you were okay.
@mmpadellan So happy to see you here!!! ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ’ƒ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿฅฐ
@mmpadellan Glad to see you here. You truly were โ€œThe Best of the Bird.โ€
@mmpadellan I followed you just to make sure. I love reading your opinions!
@mmpadellan It has been a shitshow for months.
@mmpadellan Been waiting for you ๐Ÿ™

@mmpadellan
Great to see you here!

I've found the Fedilab app to stay in on the entire fediverse!

I'll look forward to your informative content!
โœŒ๏ธ๐Ÿ˜ท

@mmpadellan I tried to use again tonight. Failed. I think itโ€™s now toast.

@mmpadellan
I hope you'll impart to your Tweeps that anyone holding a Twitter account is financing fascism. They might as well be on Trump's app.

Besides promoting them on his platform, Musk contributes to Republicans.

@mmpadellan

Don't forget to put your mastodon handle in your Twitter bio (or pinned tweet), so #Movetodon #Debirdify & #fedifinder can help other people find YOU! ๐Ÿ˜Ž

(Linktree won't do that! ๐Ÿ˜‰ )

I would have found you sooner if you had! ๐Ÿ––

BTW, same advice goes to everyone else who is moving here, too! ๐Ÿ˜€

#TwitterMigration #Mastodon #MastodonTips https://movetodon.org/

#5ciFiGirl

Movetodon: Finds your Twitter Friends on Mastodon

@5ciFiGirl @mmpadellan Actually, Mr. Musk is very touchy about mastodon handles in twitter; careful you don't get thrown off like I did, for it.

@Lee_in_Iowa @mmpadellan

That was definitely a policy for a few days, until he realized he would get sued out of Europe or something for doing that! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

Links to mastodon seem to be ok for now, (but that might vary by server) and all of the finder tools depend on it! (#Movetodon #Debirdify & #FediFinder )

(Turning those tools off with 1 week's notice is his final way to kill them, since he can't stop the links.๐Ÿ˜ )

So everyone is taking their last chance to find people with handles in bios!๐Ÿ˜Ž

@mmpadellan I followed you on Twitter before I closed my account there. I highly recommend following you to all Mastodonians. Welcome!
@mmpadellan welcome my dude ๐Ÿค™๐Ÿผ

@mmpadellan
When Elon first bought it, my prediction was this:

If the population falls fast enough, it becomes a ghost town like Truth Social or Parler.

If the population falls slowly, then eventually it will be overrun with Nazis and pedophiles just like every Internet community that isn't sufficiently moderated. I remember the message board days, after all.

They're just a few pedophiles away from being 4Chan. Like I predicted.

@mmpadellan
I'd call myself "newish" to Mastodon: no long a total newbie, but definitely not a long-time user. It's great to see people mostly following my server's most memorable code of conduct rule, "Be excellent to each other."

By contrast, the Sick Bird is _Lord of the Flies_ on-line.

@mmpadellan Good to see you over here, and thanks for the follow! The bird site, it ... well, I can't really improve on your description.
@mmpadellan Glad to hear you will be making (and probably bringing) more friends here! Excited to see you here more.