Tim ChambersFeb 12, 2023

From: @pluralistic:

"To understand the future of Mastodon, we have to understand network effects...a product or service that gets more valuable as it attracts new users.

The people who stay...make it a busier, more exciting place...the next surge will find an even higher equilibrium as users who try Mastodon find more fully acclimated users who can hold their hands as they get settled in, and also provide the vibrant community that presents a good reason for doing so."

https://doctorow.medium.com/of-course-mastodon-lost-users-c48ef8102891

Of Course Mastodon Lost Users - Cory Doctorow - Medium

This week (Feb 10–17), I’ll be in Australia, touring my book Chokepoint Capitalism with my co-author, Rebecca Giblin. We’re doing a remote event for NZ on Feb 13. Next are Melbourne (Feb 14), Sydney…

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Show threadTim ChambersFeb 12, 2023

3/3 from @pluralistic:

"Meanwhile, the experience of the Fediverse will only get better and more obviously valuable to users. #Fediverse developers will continuously improve the service, even as the technical concepts one has to master to establish oneself become more widely understood and less esoteric."

https://doctorow.medium.com/of-course-mastodon-lost-users-c48ef8102891

Of Course Mastodon Lost Users - Cory Doctorow - Medium

This week (Feb 10–17), I’ll be in Australia, touring my book Chokepoint Capitalism with my co-author, Rebecca Giblin. We’re doing a remote event for NZ on Feb 13. Next are Melbourne (Feb 14), Sydney…

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Show threadEmelia 👸🏻Feb 12, 2023
@tchambers @pluralistic I really love this section from that article:
Show threadStarkRGFeb 12, 2023
@thisismissem @tchambers @pluralistic Weird, I haven't encountered any of those.
Show threadGlobaltomFeb 12, 2023

@StarkRG @thisismissem @tchambers @pluralistic you get what you follow. So if this person's feed is full of porn and Nazis...

(Edit: I've misunderstood the point being made! I'm leaving this post up because there's some great replies)

Show threadStarkRGFeb 12, 2023
@Globaltom @thisismissem @tchambers @pluralistic I don't think Corey Doctorow is following a lot of porn and nazi accounts, but he will have done his research and sought out the parts of the fediverse most of us don't want anything to do with. And, perhaps, at one time, that actually was the case. I was merely remarking that, as it now stands, that is definitely no longer the case.
Show threadEmelia 👸🏻Feb 12, 2023
@StarkRG @Globaltom @tchambers @pluralistic sometimes you might see it on the federated timeline, but I've long argued that the federated timeline is actually kinda toxic: it's a firehose of everything, of course there might be stuff in there you don't wish to see
Show threadLisPiFeb 12, 2023

@thisismissem @StarkRG @Globaltom @tchambers @pluralistic I think it's more that it's a weirdly common complaint from tourists.

Definitely a lot of it would come from the federated timeline... but you can just /not/ look at it (by unpinning it from the UI) or by muting or blocking users or instances.

Or just filtering by hashtags, instance & so on.

I'm not sure how it was on #Twitter but a lot of those users seem unused to the notion of actually having control given back to them.

Show threadStarkRGFeb 12, 2023
@lispi314 @thisismissem @Globaltom @tchambers @pluralistic On the rare occasion I've ventured into the Federated timeline, I still haven't seen that stuff. Perhaps you need to actually hang out there for a while and look at more than nine or ten posts at a time. I don't even check the Local timeline much.
Show threadJoris MeysFeb 12, 2023
@StarkRG @lispi314 @thisismissem @Globaltom @tchambers @pluralistic depends on the hashtags you follow as well. I'm working with the typesetting system LaTeX, for which the hashtag turns out to be #TexLatex. My initial guess gave me some errr... "rather interesting" results.
Show threadLadyTFeb 12, 2023
@JorisMeys @StarkRG @lispi314 @thisismissem @Globaltom @tchambers @pluralistic the issue here is to get people to regularly use #s the only people who seem to use them are cat pic'ers and those who get turned on by thick tree trunks
Show threadStarkRG
@LadyT @JorisMeys @lispi314 @thisismissem @Globaltom @tchambers @pluralistic I often forget and it's an additional multi-step process for posting a toot. Instead of just posting what you're posting, you have to figure out what kind of topic applies, find out what hashtag is appropriate for that topic, and then enter it into the toot. I can't see any way to streamline that process, but it's definitely a massive hurdle for me to remember to do it.
Feb 12, 2023 at 3:27pmWeb
Show threadLisPiFeb 12, 2023
@StarkRG @LadyT @JorisMeys @thisismissem @Globaltom @tchambers @pluralistic I tend to (ab)use the edit feature to add them post-facto.