I sense another influx of new users coming to the #fediverse soon. So I really think we should do our part to manage expectations.
If you are coming to #Mastodon for the #Twitter experience, I really have to caution you - a lot of us #mastoadmin don't know how to replicate the level of brokenness you're accustomed to.
If you want, every once in a while we can just turn the server off or something. If more people sign up for the Patreon I might be able to hire a part time troll for shift work.
But I guess what I'm saying is just realize we all have limited resources. Many of us have other jobs and families, and we're doing the best with the time we can set aside for maintenance.
That just might mean we don't randomly shut off the API and make all the apps stop working. If that is a dealbreaker for you, I mean, I'm sorry. Maybe this isn't going to work out.
@mikewas Agh. I mean I ... I'll workshop something. Off the top of my head anything that I'd directly charge for would actually be a value add over the standard product, but I know that isn't what you're looking for here.
Maybe I can do something like if you don't pay $8 your password has to be "password123" or something?
I'll give it some more thought.
For $8 a month I am available to explain why a user's otherwise noncontroversial post is the most insulting thing that's ever been written.
It is the best I can do to bring the authentic birdsite experience to Mastodon. <3
I can volunteer to take a random well intentioned toot the wrong way with a ridiculous interpretation that only works if you squint real hard, every sunday from eight to noon, pacific time.
You should totally hire a part time troll 🤣
@allafarce @briankrebs I mean I think you could do worse than a gibbon or something in the server room(s)? Like a well trained gibbon, but a completely unsupervised well trained gibbon.
For long stretches things would be fine, but then gibbons gonna gibbon.
@andrew ooo I could make a Twitter Experience router to sell them.
(In reality it's just an actual router paired with a light timer which powers off every 5 mins)
@andrew
I'm available at piece-work rates. Sample pricing:
Standard bad short 230 takes: 25 cents per
Wholly irrelevant but passionate RICO takes: 75 cents per
Convoluted wildly wrong Maritime Law takes: $1 per
lmk
Remember years ago when Australia expected 10% fail rate in everything made there. The Chinese sent the product requested in the quantities asked for them on top they sent 10% of the number which had failed testing. So order a hundred widgets which you'd get plus 10 which definitely didn't.
It's different now, since most things they make are shit, but back then they were developing as an industrialised nation.
Only if it's a nice troll that posts bunnies and knock knock jokes.
#Twitter #Migration #Mastodon #etiquettePeople wanting the Twitter experience on Mastodon puzzle me. It's like when Dirty Dan's Barbecue Pit and Discount Bait Shop closes down because the food safety inspectors find too much rat feces, and six months later people are saying "Yeah, Clean Clyde's Wholesome Restaurant is nice, but boy, sometimes I miss those rat feces."
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