When joined, I was worried about what's appropriate to share here. But, I've come to the conclusion that it should be whatever I genuinely feel like sharing, as long as it's not unkind, hateful, inconsiderate, or polarizing.

I may make mistakes along the way, but I like to think we'll treat each other with grace for taking the risk of being vulnerable.

@BobWilliams That's the conclusion I came to as well, with the additional point that you can also share NSFW content, or potentially triggering/upsetting content, as long as you use the CW feature to offer people the opportunity to consent to viewing your post.

Other than that.. as long as you're contributing something and not hating or bashing individuals or groups of people, it seems like almost anything is fair game.

@BobWilliams That is the best way of viewing things Bob and waves hi

@BobWilliams yes, absolutely! That's the difference between Mastodon and Twitter (that's how social media used to be).

On Twitter I barely had any engagement anymore. There's too much tribalism and the algorithm wants people to stay focused on highly specific topics that your followers will engage with.

If you dare talk about a variety of interests that don't engage a part of your followers, the algorithm won't even show your content to anyone. What an absurd "social" network model.

@BobWilliams Agreed, Bob! I've really been enjoying it here.
@BobWilliams Yes, yes. That's the approach I'm taking. And I hope if I get out of line, someone will kindly put their arm around my shoulder and say, "Is that kind?"

@BobWilliams

Also keep in mind that the filtering functionality here is really good. It can effectively be set up to CW posts that aren’t CWd by the author.

@BobWilliams that’s great 👌

Love your bio by the way, feels like it resonates with Markley Bros 😄💛

@BobWilliams I enjoy your personal posts! I'm glad you'll continue taking that risk...🙏
@BobWilliams The fediverse, generally speaking, is a safe space. Hatred of any sort quickly gets neutralized. This form of social media is absolutely my favorite.

@BobWilliams

Nods and waves to another kindred spirit.

My timeline, and posts are an odd mishmash of personal musings, cat pics, a bit of outrage news or current events, moss and bird pictures, bad puns, tech stuff like infosec, and Dad jokes.

I really prefer the stew pot mix of topics.