Erin KissaneApr 6, 2023
It’s great to see mastodon showing up meaningfully for things like the Texas Observer, but it seems—from my subjective POV—super uneven. Making a really strong case for the best parts of, for example, bookworld/literary twitter to put down stronger roots here is going to take active support and community-building, especially when most journalists are still not active here (and are frequently reviled for being journalists at all).
Show threadErin KissaneApr 6, 2023

Right now, a lot of fedi advocates are asking authors and artists to leave the social media sites that have allowed them to get by, but without doing much/anything to support those newcomers once they arrive here—even leaving aside the old-guard pushback against “self promotion.”

And idk, “staying on twitter for your work makes you the object of my disgust,” is maybe not the persuasive tool a lot of people here seem to believe it is. 🤷🏻

Show threadErin KissaneApr 6, 2023
Please definitely post here with your favorite counterexamples and thriving zones, I want to be wrong in my cranky feelings!
Show threadAdara AstinApr 6, 2023
@kissane I want to shout out @Hypnobeard who is a one-man boosting machine for NSFW artists on Mastodon. He is a sweetheart and his incredibly generous support is going a long way to building a thriving NSFW creative community here.
Show threadAdara AstinApr 6, 2023

@kissane Other positive NSFW Mastodon highlights:

Smutlandia.com is a welcoming, supportive instance for literary erotica writers, artists and fans.

#Smutiverse and @smutstodon are at the heart of a growing & mutually supportive erotica & art community.

There's a tiny but growing (ha!) macrophilia community here coalescing around @sizestodon.

Show threadCecilia TanApr 7, 2023
@AdaraAstin @kissane @smutstodon Hm, when I try to follow Smutstodon by putting their URL into the search bar on my instance (wandering.shop), I get a "nothing found" error.
Show threadAdara Astin

@ceciliatan @kissane @smutstodon It works for me and I'm subscribed. Hmm.

It's @ smutstodon @ a.gup.pe, but without the spaces.

Is there a chance your instance blocks gup.pe groups? / Do other gup,pe groups work for you?

I don't know my way around Mastodon well enough to guess or troubleshoot beyond that, but perhaps others in the thread might.

Apr 7, 2023 at 1:58amWeb
Show threadCecilia TanApr 7, 2023
@AdaraAstin @kissane @smutstodon Yeah, I don't know. it's the first time I've had that happen when I searched for something from one mastodon server to another.
Show threadAdara AstinApr 7, 2023
@ceciliatan Does this link work any better for you? https://a.gup.pe/u/smutstodon
Guppe Groups

Show threadCecilia TanApr 7, 2023
@AdaraAstin Ooh! That worked! Thank you!!
Show threadAdara AstinApr 7, 2023
@ceciliatan Hurray! I'm thrilled it worked. You're welcome. xo