MastodonMay 1, 2023
You asked for it, and it’s coming. Quote posts, search, and groups are on their way. In the meantime, check out the new onboarding experience launching today. https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/05/a-new-onboarding-experience-on-mastodon/
A new onboarding experience on Mastodon

Today we’re making signing up on Mastodon easier than ever before. We understand that deciding which Mastodon service provider to kick off your experience with can be confusing. We know this is a completely new concept for many people, since traditionally the platform and the service provider are one and the same. This choice is what makes Mastodon different from existing social networks, but it also presents a unique onboarding challenge. To make this step easier, we now have a default sign-up option that works with a server we operate. If you wish to leave or join a different server, you can do so at any time.

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Show threadThe Cuddlepunk CubMay 1, 2023
@Mastodon please no quote posts. One of mastodons greats strengths is that it encourages interaction over attention seeking.
Quote posts are a massive step backwards.
Show threadMolly in MissouriMay 1, 2023
@solarbear @Mastodon i think it's too late. Hopefully a way to mute them, and opt out. I fled Twitter for the last time in 2016 after qt/dogpile accounts made it too damaging to my mental health. Fingers crossed, but worst case i find a server that prohibits them and blocks instances that allow them and we get right back to communicating.
Show threadthe roamerMay 1, 2023

@whatzaname @solarbear @Mastodon

Perhaps that is tge future. Separation into two sub-networks: a viral Mastodon copying twitter features, and a proper Mastodon maintaining all those elements that support considered dialogue rather than broadcasting.

Show threadGareth KitchenMay 1, 2023
@the_roamer
I've been pondering this re the black Mastodon concerns, which are certainly valid. My thinking was drawing me in the direction of a split because, ultimately, Mastodon has been designed to protect minorities. Whilst not mutually exclusive I think the compromises will lead to a much less recognisable and much more messy, centralised, environment.

Maybe there is too much focus on Mastodon rather than many of the other systems out there that may already do things better. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@whatzaname @solarbear @Mastodon
Show threadMolly in MissouriMay 1, 2023
@gruff @solarbear @Mastodon @the_roamer i think things are sorting out ok. I haven't seen indication of anything better elsewhere, and my server/instance is a healthy inclusive environment. I think it will be possibke to continue to participate here without opting in to QT and if One Server to Host Them All becomes an issue , together the communities will work out a way to keep communicating without being drowned out by promoted posts and ad-bots.
Show threadGareth KitchenMay 1, 2023
@whatzaname
Sadly, the status quo does not address the black mastodon issue. These other new features don't either and could potentially exacerbate it. I think this is the most overlooked requirement and addressing is mandatory and it's an intractable problem.
@solarbear @Mastodon @the_roamer
Show threadMolly in MissouriMay 1, 2023
@gruff @solarbear @Mastodon @the_roamer We will just need to keep working at it then. By we i mean the people, mostly volunteers, maintaining various servers; my part online is to support only servers that meet my standards of anti bigotry anti racism antinazi anti LGBTQIA+ and actively work to ban servers that permit the above. Personally I am also anti capitalist but don't block therm.
Show threadGareth Kitchen
@whatzaname
Yes for sure. I think ultimately things will remain much as they are. Conflict will flare up and die down. A continuous churn of users. An imperfect and probably inequitable equilibrium. The more I think about it, the more I think this is about best that we will ever get.
@solarbear @Mastodon @the_roamer
May 1, 2023 at 6:55pmWeb
Show threadMolly in MissouriMay 1, 2023
@gruff @solarbear @Mastodon @the_roamer i am cautiously more optimistic. Without the profit incentive and with many servers willing to enforce rules our own SCOTUS (USA ) won't, i think it's possible to improve upon what is here, making it more inclusive and diverse, while remaining unprofitable which will ultimately weed out the worst of the bad actors. Racism dies out when it lacks #capitalist backing.
Show threadGareth KitchenMay 1, 2023
@whatzaname
I'm glad you're an optimist, I need balance at times. :)

@solarbear @Mastodon @the_roamer
Show threadthe roamerMay 1, 2023

@gruff @solarbear @whatzaname @Mastodon

Wish I could be as cool about these developments as you guys are. If I'm honest, I see only decay.

It's the language of the announcement that really hits me.

"You asked for it ..." I beg your pardon? Some people asked for it, others asked for it to be stopped, until very recently the very person making the announcement was against it himself. And now we pretend it's just a missing feature that is being added. The dishonesty doesn't encourage trust.

Show threadMolly in MissouriMay 1, 2023
@the_roamer @gruff @solarbear @Mastodon clunky messaging isn't always dishonesty. I will wait and see. Meanwhile, have you ever heard of a community timebank? I think i want to start one. While i am waiting and seeing about A LOT of things. 🤞