FunSophJul 3, 2023
Chris Coleman

Daily Mastodon trending topic report:

1. You’re using it wrong in many ways that personally offend me

2. This place was better without any people

3. Open-source software

4. You’re being polite but not in the way I prefer

5. The Fediverse (“fedora universe”)

6. Should we de-federate Toyota if they start a server?

7. Top 20 Fediverse alternatives to Wikipedia

8. Historical evidence that Hitler invented quote tweets

9. Cats

10. It’s weird how people create accounts but don’t stick around

Jul 2, 2023 at 5:33amIceCubesApp
Show threadOpaliumJul 3, 2023
@Chris Please elaborate on the topic of fedora universe. I am intrigued.
Show threadLoukas (They/Them) 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 3, 2023
@opalium @Chris M'astodon.
Show threadRicki Yasha TarrJul 3, 2023
@Chris I mean there are also cats
Show threadradioactivestardustJul 3, 2023
@Chris this pretty funny and accurate 😂
Show threaddingodogJul 3, 2023
@Chris So, like Usenet used to be every September
Show threadDoireJul 3, 2023

@dingodog19

I miss USENET

Show threadCalamity CaitlinJul 3, 2023
@Chris Ha!
Show threadTim GatewoodJul 3, 2023
@Chris #Cats should be much higher on this list. JS 😁
Show threadWeetHetJul 3, 2023
@timgatewood @Chris totally
Show threadAsh_CrowJul 3, 2023
@timgatewood @Chris #redPandas should be up there too
Show thread🥥 Tucker Carlson's Nuts 🥥Jul 9, 2023
@Ash_Crow @timgatewood @Chris
🥥 #RedPanda libels! 🥥
Show threadChris DrumgooleJul 3, 2023
@Chris 😂 lol
Show threadleeharveyoswaldJul 3, 2023
@Chris Oh
Show threadKorruptJul 3, 2023
@Chris 9 is actually OK.
Show threadDon-kunJul 3, 2023
@Chris How does a #Fediverse alternative to #Wikipedia work?
Show threadChris ColemanJul 3, 2023
@Don_kun That’s the kind of question that’ll get you defederated.
Show threadTslilJul 3, 2023
@Chris where is it? where can I see drama? I'm so bored
Show threadProfessor Emeritus Blake Y RatJul 3, 2023

@tslil @Chris Try posting "I think Facebook should federate with Mastodon so I can talk to my parents". Guaranteed instant drama.

You can double it as a drinking game, every time you see the phrase "surveillance capitalism!" take a drink.

Show threadTslilJul 3, 2023
@blakeyrat @Chris thank you I will look it up
Show threadAndrew FeeneyJul 3, 2023
@Chris Please appropriately CW this sick burn as gore.
Show threadZZ BottomJul 3, 2023
@Chris 😂
Show threadrobJul 3, 2023

@Chris "2. This place was better without any people". That's me. My timeline was wonderful BTI when it consisted of academics and gender fluid gamers. Now it's got .... people in it.

(BTI = Before Twitter Imploded)

Show threadCharlie StrossJul 3, 2023

@Chris Arguably misses out:

11. Should we defederate and block any instance trafficking with the enemy^WFacebook?

12. Hah hah, Elon Musk is not the sharpest hammer in the toolbox

Show threadFadeJul 3, 2023

@cstross @Chris 13. It's so much nicer here. People are lovely.

14. Anyone who didn't leave Twitter last year is fascist scum and should be fed through a woodchipper.

15. More cats.

Show threadJdeBPJul 5, 2023

@cstross @Chris

Those are # 3 and # 1 in my experience, and none of the rest at all.

Added to which # 2 would be "What do we think about BlueSky and Threads? Anyone got an invite? Threads is a bad choice of name if you are British and old enough."

Yes, none of the rest. Including cats. More plants and birds than cats at the moment. I know that this is heretical, but it's true nonetheless.

Show threadJdeBPJul 5, 2023

@cstross @Chris

And as I write that, a discussion of Threads and that drama series is at the # 3 position on Mastodon.Scot's trending posts list.

No cats. But there's a dog at trending # 9.

Show threadLalo MartinsJul 3, 2023
@Chris probably not enough cats
Show threadMark ArmstrongJul 3, 2023
@Chris I subscribed to that mastodon bot that tells you if you haven’t put alt text description on an image, which is a neat feature. It’s fecking annoying when it tells you that someone you boosted hasn’t used alt text and that you should inform them. I’m not going to go around policing other peoples content!
Show threadJaime HerazoJul 3, 2023

@fabricatus @Chris

I have decided the last couple of days out of consideration to others to only boost stuff that does have the alt text thingie on images, like anything that must be liked will be liked, but stuff with images and no alt text won't be boosted. Feels like it's the best medium. Still that's a lot of stuff i won't be boosting that deserves it.

Show threadMark ArmstrongJul 3, 2023
@Chris @jherazob absolutely fine to make that decision. I just don’t like that the bot is designed to make me police other peoples posts. I still allow it to follow me in case I post an image without Alt Text as I want to make sure I do the right thing though!
Show threadJaime HerazoJul 3, 2023

@Chris

What the hell did you expect when they made this place from *PEOPLE*? This place might be a helluva lot better than pretty much all the alternatives but it's still full of *people*, and people *always* gonna people 😂

Show threadMarc EtienneJul 3, 2023

@Chris you forgot the rule about recommending following @lisamelton for a firehose in your feed.

(Which I actually enjoyed, but had to use Ivory to put the toots in a list 'cause my feed was flooded. That person is a manic—in a good way!)

Show threadLisa MeltonJul 3, 2023

@fnordius @Chris LOL! Thank you and, yes, I am a maniac. 😂😊🥰💖

Also, that's an excellent strategy for dealing with my firehose of toots. 👍

Show threadNate V.Jul 3, 2023

@Chris Well, chances are it would be good to de-federate ANY major corp.

As a former long-term employee of said major corp, I can definitively say that the only reason they do anything is for profit and their presence is invariably bad. I think that goes for most corps though.

Show threadm_chJul 3, 2023
@maxlords @Chris This is kind of why I can't stick around in Mastodon, I get the feeling people with a lot of leverage are philosophically opposed to brands on social media (which is fine) and wish to impose that on others (which is the problem). I voluntarily sign up to get updates from corps I'm interested in on Twitter/Insta. If you can't buy a promoted message that forces it's way into someone's timeline, what's the problem?
Show threadMostlyTatoJul 3, 2023
@Chris
I'd put cats at number one though 😾
Show threadGrant GouldJul 3, 2023
@Chris Have you considered adding alt text to that list for people who can't read lists, you monster?
Show threadMike Jul 3, 2023
@Chris I'm here for the cats
Show threadAlexander Goeres 𒀯Jul 3, 2023
there are "trending topics" on mastodon? how are they measured?
Show threadPaul Turnbull 🇨🇦Jul 3, 2023
@Chris @cstross So many similarities to Usenet in the 90s. :D
Show threadMichael SokolovJul 3, 2023
@Chris well the cats part is true
Show threadAlexander Goeres 𒀯Jul 3, 2023
on hubzilla there is no such thing
Show threadFabio RomeoJul 3, 2023
@Chris @BlippyTheWonderSlug #10, I wonder why. It’s truly a mystery.
Show threadBlippy the Wonder Slug (MOVED)Jul 3, 2023

@fabioromeu @Chris
It's an easy scenario:
New user fresh from Twitter, 0 followed/followers, creates account, opens app: Hello, world!
*silence*
*waits a few minutes*
*silence*
Hello?
*silence*
*waits a few minutes more*
*silence*
Screw this.
*closes app and forgets about it*

Unfortunately all too common.

Show threadSimon Zerafa (Status:   😊)Jul 3, 2023

@Chris

Well cats are quite nice 🙂🤷‍♂️

Show threadNeglected BooksJul 3, 2023
@Chris More Fedoraverse, please.
Show thread🥥 Tucker Carlson's Nuts 🥥Jul 9, 2023
@neglectedbooks @Chris
🥥 It's properly spelled "moar," Mr. or Ms. Books.
And why don't you have a #cat with a hat on your poster? 🥥
Show threadWhiskey BottleJul 3, 2023
@Chris Mildly offended that cats were ranked so low (in a polite way, of course).
Show threadEddie LucittJul 3, 2023
@Chris #4 is a personal favorite of mine, for sure.
Show threadProfessor Emeritus Blake Y RatJul 3, 2023

@Chris One you missed is:

11. If your city adds a bike lane it'll become an instant utopia with children laughing and birds singing, also if you drive a car you're Stalin

Show threadailepetJul 3, 2023
@blakeyrat @Chris I've seen that post before, but "Stalin" was written in the author's name rather than inside the post
Show thread🥥 Tucker Carlson's Nuts 🥥Jul 9, 2023
@blakeyrat @Chris
🥥 You spelled Satan wrong, Blakeyrat. Just saying. 🥥
Show threadTodd HorowitzJul 3, 2023
@Chris 8. Historical evidence that Hitler invented quote tweets
9. Evidence that the absence of quote tweets is a deliberate plot to suppress [insert lefty cause here] activism.
Show threadpmjvJul 3, 2023

@Chris

11. Lists

Show threadSimonJul 3, 2023
@Chris this is SPOT ON 
Show threadBlack Chic with the Red TruckJul 3, 2023
@Chris
The cats is how I knew I’d come to the right place! 
Show threadStevenTechDudeJul 3, 2023
@Chris Thank you for explaining what the Fediverse is. I had heard reference to it, but never put it together. 🙏
Show threadFritz AdalisJul 3, 2023
@Chris
@jwz
Y'all forgot search drama.
Show threadGlyphJul 3, 2023
@Chris @offby1 I honestly want to know what weird quirk of my usage here is making it so my encounters with the posting HOA are so infrequent and mild. 2nd order contact (such as this post) is constant but aggressive CW shaming and overheated meta-fediverse discourse *itself* is fairly rare
Show threadHarold CombsJul 4, 2023

@Chris @alexwild

So, early Twitter without the VCs