Mastodawn

Buffy the Psych Prof Jul 7, 2023

Mastodon can be so weird. My feeds are filled with lots of posts complaining about how and why people are doing mastodon wrong, how they should post, why they should change their server, shaming people for forgetting to add text to an image, calling people who haven’t deleted their twitter accounts Nazis, now followed by posts ripping on people trying Threads….all followed by posts wondering why people don’t seem to enjoy Mastodon as much as they think they should. I just can’t imagine why 🙄

Steve Haroz (@sharoz on 🐤)

Mastodon is the preachy vegan of social media networks.

Buffy the Psych Prof Jul 7, 2023

@sharoz It feels that way a lot, and I say that as someone who has dabbled in being a preachy vegan. 😂 It’s just interesting to me, the juxtaposition I’ve noticed.

B. A. Balackus Jul 7, 2023

@sharoz @DrPsyBuffy
its the portland, OR of social media

Gregory Hays Jul 7, 2023

@sharoz @DrPsyBuffy Somebody made this comparison in detail a while back, but of course now I can't find it because Mastodon.

Steve Haroz (@sharoz on 🐤)Jul 7, 2023

@aristofontes @DrPsyBuffy

Well actually, you're not supposed to want to search for old posts. That's just the corporate industrial mindset that's lulled you into being obsessed with engagement of old posts instead of fresh posts. Not using animal products... I mean, not being able to search is actually more enjoyable once you try it!

Gregory Hays Jul 8, 2023

@sharoz Ah, here it is.

https://erinkissane.com/blue-skies-over-mastodon

poetaster Jul 7, 2023

@sharoz preachy canibal here. You not hear, i eat you.

poetaster Jul 7, 2023

But we have a trauma group...

@sharoz @DrPsyBuffy no.

It's people like myself who don't want #NSAbook and other #GAFAMs in their life.

Reboot Robotnik Jul 7, 2023

@sharoz @DrPsyBuffy which oddly enough is better than any of the alternatives

jeSuisatire neindochohh ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ Jul 7, 2023

@sharoz @DrPsyBuffy

threads isn't even available in the EU. mastodon is a EU (german) offspring of the fediverse. It's mainly a linux community project.

it's in part about ethics, concepts ..
like democracy you know ..

(and yes, we don't want to become "like you", become colonized ..)

:)

Vincent 🦕Jul 9, 2023

@jesuisatire @sharoz @DrPsyBuffy I think we found one of the preachy vegans

jeSuisatire neindochohh ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ Jul 10, 2023

Not even vegan .. living from love and air for over a decade now ..
:)

(Interesting about @DrPsyBuffy toot in any case is the how. How to addres newbees, Explain particularities without being rude. It's interesting how "thin skinned" people are when it comes to written text and I wonder to what extent people are acustomed to rude bad intent communicaction from somewhere else)

@sharoz

jeSuisatire neindochohh ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ Jul 11, 2023

I guess this has something to do with your "different/weird" experience in the fediVerse @DrPsyBuffy ..

https://hackers.town/@socketwench/110657122387146723

socketwench (@[email protected])

While it's nearly a tired cliche at this point that fedi runs on trans people and furries, under it all is something unsaid. A lot of marginalized people keep this place going, not to make money, but to create a space for people like themselves. Social media hits different when those running the network are in the community, rather than extracting *from* that community for their own ends.

hackers.town

Vincent 🦕Jul 11, 2023

@jesuisatire @DrPsyBuffy @sharoz oh don’t get me wrong I thoroughly enjoy Mastodon after years of looking at social media and feeling nothing. But I don’t see how shaming other people or screaming how BETTER this place is compared to whatever else creates a good environment. That’s why I thought the vocal vegan comparison was on point.

jeSuisatire neindochohh ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ Jul 12, 2023

@vinzen
> oh don’t get me wrong I thoroughly enjoy Mastodon after years of looking at social media
👍

> how shaming other people or screaming

That's what I'm trying to figure out.
To what extent does this exist, is this a perception, does this refer to a few "bad actors"?
You need just one or a few profiles to create this perception in a stream of one hashtag or one big instance for example to create that perception.

@DrPsyBuffy @sharoz

ChrisAshtear Jul 7, 2023

@sharoz @DrPsyBuffy oh nooooooo

Scavello Jul 7, 2023

@sharoz @DrPsyBuffy you’re not wrong, but better than being the racist conservative gun toting uncle.

edgeoforever 🍎Jul 8, 2023

@sharoz @DrPsyBuffy my guy is a vegan and in 25 years we learned to coexist without any preaching. Maybe it was good conditioning for Mastodon. There were several big migrations (I was in the last November one). These situations lend themselves to some culture clashes. One may choose to take them in stride. It’s a good place to be!

Lyndee Jul 8, 2023

@sharoz @DrPsyBuffy

Ya, let's not be that.

Phlawless Jul 8, 2023

@sharoz @DrPsyBuffy

Darwin Woodka Jul 8, 2023

@sharoz @DrPsyBuffy

we're not vegan, we eat billionaires too

Alberto Ⓥ Jul 8, 2023

@sharoz @DrPsyBuffy oh, hello there 😉

James J Malcolm Jul 9, 2023

@sharoz @DrPsyBuffy

A Vegan Mormon CrossFitter joins a Mastodon instance…and promptly tells you you’re awful for not joining them.