Mastodon is so complicated. Those 2 million active users must be the smartest people in the world.
@stefan oh if only
@mike how many rocket engines have you built? At least 3 to manage a post on this delicate and complex system of toots.
@stefan I burned my eyebrows off with some home-made fireworks once, does that count?
@mike on you are clearly touched by the divine and post with the authority of a higher power. How else could you understand this interface?
@stefan my mum always said I was special

@mike @stefan
No, I'm sorry solid rocket motors don't count. Anyone can mix ammonium perchlorate composite propellant, put it in a nozzled tube, and launch it. Rocket engines on the other hand use liquid fuels that require cryogenic temperatures or high pressures to contain.

Try propane and nitrous oxide - then please retoot back with your results. (Wear safety goggles)

@MisterMadge @mike @stefan I mixed bleach and ammonia once, in an attempt to get the house REALLY clean. Is this similar, and does it count?
@TamNZ @MisterMadge @stefan well you''ve manage to post here, so I think it's clear you're one of us.
@mike @TamNZ @MisterMadge one of my all time fav cartoons right there.
@stefan @andypiper I just do what the smart people do.
@stefan Can confirm, since Iโ€™m using it, this is not the case ๐Ÿคฃ
@stefan my mom keeps telling me Iโ€™m special ๐Ÿค“
@stefan I really thought as easy as Twitter. But Iโ€™m new here, so I donโ€™t have a deep opinion.
@roge clearly you are a genius.
@stefan We are the geniuses of the internets.
@stefan Not really. Once you get the decentralized concept, itโ€™s super easy!
Elk

A nimble Mastodon web client

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@stefan thank you ๐Ÿ˜‚
@stefan Honestly I've been using it for almost a year and I'm still figuring it out. But I certainly think its better than what X has become.
@stefan
It's a testament to the power of individuals when we're not smothered by a barrage of ads.
Mastodon gives us time and space to think, rather than just react and emote.
@wjmalik @stefan i just wish there were up and downvote options
@Juliafin @wjmalik down vote on your lack of a profile image.
@stefan @wjmalik I'll get around to it at some point
@stefan If you wanna get a job, just say "I'm smart, I use Mastodon."
@stefan Thank you, but I donโ€™t find myself exceptionally smart. #Mastodon does work for me. And for you too, because your toot is pretty popular.
@stefan
I didn't find picking a Mastodon instance that complicated. I just looked through the list and picked the anarcho-cannibal-dadaist collective that seemed the least interested in forcing me personally to adopt anarchism, cannibalism, or dadaism.

@stefan Folks show up expecting this to be as content-rich as peak Twitter, with everyone they could ever want to follow already here as active users, ready to be added in bulk with a few clicks. I mean, yeah, it seems frustrating in that context.

But Twitter when it was new didn't have the ease and reach of peak Twitter, either. So.

@dirtyoldtown totally. I was there. early twitter was kind of bad!
@stefan Thanks for cheering up our mornings! ๐Ÿ‘
@__icoder__ too smart to upload a profile image? :P
@stefan Not too smart, but, too handsome :P
@stefan Mastodon is very difficult. Pouet and RePouet ...
@stefan Well, you're not wrong.

@stefan

Now, let me tell you my 29 step process for viewing more than 100 posts on x.com....

@stefan
Indeed.
Either that, or we're all just stumbling blindly everywhere, banging our shins on interesting posts every now and then. ๐Ÿ˜…
@stefan I feel seen.
Still, I think UX and accessibility of mastodon should improve
@stefan Well, I don't like to brag, but...
@stefan ...but I was often shunned on the playground.
@Lichtenbergian time to plan your revenge from a volcano lair.