"I'm only on Mastodon now" is the "I have gone vegan" of social media

Maybe Mastodon should have its own Veganuary-style "try it!" month.

Mastoctober?

@tomw that makes me a social media “flexitarian”, I suppose
@tomw It really isn’t. Vegans always proselytise. Most Fedi users offer it only when asked.

@whvholst I think you're assuming that I have a negative view of veganism, which I don't.

Anyway, calling it "fedi" is like being vegan and wearing a T-shirt that says "I am vegan"

@whvholst @tomw

I'm vegan. I don't proselytize. I've been married to an omnivore for 34 years. Stereotypes are not useful.

@whvholst @tomw that seems like sampling bias - how would you know if someone was vegan if they didn’t proselytize?
@tomw And what’s the equivalent of being vegetarian, using Mastodon but still linking to YouTube?
🤔 👋
@meganmariehart I think that's more like vegan with the occasional use of egg

@tomw

But #Mastodon is just a 'branch' of the... No.. wait... Bear with me on this ecosystem, journey...

I.T.'s illustrated as "The Tree 🌲 of the #fediverse"....

I.T.'s an ecosystem *gestures at the tree 🌲 like illustrated '#fediverse' below*

...Where you drink at the #ActivityPub, 'posts' or 🍻's, or Whine 🍷, sometimes bubbly, sometimes just non-alcoholic stuff, but DRINKING 'posts', is what you are consuming🥂, iF you will. (cont.)🤦‍♂️

@tomw No, it's really not! It's the "I'm actually socially conscious."
@tomw Ha ha that's funny because I'm only on mastadon and I'm vegan.
@tomw Whereas lI suspect more are like me i the "I'm weaning myself slowly off Twitter (or whatever that X means now) stage.
@tomw Sharing which instance you've chosen is the new "Here's my sourdough starter".
@tomw when you choices are rancid bird or zuckburgers?
@tomw I'm more like "I'm only on Mastodon now (but I still keep and use Instagram once in a while)" and sounds kinda like "I have gone vegan but every other week I stuff my face with Wendy's (please tell no one)"
@tomw Hah, I feel this. Right now I'm 95% Mastodon and dip a toe in Reddit now and again. Just as I'm currently barely eating meat and cutting down on dairy. Eggs though will be my Reddit.
@tomw Oh, I forgot about Discord. But I really don't think of that as social media. I only actively use the server me and my local Pokemon Go friends have.
@beecycling Yeah, I don't think Discord really counts personally - closer to a 'group chat'
@tomw I guess I'm vegetarian since I still use Discord and YouTube
@tomw You say it like it's a bad thing...
@tomw guess that means I need to swap my cheesy jokes for corny ones

@tomw

I think it's closer to
"I've been clean for six months"

@tomw both extremely good and admirable statements!

@tomw how dare you! 😡

Not that you're wrong.

@tomw had to share this on Twitter

@tomw

I actually feel unsafe on other platforms, constant transphobia on most mainstream platforms

so congratulations if you feel safe to use others but for a large portion of people here, we are here because it's the only safe place.

@tomw And if you're vegan on Mastodon ... which one are you going to tell people first? 👀
@tomw I had the same feeling when I stopped to use dual boot os in favor of a full-linux pc. 😁
@tomw @josh although i won’t tell i do it even if you ask
@tomw A healthy and environmentally-conscious choice? Sure, that tracks