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I’m sorry. Mastodon has spoiled me. I cannot seem to take BlueSky or Xitter or Threads or any of that shit at all seriously. They have nothing but a Big Name attached.

Inferior technology, name recognition, and a toonie will get you a large double double at Tim Hortons, but it don’t pay the freight anymore in social networking.

Aug 29, 2023 at 9:39pmWeb
Show threadsiderealAug 29, 2023

@mos_8502 This is 100% how I feel too.

I was only ever using corporate-owned social media until something better came along. Now, it finally has.

Show threadStan Wonn 🏳️‍🌈 🌹Aug 29, 2023
@mos_8502 Pretty much matches my feelings at this point. Mastodon is where most of my social media time is spent now.
Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Aug 29, 2023

@mos_8502 Everyday is a learning day on Mastodon. 😀 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toonie

(we have a similar coin in the UK but rather unimaginatively we just call it a 'two pound' coin.)

Toonie - Wikipedia

Show threadTheBigFatPlanAug 30, 2023
@Lazarou We call it a "toonie" because of the "loonie" but when it came out, I voted to call it a "doubloonie", which I feel is better.
Show threadanotherandrewAug 30, 2023
@Dorkseid I’m still upset that the animal on the back isn’t two male deer.
Show threadChuck Taggart, Private EyeAug 30, 2023

@mos_8502 I admire this toot not only for its content and the sentiments expressed, but for its deep Canadianness.

I’m gonna go open a bag of all dressed potato chips now.

Show threadMike FraserAug 30, 2023
@mos_8502 Well said.
Show threadDaniel BerezhnoyAug 30, 2023
@mos_8502 Xitter 😂
Show threadWohlstandszynismusAug 30, 2023
@DanielBerezhnoy @mos_8502 Pronounced „Shitter”.
Show threadRyan LounsburyAug 30, 2023

@mos_8502 I have no interest in Threads. I walked away from the bird awhile ago. Blueskies the app is awful and it feels like it has some of the worse parts of the bird site.

Mastodon isn’t perfect but it is the best place for me.

Show threadJohn LorimerAug 30, 2023
@mos_8502 I nuked all my fragmented accounts yesterday. Time to live free of that garbage.
Show threadDavid H. McCoyAug 30, 2023

@mos_8502

The lack of block alone is enough to keep me away.

Show threadTheBigFatPlanAug 30, 2023
@mos_8502 I was kind of thinking about Blue Sky. I asked all my friends if anybody was on it, and they all said no.
Show threadKanaMaunaAug 30, 2023
@mos_8502 Exactly. Nice to be free of corporations, advertisement, and algorithms. If something shows up in my timeline, I put it there either directly or indirectly.
Show threadJeff McNeillAug 30, 2023
@mos_8502 Xitter, pronounced "Shit-er" the enshitified Twitter
Show threadEnhe 🌟 StarboyAug 30, 2023
@mos_8502 been feeling the same way lately, reason why im trying to waste more time here lol
Show threadJasperAug 30, 2023
@mos_8502 came to Nostr first, then here. Would say both politically and technologically complement each other.
Show thread__JPAug 31, 2023
@jraedisch @mos_8502 I really like NOSTR as a protocol, but apart from having attracted a lot of insufferable crypto bros, they don’t seem to be making community moderation a priority—or at least pushing NOSTR’s moderation capabilities to the forefront. I’ve seen (through Damus) enough horribly racist and antisemitic content on there for my views to have soured on the platform overall. I’ve yet to see anything remotely as egregious on Mastodon or Bluesky.
Show threadJasperAug 31, 2023
@likenedthus @mos_8502 That is kind of what I meant by “politically and technologically complement”. Global feeds on Nostr can be messy. If the market demands it, moderated relays might develop. With ~10k daily active users, that might still take a while though.
Show threadCurtis CarterAug 31, 2023
@mos_8502 I'd like some algorithms (as an optional secondary feed) but birdsite feels almost unusable now.
Show threadPyperkubAug 31, 2023
@mos_8502 also knowing that #enshittification is coming eventually... .
Show threadBarbaraPittman ☕️💬Sep 2, 2023
@mos_8502
Bluesky has not seemed friendly. I peek in every day but just don’t feel comfortable there. Mastodon seems to have more opportunities to find your niche.
Show threadLeft Field FarmSep 2, 2023
@mos_8502 Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and their wannabe lookalikes can choke on a bone.
Show threadCautionWIP (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦🕎Sep 3, 2023

@mos_8502 I’m not sure I can fully support this post, sorry.

Why would I buy a Tim Hortons coffee? Is there someone holding one of my loved ones hostage?

Show threadRemco.pySep 10, 2023
@mos_8502
You might want to give nostr a spin, from what I can see it's redicioulus how it can surpass all other social protocols, including activitypub.
The protocol is just awesome. What culture it'll cultivate is to be seen.Though with a more sensorship free protocol things will be organized completely differently. But, they do have spam protection (in the sense of work done). Accounts aren't server based, so less dependent on admins and their quirks.
Show threadfandy dandySep 15, 2023
@mos_8502 @Gargron Despite threatening to delete my twitter account I can’t get any of my friends on here