aevaSep 8, 2023

ars technica: we don't know how they did it but google chrome now extracts a pint of blood every time you log on

chrome user, dizzy from blood loss: I swear to god I am like this close to switching to firefox

another chrome user, on the verge of fainting from severe blood loss: no need to resort to that, just switch to [insert today's trendy chrome fork here] and be smart like meeee

Show threadaevaSep 8, 2023
90% of you are in this picture and I don't like it
Show threadIvan Sagalaev 
@aeva funnily enough, I remember a poll on Mastodon (pre Musk migration) where Firefox turned out to be the majority browser, which surprised me a lot. May be it's time to run a new one.
Sep 8, 2023 at 4:45amWeb
Show threadaevaSep 8, 2023
@isagalaev normally I'd question the wisdom of putting too much trust in a social media poll but I haven't had a single enraged person in my mentions frothing about how firefox killed jfk or something so I think you might be on to something with this "[this corner of] mastodon is mostly cool people" theory of yours
Show threadIvan Sagalaev Sep 8, 2023
@aeva I wouldn't go as far as characterizing people based just on that, but it's an interesting data point nonetheless.
Show threadaevaSep 8, 2023
@isagalaev 80 boosts in 2 hours? I'd have like three people blocked by now minimum if this was Shitter
Show threadIvan Sagalaev Sep 8, 2023

@aeva welcome to the Fediverse :-)

P.S. anyway, I just ran such a poll

Show threadaevaSep 8, 2023
@isagalaev thanks! i've been here since 2012 ish
Show threadIvan Sagalaev Sep 8, 2023
@aeva oh, so before Mastodon? What software did you use?
Show threadaevaSep 8, 2023
@isagalaev identi.ca and pump.io
Show threadaevaSep 8, 2023
@isagalaev and media goblin
Show threadIvan Sagalaev Sep 8, 2023
@aeva haven't even heard of this one!
Show threadaevaSep 8, 2023
@isagalaev it's pretty cool
Show threadOblomovSep 8, 2023
@isagalaev @aeva hey, give us the link!
Show threadIvan Sagalaev Sep 8, 2023
@oblomov @aeva it's the last post on my profile. https://mastodon.social/@isagalaev/111027776713051174
Show threadArne BrasseurSep 8, 2023
@aeva @isagalaev I did a poll like that just yesterday! Small sample size but Firefox is a pretty clear winner. At least we can conclude I have cool followers https://toot.cat/@plexus/111022457368581326
Arne Brasseur (@[email protected])

Which browser(s) do you use? [ ] Edge [ ] Safari [ ] Chrome/Chromium [ ] Firefox [ ] Brave/Vivaldi/other

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Show threadKevin RussellSep 8, 2023

@aeva @isagalaev

Firefox killed jfk? Oh noes. With a candle? In the Dining room?

Show threadLea de Groot TZ+10Oct 19, 2023
@aeva @isagalaev yeah, given my poll here for the recent Australian referendum said it would pass with 90% and it failed with 40%… yeah non typical people here!
Show threadKristeil L.Sep 8, 2023
@aeva @isagalaev I think I remember that pole, and got kind of annpyed that FF and Chrome were the only options.
Ik why, its because everyone who used Brave/Edge/whatever would hit "Other" even though they're Chrome, but still.
Show threadIvan Sagalaev Sep 8, 2023
@kegthoth_rha @aeva in the one I'm running right now I have "Chrome (any flavor)". Not sure how much it's going to help, but I did my due diligence :-)
Show threadfirewyreSep 9, 2023
@isagalaev @aeva feels like classic sampling bias, early mastodon users are exactly the kind of people that would use firefox
Show threadaevaSep 9, 2023
@firewyre @isagalaev the real sampling bias has been that my mentions have been complete dogshit since this hit 127 boosts. I figure it must have jumped over to the reddit clones branch of activitypub around that point.
Show threadIvan Sagalaev Sep 9, 2023
@aeva @firewyre had the same problem, but some good folks suggested I could mute the conversation. Which for some reason hadn't occurred to me before that :-)
Show threadaevaSep 9, 2023
@isagalaev @firewyre oh I mean, well, yes, and I even went and tacked an indignant vaguely threatening "muting this" post to the thread yesterday, but then for reasons I cannot explain, I've left the whole thing unmuted as a joke at my own expense to which I'm also the only person laughing. I tell myself it's a setup for a "don't believe everything you read on the internet" joke but no one's walked into it yet