Erik MoellerNov 17, 2023

If you're new here, and considering whether this space could become a social home for you:

Many of us have been here for a few years, since well before Threads, BlueSky, Spoutible, Post, Hive, Pebble, Cohost, Blurble, Blarble and Blorble.

We've made it through waves of user migrations, claims of imminent demise, and tech bros telling us we're doing it all wrong.

Years later, we're still here. Ad-free. Non-profit. Open source. Millions strong.

Stay a while. You might just like it. :)

Show threadCynisterNov 17, 2023
@eloquence I'm one of the migrating users 🤪 hope to stick around, it's a little adjusting here and there. But not having the pressure to adapt to any algo feels amazing already. I do miss the easy DM of the other platforms though. Maybe it will come in the future?
Show threadErik MoellerNov 17, 2023

@Cynister

Mastodon calls it private mentions -- it takes a bit of getting used to and is a slightly different concept, but I use it a lot for casual direct comms, and switch to secure messaging apps like Signal for more serious comms.

Much better than the false sense of security of Twitter DMs IMO

Show threadCynister
@eloquence you are absolutely right! Never had Twitter and don't use FB. I've been looking for smt like Mastodon for years. The final straw was that Insta Europe makes us pay €12,99 a month to 'secure' our privacy. If we don't subscribe, it's an automatic approval of selling our private data... so here I am, faster than the blink of an eye 🤣
Nov 17, 2023 at 8:43amMastodon for Android
Show threadErik MoellerNov 17, 2023

@Cynister

Hah, Instagram is the one I've never been on.

There is something a bit like it here on the fediverse, it's called @pixelfed

Just like Mastodon there are multiple servers, and you can follow Pixelfed accounts from on here.

Here's me on Pixelfed for example:

@[email protected] (I haven't posted much)

Show threadcraftycatNov 17, 2023
@Cynister Oh, I'm glad to see I wasn't the only one leaving when that happened 😂