Felix HlatkyMay 28
hannah aubry
If you had to sum up the purpose of #Mastodon in one sentence, what would it be?
May 27 at 9:08pmWeb
Show threadhannah aubryMay 27
Serious answers here:
Show threadNelsonMay 27
@haubles Mastodon is for building community online without requiring permission from a billionaire.
Show threadhannah aubryMay 28
@skyfaller 100% β€” and we should never have needed it in the first place 😀
Show threadTeflonTrout  he/himMay 27
@haubles Meeting strange, new, wonderful people from backgrounds as much unlike our own as possible
Show threadhannah aubryMay 28
@TeflonTrout I love this β€” the www. stands for weird, wonderful web <3
Show threadO'SchellMay 27
@haubles The twitter of the common good
Show threadhannah aubryMay 28
@OSchell <3 yes, the common good! and good for individuals too
Show threadRonanMay 27
@haubles a digital home for the crowd who don't want to follow the crowd
Show threadhannah aubryMay 28
@ronanmcd yes I love it! culture for the counterculture
Show threadRonanMay 28
@haubles πŸ”₯
Show threadMarijnMay 27
@haubles federation of microblogging communities somewhat resistant to billionaire fuckery.
Show threadhannah aubryMay 28
@marijn "billionaire fuckery resistant" β€” i'm getting that on a t-shirt
Show threadThe Nexus of PrivacyMay 27

A prototype at scale of a decentralized network that embeds values and variations on functionality that are different from both commercial social networks and most of the pre-Mastodon fediverse.

"The Fediverse as an Ongoing Critique of Openness" section of Seven Theses On The Fediverse And The Becoming Of Floss is a good discussion of the critique of openness. As well as defederation (which as we saw in 2019 with Gab is a viable alternative to the approach of tolerating fascists that's common on other social networks), I'd also add FediBlock and its successors as a community defense mechanism, attitudes towards consent, and the anti-Meta FediPact as other examples.

@haubles

Show threadhannah aubryMay 28
@thenexusofprivacy "decentralized network that embeds values" hear, hear. thanks for responding :)
Show threadDaniel AJ SokolovMay 27
@haubles Connecting real people.
Show threadhannah aubryMay 28
@newstik I agree β€” helping people find their people <3
Show threadChris AlemanyπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈMay 27
@haubles Mastodon is an application that provides a Twitter-like experience on the open, federated, cooperative social web.
Show threadLuis SuarezMay 27
@haubles An extension of your brain using microblogging in a decentralised, distributed manner to build, nurture & sustain your social networks, without 3rd party intermediaries getting in the way
Show threadhannah aubryMay 28

@elsua I don't remember getting any implants πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« 😜

"build, nurture, and sustain" – i love that phrasing

Show threadLuis SuarezMay 28

@haubles LOL! Not yet πŸ˜‰ heh

Thanks a bunch for the follow-up feedback RE: that quote I shared πŸ™πŸ»πŸ˜Š

Show threadJeff SikesMay 28
@haubles Making real connections to others without the burden of an algorithmic dictator.
Show threadhannah aubryMay 28

@box464 hear, hear.

autonomy, not algorithms <3

Show threadSeanMay 28
@haubles a social media network I really like, that may never reach critical mass 😒
Show threadhannah aubryMay 28
@Craktok never say never, my friend! ;)
Show threadSeanMay 28
@haubles I have my fingers crossed
Show threadhannah aubryMay 27
Non-serious answers here:
Show threadJcrabappleMay 27
@haubles to tell people how they should use Mastodon.
Show threadTeflonTrout  he/himMay 27
@jcrabapple @haubles On Linux, of course
Show threadhannah aubryMay 28
@TeflonTrout @jcrabapple Me, a lowly mac user who isn't even self-hosting 🫣
Show threadJcrabappleMay 28
@haubles @TeflonTrout HOW DARE YOU
Show thread✿ floby πŸ’‰πŸ˜·πŸ’¨May 27
@haubles ask for twitter features
Show threadhannah aubryMay 28
@floby πŸ’€ πŸ₯€
Show threadeblu 🐘May 27
@haubles complain about people who use bluesky, then get mad at them complaining about you complaining about how they're using bluesky
Show threadhannah aubryMay 28
@eblu it's the circle of life <3
Show threadmorphMay 27
@haubles
Got not Zot. 
Show thread🚲 Elizabeth May 27
@haubles to push people to ride bikes. And plan their trip on Linux, while working in "state jobs" (?)
Show threadhannah aubryMay 28
@Elizabeth State jobs... I remember those.... 😒
Show threadGaΓ«tan DuchaussoisMay 27
@haubles a tool to reunite friends after Usenet collapse
Show threadChris AlemanyπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈMay 27
@haubles Mastodon's true purpose is quick access to cats, moss, and reply-guys.
Show threadEdwin G. May 28
@haubles Take over the world, one post at a time!
Show threadhannah aubryMay 28
@EdwinG today, my local instance. tomorrow, the federated timeline ✊
Show threadfr0gMay 28
@haubles
Toot!
Show threadhannah aubryMay 28
@frog_reborn it was my chair, I swear... πŸ˜³πŸ˜‚
Show threadflodavidJun 1
@haubles Would have said Connecting People, but that’s already taken
Show threadJon A. CruzMay 27
@haubles to allow individuals to freely toot their own horns
Show threadhannah aubryMay 27
@joncruz not sure if serious or non-serious answer πŸ˜‰
Show threadJon A. CruzMay 27
@haubles is both
Show threadMarie et JulienMay 27
@haubles Twitter minus nazis.
Show threadSymfony Station πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡¬πŸ‡±May 27
@haubles @renchap Social media for YOU!
Show threadhannah aubryMay 28
@SymfonyStation @renchap I love that! For you, and by you <3
Show threadDarwin WoodkaMay 27

@haubles

shitposting

Show threadhannah aubryMay 28
@darwinwoodka I'm doing my part! 🫑
Show threadStephen CollinsMay 27
@haubles @andypiper connection.
Show threadKolokoko Bird!May 27
@haubles Here we get to be the change we want to see on the internet.
Show threadhannah aubryMay 28
@KolokokoBird I LOVE this <3
Show threadKolokoko Bird!May 29
@haubles Oh, good. That probably means you are trying to be the change, too. :-)
Show threadAllan WolfeMay 28
@haubles
Social media without ads or an algorithm.
Show threadhannah aubryMay 28
@allanwolfe Yes! And I love the alliteration :)
Show threadπŸ’‘πš‚π—†π–Ίπ—‹π—π—†π–Ίπ—‡ π™°π—‰π—‰π—ŒπŸ“±May 28
@haubles
Social media without billionaire overlords. The 90's internet is back baby!
Show threadhannah aubryMay 28
@SmartmanApps we are so freaking back 😎