I know you think I'm ruining this place for you. Let me offer some solutions that work better than telling me how, or about what topics, I should post (which works very poorly):
- Don't follow me
- Mute me
- Block me
These also work if you replace "me" with any other accounts you find irritating or uninteresting.
Edit: hello latecomers. This post is a total misunderstanding of what the problem actually was, entirely my bad and please disregard it.
@mattblaze Hashtags and the ability to subscribe to them are one of those social contract things. Yes, you can piss in the communal pool, there's no law against it but don't expect people to sympathise with you when someone points out you're spoiling it for everyone else.
@oscherler Because other people may have the same question or the answer may be applicable to them.
It's one of many ways I use this wrong.
Ways* @mattblaze uses Mastodon wrong:
-too few hashtags
-too many hashtags
-hashtags used poorly
-B&W photos (and not including a content warning that the photo is B&W)
-not including alt text
-describing said photos
-describing how said photos were made
-not staying in his lane about subjects that are absolutely in his lane
-boosting his replies
-boosting other people’s replies
-not adding content warnings for subjects for which his account regularly posts
-discussing subjects for which he is an expert, having written papers/given talks on those subjects, been invited to give evidence on those subjects, or teaches those subjects
-posting jokes
-posting about serious topics
-having any opinion at all
-including too much detail on a complex subject for which many readers need help understanding
-owning crypto.com
-selling crypto.com
-objectively and constructively criticising Mastodon
* not exhaustive 😮💨
@dezz for the record, I always try to include meaningful alt text with images. That actually helps people.
What I try not to do is pollute my posts with meaningless hashtags or promote warning fatigue by hiding innocuous discussion of current events behind unnecessary content warnings.
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