MastodonToday marks the first anniversary of #Mastodon! 🎂
What's your favorite Mastodon memory so far? 🐘 Share them with the hashtag #MastodonMemory!
dogtrax@Mastodon #MastodonMemory A year? Wow. The very first time a friend here shared #smallstories hashtag, I realized that a little corner of focused writing with narrow lens (but wider arc) might emerge in this corner of this world. It has.
Kate@dogtrax @Mastodon I remember writing the first #smallstories and thinking: this could be a thing.
And you can't make a thing like this by yourself.
Algot (Still)@katebowles @dogtrax @Mastodon
Thank you, Kate of the 3D glasses. 😉
#smallstories is a tag which has more "stick" than most for me.
When you mark a post with a star, what is your primary intent?
☐ Approval
☐ Tagging for later reflection
☐ Seeking further interaction
☐ Other
@Algot @katebowles @celesteh @inmysocks First two boxes ... check ... but I don’t really know why I do it ...
@dogtrax @inmysocks @celesteh @Algot
I star things here because I'm saying "someone heard you". It's like making eye contact with strangers in public: recognising the human. I'm saying I might not approve, but I get that you care about this. I see you there.
I do it here very differently than on Twitter, where I'm mostly bookmarking.
@Algot @celesteh @inmysocks @dogtrax
I live in a small street. Many of us know each other a bit. When we drive into the street, we greet each other with a nod or a wave. When we see each other elsewhere, we nod.
I use the favourite function here as a kind of nod, a solidarity.