Robin DeRosaInteresting to step away for a day and then come back here-- conversations are so much more ongoing and in-depth than on Twitter. Lovely, but also harder to pick up mid-stream.
Autumm@actualham I think this might be why I am having a hard time jumping in.
Dan Blickensderfer@Autumm @actualham I don't think I'm going to be able to deal long term without a configurable, columnar interface like Tweetdeck, to amplify signal from noise (tho not too noisy yet). Lists, Hashtags, Boolean Search Results as Columns, etc. Or, maybe my consumption patterns will change (I'm open to that).
Kate@Dan_Blick @actualham @Autumm I have the same reaction. I can skim Twitter quickly and catch up. Here I read back carefully, even it's harder work technically to find my way.
But I notice that navigational clunk makes me concentrate. Twitter's algorithmic summarising has made me lazy I think.
@katebowles @actualham @Autumm Yes! That's exactly the sort of "new tech sometimes changes information consumption patterns for the better" thought I was having. Lack of options for filtering forces us to be more careful readers, seeking out the wheat manually, intentionally. Even though I have the "Twitter's algorithmic summarising" turned off, to the degree that you can turn it off.
Fredrik Graver 🎥🥌@Dan_Blick @katebowles @actualham @Autumm I'm finding the somewhat clunky UX to be a feature, not a bug, for exactly that reason. I scroll through notifications first, then the home column. Click on an intriguing toot and the whole conversation comes up.
I like being forced to concentrate and spend time. I also makes my responses more considered and less off-the-cuff. (hopefully)
But I might soon reach my limit in terms of the number I can follow...
@fgraver @katebowles @actualham @Autumm Agree. I'm maybe a weirdo with more than 100 Follows. It's close to some cognitive limit for info-grazing, for me, for sure.
@fgraver @katebowles @actualham @Autumm Also, that's a great point about "I scroll through notifications...Click on an intriguing toot and the whole conversation comes up." Interacting from Notifications into (your own) conversation(s) is amazingly great. Home is becoming less useful for me.
@Dan_Blick @katebowles @actualham @Autumm Home is still a manageable volume for me. But then I'm not following 100+ yet :)
I never use lists on Twitter, but can see how they could bee very useful here. But I worry about missing toots from those who are less active. I know from my own experience that when you are less active, others interacting with you when you do make a post makes a big difference.
Britni Brown O'Donnell@Dan_Blick @katebowles @actualham @fgraver @Autumm This is exactly why I use lists and love tweetdeck, because the cognitive strain of too much in the home stream becomes too much
@fgraver @actualham @Dan_Blick @Autumm For all sorts of reasons my human limit for following on Twitter has been 600. Above this I feel the air get thin around me.
But looking at that number now it seems way too high. I'm not following 600, I'm just open to keeping an eye on 600. Here I think the number is smaller because I'm really following, really thinking about people.
@katebowles @actualham @Dan_Blick @Autumm And, has has happened the past couple of days - Mastadon is picking up just as I'm gettign ready to shut down... :)
Looking forward to catching up in the morning.
@katebowles @fgraver @actualham @Dan_Blick On twitter I follow like 1300 but I rarely look at home. Twitter following for me is like a nod a reciprocation for some that follow me or for those that look interesting. I only list about 100 that I actually read and that list is dynamic with people being dropped and added all time. Private list that only I see. I feel like saying this here is a kind of confession. Can I be absolved? ;-p
Maha Bali مها بالي@katebowles @actualham @Dan_Blick @fgraver @Autumm just looking back on this point about what following means to each of us. I never really look at my Twitter timeline so following ppl just means shaking hands
@fgraver @Dan_Blick @katebowles @actualham This is really my first blast of notifications other than "welcome to mastodon" or "hey are you on mastodon" Gosh I'm always late/slow - I digress but blog post forthcoming on that.
Without lists I am thinking much more about who I follow.
@fgraver @Dan_Blick @katebowles @actualham I do like being off the cuff sometimes though... Can I have that here?
Clint Lalonde (he/him)@Dan_Blick @katebowles @actualham @Autumm I am finding longer length enables longer posts & deeper thoughts (good), but requires more time to digest & absorb. Also, bigger convos as I am seeing more ppl getting tagged on convo's than Twitter. That means more responses/voices to follow on a single thread. Longer posts and more ppl in convo both good, but it does add to the cognitive load to follow and particiapte.