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 @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.