Christina Hendricks@jeroensmeets @ShorterPearson It was this one: https://mastodon.social/users/jeroensmeets/updates/339754 The one where you said the "toot" button had been changed to "share" in the app.
Nate Angell@clhendricksbc @jeroensmeets @ShorterPearson @katebowles @cogdog @econproph @acroom @Dan_Blick @injenuity there's something to be said for having a unique generic verb for "tooting" so we can talk about such actions in wider discourse. That said, "toot" doesn't seem serious enough for the long term.
Dan Blickensderfer@xolotl @jeroensmeets @ShorterPearson @katebowles @cogdog @econproph @acroom @clhendricksbc @injenuity Yes. I love "Share" for this and I'm not sure who to credit, was that @katebowles?
@Dan_Blick @jeroensmeets @ShorterPearson @katebowles @cogdog @econproph @acroom @clhendricksbc @injenuity I like "share", but it doesn't specify the medium as does "tweet"
@xolotl @jeroensmeets @ShorterPearson @katebowles @cogdog @econproph @acroom @clhendricksbc @injenuity Good point. I like the way "Boost" seems to do that for its function (more than my thought for same, "Amplify," might).
@Dan_Blick @jeroensmeets @ShorterPearson @katebowles @cogdog @econproph @acroom @clhendricksbc @injenuity yet we do not always post to boost or amplify...maybe that's too specific
@xolotl @jeroensmeets @ShorterPearson @katebowles @cogdog @econproph @acroom @clhendricksbc @injenuity Right, I was thinking purely of the current implementation of "Re-Tweet" in Mastodon. That is, you can't retweet-with-quote in Mastodon. So, "Boost" really is kind of a single-use dodad right now. And the idea that its only function is to Amplify someone else is kind of elegant and rad. For me, the Mastodon workflow for things that get me has become Star > Boost > Reply with my own perspective.
@Dan_Blick @jeroensmeets @ShorterPearson @katebowles @cogdog @econproph @acroom @clhendricksbc @injenuity ah, ok...got it...I thought you were proposing boost/amplify to replace toot. What you say makes sense.
@xolotl @jeroensmeets @ShorterPearson @katebowles @cogdog @econproph @acroom @clhendricksbc @injenuity Related to this: I should probably figure out if/when I should cull the folks on replies/the thread (like this one); is it annoying that I don't? I know I and @clhendricksbc and I'm sure others have started to feel overwhelm in Notifications (and in general). And at the same time I want conversations to be inclusive and grow, of course, versus shrinking them...
Scott Leslie@Dan_Blick personally, the lengthy @ chains are not something I'm digging here (but I don't dig them on twitter either). A few, sure, but after 3 starts to be clutter for me
@sleslie Yes, and they seem to grow to obnoxiousness here faster. Do you manually trim them out in replies?
@Dan_Blick so far, yes. I don't think there's a hard and fast rule, but lengthier toot lengths will mean it's a problem more often.
@sleslie @Dan_Blick ye are getting long of toot
Kate@sleslie @Dan_Blick Because I follow you both I can still watch the exchange. I noticed that longer exchanges are happening here -- conversations over days. This seems to be a social affordance rather than how threading works. 500 chars is key.
Aside: longer exchanges just autocorrected to lingerie changes, which I now can't unsee.
@katebowles @sleslie HAHAHAHA re: autocorrect eye scarring. The more persistent, deeper, stickier conversations in Mastodon thing is totally real, yes, and 500 character-enabled.
@Dan_Blick @jeroensmeets @ShorterPearson @katebowles @cogdog @econproph @acroom @clhendricksbc @injenuity ideally one could unsubscribe rather than cull
@xolotl do you mean drop yourself off a thread, somehow?
@Dan_Blick ya..."unsubscribe" is the wrong word, more like "unhook"
@xolotl <puts down drink, backs away slowly and quietly>