WebosoofApr 17, 2017
Brady Dale ✅
Here's a thing that makes Mastodon instances work less well than they could...
when you visit an instance, all the front pages look the same.
"About this instance" is a TINY little link under the sign-up form. This is crazy.
Instances should LEAD with a community description, not bury it.
That's like a newsgroup leading with the OS it used to run the newsgroup rather than saying: "This is a Kenny G community"
Apr 6, 2017 at 4:55pmWeb
Show threadBrady Dale ✅Apr 7, 2017

So here is a weird thing that I just realized...

Mastodon does not show you a number with a post to indicate how much reach it has had.
I suppose with federation this would never be complete, but it is still strange.

I wrote this post that went a bit viral, but I have no clue how viral beyond like sitting and counting notifications...

Is that a feature? I am not 100 pct sure it feels like a feature to me.

Is this a confession? I loved hits on Twitter.

Maybe too much?

Show threadextremely ❎Apr 6, 2017
@BradyDale "this is one of many Kenny G communities: we are legion"
Show threadJosh "cortex" MillardApr 7, 2017
@BradyDale alt.music.g.kenny.sax.sax.sax represent
Show thread📯 [email protected] 📯Apr 7, 2017
that's probably mostly templating so it might be a good first PR for someone looking to contribute! @BradyDale
Show thread📯 [email protected] 📯Apr 17, 2017
well i tried, if anyone wants to pick up the work and keep at it https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/pull/1511 @bkeej @BradyDale
Show threadSpacedragon Apr 17, 2017
@BradyDale @mattskala The homepage can be totally redone - I've seen a few users deploy versions of mastodon from private forks.
Show threadadth :recycle:Apr 17, 2017
@wogan @BradyDale @mattskala maybe beacause instances weren't made to become communities ? but only account creation.
Shall we end up with local tl and create other types of instances? : connectors that don't create accounts ( extreme thinking ;)