beatrix bitrotMay 2, 2017

hellllooo friends! time for another announcement!

https://admins.town/

is a real thing now. it's an instance (not mine) where admins are gonna talk about admin shit.

if you're an admin join up!

if you're interested in what admins are up to i guess you can also join up or follow us or use a tool to read off the public feed or gosh i dunno, probably lots of options

this is a direct response to calls for greater insight/transparency into admin discussions. work is ongoing!

feel free to boost

Show threadEugen RochkoMay 2, 2017
@bea but i am an admin doing admin things here, not sure why i'd need an alt in a federated network :P
Show threadbeatrix bitrotMay 2, 2017
@Gargron EUGEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i can't
Show threadEugen RochkoMay 2, 2017
@bea would've been a prime use case for !groups though
Show threadbeatrix bitrotMay 2, 2017
@Gargron this is happening exactly because we don't have groups. if we get them it will probably disappear
Show threadEugen RochkoMay 2, 2017
@bea +1 for groups, -1 for the stupid bangtag syntax though. need some alternative idea of how to address toots to the groups that doesn't involve butchering human-used punctuation
Show threadLord Guysbert de Fieri May 2, 2017
@bea @Gargron What about ^groups? That seems on par with # for frequency of use in normal writing.
Show threadbeatrix bitrot
@InspectorCaracal @Gargron yeah and you can get to it on mobile keyboards not so badly but then you can't make cute faces ^_^ which is why i proposed | or []
May 2, 2017 at 3:09pmWeb
Show threadEugen RochkoMay 2, 2017
@bea @InspectorCaracal I'm thinking more in terms out-of-band selection.
Show threadbeatrix bitrotMay 2, 2017
@Gargron @InspectorCaracal ah leave it out of the message body? i mean yeah that is a thing, but of course requires some UI and API changes i guess?
Show threadLord Guysbert de Fieri May 2, 2017
@bea @Gargron You could modify the publicity settings and following features to add people to a group and only have your posts go to them, but that would be a major project.
Show threadbeatrix bitrotMay 2, 2017
@InspectorCaracal @Gargron yeah, maybe a good groups phase 2 kinda thing?
Show thread⦺ irick 🐁🐈⚩May 2, 2017
@Gargron @bea @InspectorCaracal ... please? Oh my sweet $deity please.
Show threadLord Guysbert de Fieri May 2, 2017
@Gargron @bea Oh the pipe is not bad and easily usable. (I somehow completely blanked on the smilies??)
Show threadbeatrix bitrotMay 2, 2017
@InspectorCaracal @Gargron yeah, pipe or a pair of common-but-not-commonly-paired characters