Aaron Crocco ✅

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I write http://TimeMachiner.io: a tech, culture, & nostalgia newsletter for curious readers.

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Aaron Crocco ✅Dec 19, 2022
Aaron Crocco ✅Dec 19, 2022

The longer my small personal Mastodon instance is chugging away, the more I’m tempted to fully migrate my account to it.

Thoughts?

Do it!
28.6%
Not worth it.
4.8%
Sir, this is a Wendy’s drive thru.
66.7%
Poll ended at .
Aaron Crocco ✅Dec 19, 2022

Well, that’s it. I’ve officially decomissioned my Twitter profile.

Of course I hit the Elon-Is-A-Big-Baby restriction of putting my Mastodon profile in my bio. So I set up a special landing page on my personal website complete with a direct link + QR code. Oh, and I put that QR code in my scheduled-auto-tweets for the next 2 weeks.

For anyone curious, this is what the page looks like.

Aaron Crocco ✅Dec 19, 2022
@viticci Is Mastodon still migrating your followers? I was following your old account but it’s still not showing me as following your new one.
Aaron Crocco ✅Dec 19, 2022

The longer my small personal Mastodon instance is chugging away, the more I’m tempted to fully migrate my account to it.

Thoughts?

Do it!
28.6%
Not worth it.
4.8%
Sir, this is a Wendy’s drive thru.
66.7%
Poll ended at .
Aaron Crocco ✅Dec 19, 2022
Spent this weekend nearly 99% offline. Loved it.
Aaron Crocco ✅Dec 18, 2022
This is what New York City does to you. So, so tired.
Aaron Crocco ✅Dec 17, 2022
Show threadMastodon MigrationDec 16, 2022

The surge continues.

Averaging 3000 to 4000 new users per hour. Mastodon continues to run pretty smoothly. Over 70,000 new users in the last 24 hours puts us on track for over 80,000 today.

Great appreciation for Mastodon instance operators! Most instances are funded entirely through donations, so if you can swing it, think about supporting your instance. Check out the /about page (eg https://[instance name]/about) for a donation link.

#twittermigration

Aaron Crocco ✅Dec 17, 2022
Chris TrottierNov 18, 2022
EDIT: DO NOT BOOST!

This post is nearly a year old, and boosting will simply spread misinformation. Mastodon now has substantially more funding, and has enough scale to handle its many users.

I would delete this post but my server is not letting me so I'm editing this to reflect that I wish for you to NOT BOOST!

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Right now Mastodon is only receiving appr. $21,000/month through Patreon.

This is not enough to handle the 1 million new accounts that will be made this week.

Currently, only 4,720 patrons are donating to Mastodon.

However, if everyone chips in $2/month, this will ensure the continued survival of Mastodon!

Be a hero! Donate now! https://www.patreon.com/mastodon
Get more from Mastodon on Patreon

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Aaron Crocco ✅Dec 17, 2022
Mr. Funk E. Dude 🫠Dec 16, 2022

If I am elected Mayor of Mastodon...

I swear to hunt down the creator of this image and demand that they give us the right to put it on T-shirts.

Thank you for your vote.

Aaron Crocco ✅Dec 17, 2022

I’ll never forget when a famous podcaster called into a call center I worked at and proceeded to be all “Don’t you know who I am?!?!” On us in order to get special treatment.

I won’t name names, but if you listen to tech podcasts you know this person.