The fact Mastodon encourages people to *boost* posts, rather than retweet them, is significant. It's no longer about hammering people with an argument - look at how many other people agree with me, over and over and over - it's about promoting, supporting, validating, rewarding people for saying interesting and worthwhile things.

That is a *huge* difference.

I find myself in the same position I was in during the early days of the birdsite, wondering what to post. Don’t want to be political or polemical in these early days, but mustn’t be too bland either. Not going to show you the scones I baked, share my latte art or describe my sourdough starter. Nor should I plug my current productions just yet. Easy enough to know what we don’t want Mastodon to be …

… anyway, that’s my current thinking