@EllenInEdmonton

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🌈 #ESL teacher, grandma, mom, #YegBike, #paddler, hiker, #reader, traveller, genealogist, #sewist, plant mom, she/her

I don't stay in one lane on here

Hello, lovelies!

I'm really enjoying @Mastodon and I really feel that I should join my sisterhood at @mstdn.ca
Please accept new follow requests when I make the switch! Thanks.

Elon has (at least) 9 living children. So where are all the articles about "How does he do it all?" Like work 24x7 at Twitter and his other companies AND take care of the children. He's a man, so it's a topic totally ignored.
mstdn.ca has doubled in the span of 18 hours. 🤯
@deemoney521 No worries. Most of us are new and learning here. It's a very respectful culture, which I appreciate.
@deemoney521 Toots can be edited on most platforms (3 dots in bottom right corner) so I think so. This transition will take some adaptation but I'm really like the CWs.

"Your focus determines your reality."

This #FollowFriday tip is a chance to reset. It's long been known that a follow-for-follow strategy is ill-conceived, so don't do it. Follow who you feel would enrich your experience (on ANY platform). Adding people willy-nilly doesn't work for anybody. Inflating numbers might impress marketers, but not your peers. That's as arbitrary a value as a so-called paid bluecheck. Someone with 10 followers could benefit you more than someone with 10,000. #Mastodon

Mastodon is different. It's polite and friendly. There's a different code of conduct (please look up some of the basics), a slower pace. It's not a sprawling, hectic shopping centre in a grim industrial park on the city rim; it's a pleasant village street with artisanal shops and cafes. Take your time. Be nice.
@atRachelGilmore No lying. Just losing followers who couldn't tolerate seeing those squares in their feed every day. Posting here with a #ContentWarning.
I see Mastodon is straining under the load of new arrivals today. I would encourage those folks to be patient. It will get better. This is a decentralized network run by volunteers and not a $44 billion dollar corporation (on the verge of imploding).