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Hello folks! I have moved to @pinkgoblin , and will be redoing an intro post and getting back on my B.S. there!
I've uploaded my followers list from here to there.
Hey friends! I will be moving instances to @pinkgoblin soon! So I will be trying to follow everyone from there later.
It's a bit late for this old lady (close to bedtime because work comes early in the morning,) but I have time off this week to tinker with the import/export, so I will do that when I have time.
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Another Black person played Mastodon "instance roulette" and lost.
We need a Mastodon instance Green Book pronto or this ain't gonna work.
This is starting to feel like the WW2 Dunkirk evacuation where the Black and Indian Commonwealth soldiers were abandoned on the beach...
This is a big problem for Mastodon.
Canadian journalist Erica Ifill just had her mastodon.online account suspended without explanation. She's been sharing stuff critical of Mastodon re: intersectional issues.
I get the decentralized structure and idea that each server has its own rules. But this Reddit-style moderation, where moderators with god-complexes make mysterious and arbitrary decisions, is going to cause people migrating to Mastodon to flee in droves.
The good thing about this Monday is that technically, it's my Thursday, and tomorrow is my Friday--and I'm off the rest of the week let me tell you, I am ready to throw my bras around in a fit of joy.
Next week is Thanksgiving, when my family celebrates being thankful for still being here and for what we have.
What we don't celebrate is our colonizer pasts. Remember that for Indigenous peoples, it is a Day of Mourning.
That's all.
For those of you taking deep breaths and getting ready for capitalist hell tomorrow--I see you. I feel you. But congrats on another week. It may not feel like much, but it took a lot to get here. Be proud of that.
As a blind individual, I have to say that #Caturday on #Mastodon is far far more enjoyable then at #Twitter, where the vast majority of cat photos are not described.
It is also been fascinating for me to hear descriptions written by those who sent the image, immediately followed by Apple image recognition’s attempts to describe the same image. Only rarely does that add anything to the ALT, & often directly contradicts it.
There is no auto magical solution to image description. It is something best done by a human, for only that human can explain the “why” of the image: the reason that image was chosen to speak so eloquently without words for those who can see it. ALT allows you to provide those words.
Your Mastodon feed won't improve through passive engagement. There is no algorithm to suggest and share what you liked.
You must actively follow different people to see what they boost, and you must boost for other people to see. Some people are from different servers. You will see more of what they see organically. You can also hashtag to increase visibility.
There is no quote retweet either. You have to actively engage and comment in the thread.
People Giving Writing Advice: Be you, just write what you know
Me, typing: “Her eyes shimmered like oil in a deep fryer. She had hair like brown linguini, and thighs like albino sea lions.”
People: wait no, why are you like that
Mekka 
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