@motek42 "content warning" - though it's better thought of a subject line. It's what puts stuff under a blur so someone can decide if they're up to reading it at that moment or not. You can do it by clicking the CW icon at the bottom of the posting screen.
So right as I went to bed last night, someone put up something about elections under one of those, and it was lovely to get to decide whether I wanted to be riled up right before going to sleep. :D
It's actually pretty amazing that a open source product developed by a tiny non-profit, running on a network of servers self-funded by volunteer administrator and moderators has managed to absorb some portion of one of the world's largest for-profit social networks.
It's a miracle the whole thing didn't collapse or catch fire.
Great job everyone.
@[email protected] @gairdeachas The differences between instances definitely is a shift from the monolithic social networks! I just realized part of the reason the infosec server looks so "weird" to me is that it's running on glitch:
"Glitchsoc is free open source software forked from Mastodon. (v3.5.3+glitch)."
Alrighty, all the locals have been telling newbies that we need to explore the smaller instances, kinda like how everyone says when you visit a new country to get away from the slick touristy areas.
So I'm taking that advice and moving to social.coop, which is set up as, well, a co-op. I like that structure (and that it expects a member fee, honestly) rather than it being one person and donations. One person owning it all is precisely the problem with the Bird site.
Recent mastodon influx be like: This party is amazing! Much better than that prior party!
5 minutes later: The party food should be served differently. 🤣
I implore other newbies to recall we’re coming into a home that’s been around since 2016, not an empty room. Part of why we love it is all the work people before us did setting up the party in a nice way. Maybe let’s defer to them a bit on norms?
Also, please use CW for political discussions, especially in the US this week. It’s better.
Mike McHargue