Lauren Ackerman

@VerbingNouns
3 Followers
103 Following
69 Posts
your local verber of nouns. unprofessional professional linguist. not a professor. generative-flexible sentence processing. psycholinguistics and cognitive science. [im]migrant. pronouns and sentences. language and thought. statistics and r. memes and shitposts. disabled and queer and jew-ish. sad about twitter actually. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
pronounsshe and they
websitehttps://lmackerman.com
arthttps://mastodon.art/@down_lavender_vale
no tolerance forcops, bigots, deficit models, bropenscience, reply guys, linguistics fiefdoms
Lauren AckermanNov 8, 2022
Show threadTQ 🎹Nov 8, 2022
I think the issue is, that the "twitter bubble" has never experienced the Fediverse as it was a few weeks ago. They didn't work to unlearn the toxicity of  they are not here voluntarily like those of us that have been here for *years*. It took me the better part of a year to get the toxicity out of my system. It's how we were *trained* to behave. Strike first! Strike hard! No mercy!
Try to see the good in ppl. It sounds cheesy, but why not at least try?
Lauren AckermanNov 8, 2022
Show threadDan moved, see pinned tootNov 7, 2022

Boy I went on a journey of Not Getting The Point here, despite The Point slapping me in my pocket every few seconds: THE NEWBIES ARE SIGNING UP WITH THEIR REAL ACTUAL FULL HUMAN NAMES.

*That's* why I'm seeing so many people do things that to me seem bizarre. It's because I'm used to interacting with raccoons, crows, witches, impossible geometric shapes, inflatable coatis and the anthropomorphic personification of paint smell

Lauren AckermanNov 8, 2022
Show threadpeaopoeNov 6, 2022
@maxkennerly i find the lack of quote tweeting annoying but I think I might agree with the rationale overall.
Lauren AckermanNov 8, 2022
katNov 7, 2022

kinda sad to hear such resistance to the idea of using CWs liberally and considerately.

I hope our fedi communities continue to encourage ourselves to have a different culture from Big Corporate Social Media, where we actually act like communities of people who take care of each other as human beings, rather than resources to vomit your opinions at for fame.

Lauren AckermanNov 8, 2022
Daniel AltshulerNov 7, 2022
Garden path of the day
Lauren AckermanNov 7, 2022
Show threadSwapna KrishnaNov 6, 2022
This one MIGHT be more helpful: How to actually use Mastodon once you’ve set up your account (including norms like CWs and alt text!) https://www.swapnakrishna.com/blog/mastodon-primer-part-2 #twittermigration
What to Do Once You're on Mastodon (and what not to do) — Swapna Krishna

You’ve set up your Mastodon account, you’ve found some people to follow. Congratulations! Now what? (If you haven’t done this, check out the first post in this series for instructions on how to choose a server, set up your profile, and find people . If you want to find me on Mastodon, you can do

Swapna Krishna
Lauren AckermanNov 7, 2022
Marcel Bollmann Nov 7, 2022

Scrolling my Twitter feed for memes and interesting science posts and then stumbling across aggravating politics tweets is probably THE main factor how the birdsite negatively impacts my mental health.

I love that Mastodon has a tradition of CWing anything even remotely upsetting, and will mute or block liberally everything that doesn't follow that.

cf. https://mastodon.social/@ifixcoinops/109298991804739917

Lauren AckermanNov 7, 2022
I found some shitposters. I feel safe here now. Might switch servers, but it's all good.
Lauren AckermanNov 7, 2022
Daniel SchumanNov 5, 2022

Hey everyone, I'm building a list of congressional offices on Mastodon -- members of the House and Senate, committees, leadership offices, and non-partisan offices.

If you know of a member of congress that is on mastodon, please add them to the list, here: bit.ly/CongMastoForm

If you want to see who we have found so far, check out https://bit.ly/MastoCong

Thank you! Please help amplify to crowdsource the list.

Lauren AckermanNov 7, 2022
Eugen RochkoMay 23, 2022
Developing Mastodon, I strive to use terminology that is familiar to as many people as possible so as to not put up unnecessary barriers in understanding. For this reason I am happy that we went away from calling posts "toots". It has always been a point of friction for people. Not that I dislike branding, quite the opposite, but in my experience receiving feedback over half a decade, it had a negative effect on the platform for little benefit.