Barry Brannan

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Victoria, Australia

1980 Computers are for nerds
1990 Computers are for everyone

1995 The internet is for nerds
2005 The internet is for everyone

2005 Smartphones are for nerds
2015 Smartphones are for everyone

2006 Twittr is for nerds
2016 Twitter is for everyone

2022 Mastodon is for nerds

Wall Street Journal website ad says "trust your source"? Couldn't be a worse place to misspell "subscribe" ! Not today.

Trigger Warnings == Mastodon's Content Warnings

"...it seems to be that people will look anyway" -- is this how Mastodon users behave?

https://www.theage.com.au/national/trigger-warnings-are-everywhere-but-do-they-work-20221129-p5c21b.html

Trigger warnings are everywhere, but do they work?

The culture war that has raged over trigger warnings has been vicious and largely evidence-free. But the research that is starting to emerge renders the debate largely moot because it shows the warnings are largely ineffective.

The Age

Another one to make my privacy bad list... Zoo membership signup insists that date of birth be provided:
https://www.zoo.org.au/membership/

Seemingly to determine age. Error message if you don't fill it in: "Please enter the Date of birth, Adult members must be 16 years of age or older"

Fake works. Don't ask.

Account set-up ✅ What now?

We’re running a Mastodon webinar for NGOs, non-profits, campaigners and politicians tomorrow at 15:30 GMT.

Due to popular demand, we're also livestreaming the event on our Youtube channel. Subscribe now.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=xTTF2TfEHdY

#TwitterTakeover

ORG Mastodon Tutorial for UK NGOs and non-profits

YouTube
The Age talking about Mastadon today. How long before their 'sharing' button gets a Toot option? Not sure if that's even possible given there's no single server. Might need a new protocol similar 'mailto:' ... perhaps 'toot:'?
https://www.theage.com.au/technology/it-has-toots-not-tweets-why-are-social-media-users-shifting-to-mastodon-20221107-p5bw4l.html
It has ‘toots’ not tweets. Why are social media users shifting to Mastodon?

Amid the upheaval at Twitter, a lesser-known platform has moved into the spotlight. How does it work?

The Age
Signed up to contribute to @aussocialadmin via Patreon. Good luck with this project.