Devin Pacholik

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Animation, coding, video, photography and writing. Stuff in Leader-Post, Hard Drive, CBC, VICE, Noisey, Cracked, etc. #Canada #Saskatchewan #yqr
Arthttps://devinpacholik.artstation.com/
The grassroots feel of this app is cool as hell, and I love open-source projects. I will gladly wait patiently as hiccups get sorted out and we all learn how to make this thing work better. Mastodon feels as close to a cure for the ills social media caused as I've seen.

Another quick PSA for the newcomers:

There is no Mastodon.

As in, there is no entity out there called Mastodon that needs to "get it together" or "make things easier."

Every server is a unique collection of hardware and software operated by a unique team of (usually) volunteer humans funded by (usually) donations.

Some days will be smoother than others. We new folks have flooded the network. Cut the volunteers some slack. Better yet, offer support.

I've made a deliberate choice against a quoting feature because it inevitably adds toxicity to people's behaviours. You are tempted to quote when you should be replying, and so you speak at your audience instead of with the person you are talking to. It becomes performative. Even when doing it for "good" like ridiculing awful comments, you are giving awful comments more eyeballs that way. No quote toots. Thank's
I read this elsewhere: If trusted news outlets would start offering #Mastodon instances to their staff, that would bring some sort of verification and visibility. Think social.nytimes.com, social.heise.de etc. I'd love to read more from trusted journalists on the #fediverse and this could greatly help. (Again, not my idea but couldn't find the original author.) Boosts for visibility would be great. Reminder: Favorites don't help as on this other platform.
Just thinking about people who were volunteering to follow Elon Musk to Mars and it’s gotta be the most embarrassing way to die.

Rolling list of Canadian journalists. (DM to be removed)

See end of thread for instructions on how to follow them all at once.

Journos, A-Be:

Elamin Abdelmahmoud
@elamin

Arman Aghbali
@ArmanBaz

Michelle Allan
@michelleallan

Drew Anderson
@drewanderson

Jeremy Appel
@JeremyAppel

Stephanie Babych
@stephaniebabych

Michelle Bellefontaine
@MBellefontaine

andrea bennett
@akkabah

@ozhibiiige I’m so into it. I think the downplaying of virality really makes things calm, pleasant and community focused.
The servers when BTS joins mastodon
The metal band Mastodon gotta be wondering why their website is on fire and why people are begging them for toots.