Here for the technical talk, stayin' for the pizza.
Humor, liberal use of #CW. Mostly on-topic what you #needtoknow to use Mast. keeping it safe & fun.
This account posting mostly Mastodon-related techie stuff, tips and tricks for dealing with the Mastodon User Interface mostly on desktop.
I will test the #Android & #Windows #apps but mostly interested in Linux.
I have a Mac but seldom use it.
| Top notch resource on troll-free Fedi | https://fedi.tips/staying-safe-on-mastodon/ |
| Important read: how you may be less secure & private on Mastodon | https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/mastodon-safety-how-to-protect-yourself-from-security-and-privacy-risks/ |
| Just for fun: How Starlink works. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs2QcycggWU |
ICYMI: full-text searching is already here on Mastodon. Just, through google and probably other #searchengines.
All the fuss going on now is really getting out of hand as the developer who is announcing next week doesn't really deserve quite the level of villification he is receiving. IMHO.
So here is proof. I will search on this domain name and this hashtag. May take a non-zero finite amount of time for the webcrawlers to take root...
It's perfectly reasonable and possible for *both* of these statements to be true:
* it is better here than on Twitter
* this better *isn't good enough*
Federation and decentralization *as currently and inconsistently and idiosyncratically practiced* while better, are not good enough.
Digging in and saying that decentralization and federation *is* good enough is really, really unhelpful.
Also, the potential for better does not mean the practical experience is better.
Damn! The usual F-whatever keystrokes on boot-up not working on HP laptop.
There must be a way because I installed linux on this box before.
<scratches head>
If you don't know what #slowmode is you will need to look at this micro-tutorial sooner rather than later.
Otherwise, the #federated and #local timelines may whiz by you too fast to read.
Picture one: the preferences panel
Picture two the slow mode check box checked.
Please #boost folks will need to know this, thank you.
OK so I boosted and commented favorable on Ro's remarks and reflectively questioned the other dude's remarks.
This is a tech- positive instance, but I anticipate a tirade in my mentions any minute which will overlook my support for Ro and laser-focus on my issue with the other cat.
Good points.
Thank you.
Craig Newmark
Evan Prodromou
Dan Hon
absolutelyanytime