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Time for the final day! Go team Liquid! #BerlinMajor #Dota2

I really want Mastodon to be the next big thing, but it frankly has a culture problem that is going to kill its broader adoption. After quite a long time here, and a few days at Bluesky, the comparative experience looks like this:

Bluesky: "Everyone's posting about the latest weird inside joke, and I'm excited to post my weird twist on it!"

Mastodon: "Jokes offend me because I was born without a sense of humor. I demand that you wrap all levity in a content warning or I will FediBlock you."

You asked for it, and it’s coming. Quote posts, search, and groups are on their way. In the meantime, check out the new onboarding experience launching today. https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/05/a-new-onboarding-experience-on-mastodon/
A new onboarding experience on Mastodon

Today we’re making signing up on Mastodon easier than ever before. We understand that deciding which Mastodon service provider to kick off your experience with can be confusing. We know this is a completely new concept for many people, since traditionally the platform and the service provider are one and the same. This choice is what makes Mastodon different from existing social networks, but it also presents a unique onboarding challenge. To make this step easier, we now have a default sign-up option that works with a server we operate. If you wish to leave or join a different server, you can do so at any time.

Mastodon Blog

Old and busted

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New and improved

Report describes Apple’s “organizational dysfunction” and “lack of ambition” in AI

Sources say Apple's conservative approach makes it less competitive.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/04/report-describes-apples-organizational-dysfunction-and-lack-of-ambition-in-ai/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Report describes Apple’s “organizational dysfunction” and “lack of ambition” in AI

Sources say Apple's conservative approach makes it less competitive.

Ars Technica

OLED is great, but where are all the Mini LED laptops?

We dig into the research and interview companies about the potential of Mini LED.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/04/oled-is-great-but-where-are-all-the-mini-led-laptops/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

OLED is great, but where are all the Mini LED laptops?

We dig into the research and interview companies about the potential of Mini LED.

Ars Technica
*tap* *tap* Is thing thing on? 🎙️

Looks like @arstechnica is now verified on here! Always great to see this feature used. It'll be even more prominent in the future.

https://joinmastodon.org/verification

Verification

Learn how to get verified on Mastodon

New release of Blue Blocker https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/blue-blocker/jgpjphkbfjhlbajmmcoknjjppoamhpmm with awesome fixes and features like block queue #twitter LMAO people are innovative
Blue Blocker

Blocks all Twitter Blue verified users on twitter.com

I wrote the words for everything on the upcoming FourPlay album, Signs of Life, except for this.

But I took such joy in saying the words while they played.

https://youtu.be/St4qEymhI30

Clock (Words by William Shakespeare, Read by Neil Gaiman, Music by FourPlay StringQuartet)

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