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From a storytelling perspective, one of the best things I've seen this past year was Arcane on Netflix.
It's full of common tropes, and some character arcs are much stronger than others, but it does 3 things very well:
Every character's worldview is reasonably justifiable, at least to themselves
Every main character has at least one positive quality and one serious flaw
The way they switch POVs after the episode 3 time jump is masterful
Plus the animation is world-class good 👍🏻
I found a UX hitch on Mastodon that's worth mentioning for new users who came here from Twitter ( like me ).
My #introduction tip about how Mastodon's boost and fave functions work ( it's the previous post in this thread ) has been boosted 150+ times. That's great! But Mastodon's Notifications show every boost and fave individually, rather than grouping them like Twitter does.
So if your post goes even remotely viral, you may be scrolling for 20+ minutes to see all your notifications. 😅⏳
Open question:
What's the best thing you read, watched, or played in the past year?
Another #introduction tip for new Mastodon users ( like me ):
Unlike Twitter, which shows strangers' posts in your feed once they get popular or once your friends like them, Mastodon appears to only show you posts by people you're following and posts they've boosted ( which is Mastodon-ese for RT )
So if you appreciate someone else's post and you also want your followers to see it too, you need to click those boost arrows. Just clicking the fave star won't make it visible to your followers.
Wow.
Yesterday, the #introduction hashtag had just ~100 mentions. A day later, it's over 1.3K, which means there's a big influx of Twitter migration happening.
A few tips I learned:
* Hashtags like #writing #science #art etc are a great way to find people to follow
* If you have URLs in your profile, add the http:// or they won't be clickable
* It's easier to follow and interact right in the feed than it is to open someone's profile in a new tab and try to follow them there 🤷🏻♂️
You know how the Eiffel Tower won the Grand Prize at the 1889 World Fair? Well, it had to share the glory with a book.
Not any book: A book ENTIRELY WOVEN IN SILK.
You heard right. And nerds, get this: All pages of this book were produced on the Jacquard loom in 1889, using thousands (200k-500k) of punch cards. Only 50-60 copies were made. >
Whenever I buy a brand new notebook, I'm afraid to start writing in it because I don't want to ruin something so fresh and pristine with my imperfect thoughts and rough drafts.
Starting a whole new profile here on Mastodon feels exactly the same way.
To the new folks like me who are posting an #introduction : you may also want to post some hashtags about your interests, because finding new people to follow here is very hashtag-driven.
Some of my interests and things I'm likely to post about include:
#screenwriting
#writing
#storytelling
#gamedesign
#art
#webcomics
#film
#tv
#books
#history
#sociology
#richmond
(Some of those hashtags may not be very active yet here, but it every community has to start somewhere.)
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