Just read the interview that @Julia did with @adamdavidson. It was interesting to see Mastodon from a journalist's eyes. Even more importantly, journalists who understand what Mastodon is.

But I'm not here to give them applause.

I want to focus on this quote from @adamdavidson because it's the first time I've seen such a mainstream journalist admit this publicly, and it is truly shocking to see!

https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/11/can-mastodon-be-a-reasonable-twitter-substitute-for-journalists/

My heart is broken for Colorado Springs.

LGBTQ+ people are nearly four times more likely than non-LGBTQ+ people to experience violent victimization.

And Anti-LGBTQ+ emboldens extremists to violence.

This must end. Now.

ACCESSIBILITY TIP: Adding emojis to your display name is terrible for people who use screen readers.

I was just reminded by someone that when you do this (as I had done), then they have to listen to the screen reader read out all the emojis/icons BEFORE getting to your actual post.

So my name came across as:
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dan york satellite graphic satellite studio mic graphic studio mic curling stone graphic curling stone
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Thank you to the person who reminded me of this!

#accessibility

⚖ Unexpected #CaresAct Side-Effect:
Encouraging "Natural Experiment" Results for #PrisonReform & #Justice

https://twitter.com/dustinbpalmer/status/1590879271605923840?t=CWuxRPqU2kFJKXek3b0krQ&s=19

#compassion vs #incarceration, #covid

So many people are having a bad first experience with Mastodon because they're using the official app which is lacking features, doesn't allow image uploads randomly, has random slowness, and doesn't give you easy access to the two most active feeds where you can find people (Local and Federated).

Please switch to Metatext, Tusky, or Tooot for a better mobile experience (or even use a browser).

Out of the >15k users that joined this week, over 11k are on the official apps.

If you need help with using Mastodon   and the Fediverse  you can ask me for help, but please check the website at https://fedi.tips first. It has lots of questions answered!

If you can't find what you need on the site, just mention me or message me and I will reply to you as a DM.

(I'm not doing publicly-visible replies from this account any more, as most people don't need to see them.)

#Mastodon #Fediverse #Introduction #ReIntroduction