Mastodawn

mathew 🦜☕Nov 28, 2022

…I'm currently trying out an account on a different instance, and will likely redirect this one soon. You shouldn't have to do anything.

I thought about setting up my own instance, but I'm not quite ready to do that just now. Maybe when GoToSocial is more mature.

Defederation is a feature, not a bug. Yes, it makes the network messy, but human social interaction is messy. Freedom of association means freedom of dis-association.

mathew 🦜☕Nov 28, 2022

When I joined Mastodon in 2017, I picked mastodon.social because it was one of the larger instances, with good uptime, and I wanted one that would be likely to stick around.

Fast forward 5 years, and the sudden growth in user numbers this year (thanks Elon!) has resulted in it becoming problematically large. There have been issues with moderation, leading to some other instances defederating from it.

It's also not good for the Fediverse to have a few huge servers. So…

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mathew 🦜☕Nov 28, 2022

I took a look at using my developer account to generate a suitable API key and script, but apparently they shut off all the developer accounts recently and want everyone to re-apply through a new system that requires that you describe what you're planning to do and get manual approval.

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mathew 🦜☕Nov 28, 2022

Update: It seems it doesn't delete *all* tweets. If you know the URL of an ancient tweet, or can find it using search, you can still go to that URL and see the tweet.

However, it does make your profile page show up with no tweets and no way to page back further.

To truly delete everything, there's a commercial service https://tweetdelete.net/

Delete Tweets (X Posts) - X.com's Official Partner

Delete tweets (X posts) in bulk based on their age or specific text they contain, run it once or automatically on a schedule.

mathew 🦜☕Nov 27, 2022

For those looking to delete their Twitter history, I found this tool to work:

https://redact.dev

Unlike most solutions it's free and doesn't require a developer API token.

Redact - Mass Delete Messages, Posts and More

Easily bulk delete all your content from Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Discord and 30+ sites. Download Redact and control your digital footprint.

mathew 🦜☕Nov 27, 2022

Supermarket conversation with my wife:

"We've gotta get these."
"Why?"
"Because they're updog."
"I don't get it."
"They're made from updog!"
"What is updog?"

So, $4.78 well spent.

mathew 🦜☕Nov 27, 2022

Taylor Lorenz Nov 27, 2022

Notable that Marc Andreessen backed Elon’s Twitter takeover and is now also backing Post.news, Twitter’s main competitor outside Mastodon. Once again, you think you’re given a choice but the rich get richer either path you take!
#technology #tech #twitter #elon #musk #twittermigration

mathew 🦜☕Nov 26, 2022

Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch)

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Nov 26, 2022

Dentist: So, do you floss?
Me: Do you use a unique password for every account?

mathew 🦜☕Nov 26, 2022

Luke MacNeil Nov 26, 2022

I really do like mastodon and I think it has a lot of potential as a true social networking outlet for creatives... but anti-elon rhettoric is about 20% of my timelines. Actual screenshots of twitter. We left twitter.

Let this dude do his thing. He owns it.

Please just drop the obsession and leave all that over there. Make this place different.

We all need and want it to be different - so be different.

#fediverse #friday #elon #twittermigration #enough #freshslate #lifetipsfromluke

mathew 🦜☕Nov 26, 2022

Another Angry Woman Nov 25, 2022

to catch a train, first you must learn to think like a train