Mike Lerch

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Just an anxious dude trying to do good.
Mike LerchMar 7, 2023
Drew HarwellJan 18, 2023

Washington Post journalists on Mastodon:

Tech
@aaronjschaffer
@cqz
@cristianolima
@geoffreyfowler
@heatherkelly
@hamzashaban
@JosephMenn
@jeremybmerrill
@jeremybowers
@markseibel
@nitashatiku
@NaomiNix
@rachellerman
@Shira
@tatumhunter
@taylorlorenz
@willoremus

Politics
@briannatucker
@pbump
@perrybacon
@tonyromm

Data
@alyssafowers
@andrewvandam

Engineering
@jeremybowers

Investigations
@databae
@samueloakford

Health
@Ddiamond
@teddyamen

History
@gbrockell

National
@bellwak

Show threadMike LerchDec 7, 2022
@f00fc7c8 great thread, And that was my exact reaction when I understood the model: this is like a BBS joining FidoNet or WWIVNet!
Mike LerchDec 7, 2022
Show threadf00f/eris/continuum/etcNov 26, 2022
A couple additional notes:
- There were plenty of federated communication platforms before Identi.ca. Usenet, FIDOnet (federated BBSes), IRC networks, and of course, e-mail are examples. The lineage to Mastodon is less direct, but it's there.
- The Diaspora social network, founded and crowdfunded in 2010 by four NYU students and inspired by the ideas of Eben Moglen, is another large federated microblogging platform, but uses its own protocol and is separate from the others.
Mike LerchDec 7, 2022
f00f/eris/continuum/etcNov 26, 2022
Since Mastodon saw its initial popularity circa 2017, I've noticed that most users and those reporting on it either don't think about the Fediverse as anything more than Mastodon, or treat its history as beginning with Eugen Rochko and the beginning of Mastodon. In fact, Mastodon is the latest in a long line of federated social networks going at least back to Identi.ca, and though I wasn't around for all of it, I find this history pretty interesting. (Thread; boosts welcome!)
Show threadMike LerchNov 19, 2022

@Gargron this makes sense to me and I appreciate the thought behind it.

Related though, as a new user I find myself wishing that boosting was more like Reddit "upvotes" than Twitter "retweets."

Is there a way to separate people's "real" posts from the posts they've boosted?

Mike LerchNov 19, 2022
Eugen RochkoNov 16, 2022
I think it's glorious that there's now a Mastodon server operated by people who used to work for Twitter (macaw.social). I could have never imagined it when I started in 2016.
Show threadMike LerchNov 18, 2022
@dell Wonderful article, thank you!
Mike LerchNov 18, 2022
Richard LittlerNov 18, 2022
People grumbling that #Mastodon is slow at the moment... You just turned up with 1 million people in a tiny, rural village and you're complaining there's a queue to get into the only tearoom, which is run by gay pensioners Babs & Maureen as a retirement hobby on Mons-Weds. Relax!
#TwitterMigration
Show threadMike LerchNov 18, 2022
@mastodonmigration @jeff That's insightful stuff and I totally agree, but don't many businesses with internet presences already have people with that function and/or skill set, curating or sanitizing or otherwise moderating the material that goes out on their websites or social media handles?
Show threadMike LerchNov 17, 2022

@jsit @jeff That would happen in some places, but some places would respond readily to the idea that they don't have to put their content in other companies' hands/platforms (e.g. LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, NextDoor, etc.), or at least solely, and have the opportunity to control their own content themselves.

And for some managers it would be as simple as saying, "It's part of our website." 🙃