@billyjoebowers Good idea—but make it a year. Nice and easy.
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@alan That *is* sad.
PeterShankmanToday's #trivia - With Queen Elizbeth's death, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, Brigitte Bardot, and Chubby Checker are the only five people still alive who are referenced in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire."
@JohnAtl None of those worked for me, though.
This article's clickbaity headline does a disservice to an informative and interesting piece about how different generations and cultures interpret emojis differently, which can lead to unintended hostility.
Some folks use the crying emoji as tears of joy, others to express they're upset. Some people use the kissy face to express general affection, others platonic love, and still others romantic love.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90806826/this-is-what-gen-z-thinks-about-their-coworkers-emoji-use
Seems like choosing a server stops a lot of people from joining Mastodon. If Mastodon wants to grow the community, it would be a good idea to add an "I don't care--pick a server for me," button to joinmastodon.org and then point new users to servers based on language spoken.
This was a barrier for me when I joined a few years ago. I can't remember how I decided on this one. Maybe because I discovered it was run by Mastodon's founder and I figured it would be more likely to be stable.
John Goerzen@pluralistic Cory Doctorow has some good thoughts here "even if you're paying for the product, you're still the product" and especially one of many recent debunkings of the "#Apple is good for #privacy" myth. https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/14/luxury-surveillance/
Now at @The thing about Twitter is that it really lacks a lot of the features you'd expect from a true Mastodon replacement.
For example, there's no way to edit your toots (which they, confusingly call "tweets"—let's face it, it's a bit of a silly name that's difficult to take seriously).
"Tweets" can't be covered by a content warning. There's no way to let the poster know you like their tweet without also sharing it, and no bookmark feature.
There's no way to set up your own instance, and you're basically stuck on a single instance of Twitter. That means there's no community moderators you can reach out to to quickly resolve issues. Also, you can't de-federate instances with a lot of problematic content.
It also doesn't Integrate with other fediverse platforms, and I couldn't find the option to turn the ads off.
Really, Twitter has made a good start, but it will need to add a lot of additional features before it gets to the point where it becomes a true Mastodon replacement for most users.
“A food delivery company insisted on discussing the popularity of chicken wings on background.”
Updating The Verge’s background policy https://www.theverge.com/press-room/22772113/the-verge-on-background-policy-update
"The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've ever broken." — @doctorow
Cory Doctorow praises the Framework, a modular, user-repairable and upgradeable laptop.
"Entropy is an unavoidable fact of life. 'Just don't drop your laptop' is great advice, but it's easier said than done."