Mastodawn

Paul Nov 9, 2022

BLUR Nov 5, 2022

One thing that was super common on Mastodon / Fediverse prior to this mass migration was adding image descriptions to help be accessible to our many blind and partially sighted users here. Many people won't boost posts without them.
Please consider adding alt text to your images when you can.

Paul Nov 9, 2022

I... what? What is going on over there?

https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/8/23448184/twitter-verification-official-checkmark-gray-blue

Twitter’s solution for ruining verification is another checkmark

Twitter’s new $7.99 Blue subscription will sell “blue checkmark” verification to anyone without actually confirming their identities. But the company is adding a new layer with a gray Official label for “select” accounts.

The Verge

Paul Nov 8, 2022

Scott Shapiro Nov 8, 2022

Investors are dumping Tesla stock on the fear that Elon Musk may turn his attention again to the electric car maker.

Paul Nov 8, 2022

Charles Seife Nov 7, 2022

I want to echo what other Mastodon admins are saying: please report any harassment or violative messages you're seeing. Unlike the birdsite, your local admin will likely react quickly -- and you'll make the instance better for everyone, not just yourself.

So... please don't just ignore! Let us know if there's a problem.

Paul Nov 8, 2022

I've been trying out third-party Mastodon apps, and discovered that Tusky lets me use the blob emojis that Google should never have got rid of.

I like it already.

#apps #tusky #bringbacktheblobs #emoji

Paul Nov 8, 2022

Meanwhile, on another social media platform...

Paul Nov 8, 2022

Evan Minto Nov 7, 2022

Mastodon/The Fediverse now has over 1 million monthly active users, approximately the same as Twitter's estimated active user count in 2008, when I joined. People forget that Twitter also started as a weird, confusing new thing.

Paul Nov 8, 2022