I've been so successful in hiding my identity and interests from Facebook it's now getting desperate for things to recommend me.
Richard Watt
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Wearer of many hats. Dev lead at Future Plc.
@evacide I once sent my mum a box of wine & fizz at Christmas and the company accidentally shipped her so much she couldn't get into her house and had to get the neighbour to help her move it off her porch.
@Studio_Gal It grows a bit like a weed (looks a bit like nettle, and has a decent scent), but at some point your cats will just destroy it in a drug-induced frenzy, so I put some new seeds down in my greenhouse every couple of months to replace the squished plants.
@Studio_Gal I think it has to do with exposure as a younger cat to some extent (I dunno the internet said so), but I grow cat mint in my garden (and it's easy to grow in a pot) and every cat I know will go insane over a fresh leaf of it.
@hacks4pancakes start asking for deposits? naming and shaming? I'm honestly not sure how you can get around this in a pleasant manner. People at my work don't get away with it because they get spammed with endless baby yoda emoji on Slack until they turn up (and for whatever reason we have a LOT of yoda emoji), but it's harder if they are randoms.
I like it, but it definitely doesn't have the flawless progression curve of Vampire Survivors
Looks like an amazing balancing feat but this was genuinely the only time all day she didn't fall on her head off something and she ended up regretting chewing one of those onion flowers. #caturday #catsofmastodon
@jerry then again there's the benefit of the right kind of engagement - I've seen brands engaging with tiktok or insta with amazing results because the tone and demographic is just perfect. OK maybe the tone for Mastodon is 'early adopter nerds and assorted other strange folk' but that could still comprise a really worthwhile market for media outside the mainstream.
As for investment, yeah the price of entry could be high for some - but if you have moderators, people who already run their own instances, good globally attractive niche content and well known writers ready to go, it suddenly seems a bit less of an ask.
@jerry Do you have any thoughts on the pros/cons of news/media companies running their own instance. I've worked for a number and Twitter has never been the 'engagement spinner' that other social media platforms are, but on the other hand a lot of journalists and editors like(d) the brevity of it and used it a lot. I'm kind of betting my current employers SRE and community moderation teams aren't up for another potential cesspit, but you never know!
I feel sorry for the smart camera behind our washing line going 'there's a person' 'there's another one' all day long as my underpants and tshirts sway in the breeze.