Ty Smith

@tsmith
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- Android Platform Lead @Uber
- Android & Kotlin GDE
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Ty SmithOct 31, 2022
@kurtisnelson I had mine setup since the early days of Mastodon, as this was the first IIRC. I don't have strong opinions about it at this point, and may evaluate moving or self hosting at some point.
Ty SmithOct 31, 2022

I setup my paid sponsorship for @Mastodon yesterday. It's a non-profit with no ad revenue. You should too.

https://www.patreon.com/mastodon

Get more from Mastodon on Patreon

Creating Mastodon

Patreon
Show threadTy SmithOct 31, 2022
@gergelyorosz Good. I set up a recurring sponsorship yesterday too.
Ty SmithOct 31, 2022
Show threadGergely OroszOct 31, 2022

"What alarming things are you hearing?"

Just how tenured people who have deep understanding of Twitter and social media, are being treated.

Maybe Twitter will do just fine, and I really hope it does because I love the product. But not diversifying would be foolish right now.

Show threadTy SmithOct 31, 2022
@munaf Bootstrapping communities is hard...
Ty SmithOct 30, 2022
Since the Android dev community is starting to become a bit more active on Mastodon, worth pointing out the clients are open sourced too https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-android
Show threadTy SmithOct 30, 2022
@fribbledom I suspect some of the Mastodon servers are struggling with their own failwhale moment in growth. I've heard of users with sign-up emails not confirming, images not displaying/uploading. Guess it's a good problem to have? 🤷‍♂️
Ty SmithOct 30, 2022
Eugen RochkoOct 30, 2022
Mastodon is operated, maintained, and moderated by different passionate individuals and organizations, often out of their own pocket. Check if your server accepts donations on its about page if you want to help out!
Ty SmithOct 30, 2022
@zachklipp @mmckenna @jessewilson @rjrjr @rharter Also @mekkaokereke!
Show threadTy SmithOct 30, 2022
@keyboardsurfer Need to explore it. I suspect we'll end up with VERY large profiles that won't upload to Google Play, like we've heard from some of the other big companies. Also, need to verify what we'll have to write ourselves being on Bazel/Buck.