He’s a c-list celebrity and genre author. I generally agree with what he says and enjoy his writing, but I’d be surprised if any of his usual audience joined a platform specifically because of him.

Posting in there would ruin it.

Oh yeah, I forgot about quote tweets.

Yeah, I assumed there would be progress. Here’s hoping the next time there’s a wave of registrations, the users stick around.

it’s on us the fediverse for really failing to communicate the value of instances as well as making them easy

A bunch of people came over to Mastodon when Elon bought Twitter, but they left because it was missing features. The big ones I saw were

1. a lack of “trending” list - that means journalists and other people who want to know what’s happening right now didn’t have a way to find events
2. no suggestions for follows. As a new user, how do people know what to follow?
3. no suggested posts. Once I scroll through all the posts from the people I follow, the system doesn’t provide me with new posts.

Life goes on past thirty five. I knew that was the case, but my plans and goals only went as far as then.

Kinda like when you graduate uni and you realize that there’s still more stuff to do.

Is there anything left?

It doesn’t say if it was a metric drove or an imperial drove. Shoddy journalism, if you ask me.

But droves though. Droves.

Decentralised social media platforms are increasingly being recognised as viable alternatives to their centralised counterparts. Among these, Mastodon stands out as a popular alternative, offering a citizen-powered option distinct from larger and centralised platforms like Twitter/X. However, the future path of Mastodon remains uncertain, particularly in terms of its challenges and the long-term viability of a more citizen-powered internet. In this paper, following a pre-study survey, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 16 Mastodon instance administrators, including those who host instances to support marginalised and stigmatised communities, to understand their motivations and lived experiences of running decentralised social media. Our research indicates that while decentralised social media offers significant potential in supporting the safety, identity and privacy needs of marginalised and stigmatised communities, they also face considerable challenges in content moderation, community building and governance.

Again. Hate is too strong a word. Just “involuntary and inexplicable dislike”.

tbf, I hated him in the 90s, before it was cool conservative.

I studiously avoid anything with the big T. He’s a good actor, but I’d prefer not to stare at him for 90 minutes.

I have a weird dislike of Tom Hanks. It isn’t hate, but I find myself inexplicably hostile towards him. No idea why.

Canadian grocery prices have increased something like 20% since 2019. At this point I think we’re all buying less, eating less, and making sure we waste less.

What could be more serious than the future of humanity in the stars? Once we reunite with our glorious reptilian creators, we will ascend to the stars!

The dinosaurs want us to be successful and join them, that’s why they keep helping us!

Be strong for Elwood.

When the dinosaurs send arks to bring us home to glorious Planet 9, I’ll make sure to save you a seat.

It’s going to be glorious.