NicePoint ๐ @NicePoint@octodon.social
I may look like a nice triangle, but I'm silently judging you. I'm a real People, BTW.
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made a dumb drawing of what the #fediverse looks like with http://autodraw.com
Huzzah! @pzmyers is here ! :D
I'm going to opine that, though topics may be hot, and sharp rocks may be at the bottom of the ravine into which the waterfall flows, the chill needs to prevail.
@voidzero I see, you where pointing out the apparent hypocrisy in their willingness to profile the all people in an instance.
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Fair point... though one is an example of national/racial profiling and the other an example of idealogical profiling.
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I think people hope to see self selection processes guide people into groupings on instances that can be easily profiled and toggled.
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Instances are not countries.
Brief history of the universe: hydrogen is a light, odorless gas that given enough time and density may form into conditions and configurations capable of having and expressing conscious thought
Mastodon offers 500 characters, but it feels like everyone is still using Twitter styling and abbreviations for their toots. We have room to articulate! We have room to breathe!
We should use it. No need to resign to Twitter's culture, we should build our own.
Who first looked at a sea urchin and thought to themselves, "hey, I should eat that?"
Further more, why would one want to ingest something that looks and acts like the taboo love child between an igneous rock and a porcupine in the first place? This question pickles me...
@creatrixtiara @roroyourboat @dthorman Also, just on a human level, responding to e.g. "if you build it like X it will really benefit PoC and if you build it like Y it will open them up to harm." with "fuck off" is... extreme.
Like, if someone says, "Please don't step on my toes," it's ridiculous to respond with, "fuck you pay me."
Here's my #TransformTech talk, which discusses Mastodon as an example of "diversity-friendly software", focusing on anti-harassment and the involvement of furries and LGTBQ+ people early in the process.
[Of course, Mastodon has its diversity challenges as well - and I certainly am not saying to ignore those!]
Oh also PSA it is mentioned in release notes but you can put your CSS customizations into app/assets/stylesheets/custom.scss now and that file won't be overwritten by any future updates
roses are red
violets are blue
if you're cool
i wanna federate with you
.@jalefkowit I think the user interface can help by encouraging or discouraging certain things - this is an interesting area for research and innovation.
But at the end of the day it's a social problem and not all social problems have technical solutions. Maybe we collectively need to learn to behave better.
Just created @WritingPrompts bot, it posts a new writing prompt every hour.
Up to a challenge? Write <500 characters flash fiction every day!
Post your stories with a hashtag #writingprompts!
For new users:
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FAQ:
https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Using-Mastodon/FAQ.md
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Guide:
https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Using-Mastodon/User-guide.md
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Or just toot a question with #faq, #question, #metadon, or #support.
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We will get you set up in no time.
Does anyone else cry like a baby every time they watch "Up" or is it just me
Firefox users need to go toย about:configย and set settingnetwork.IDN_show_punycodeย toย true.
The phishing potential for this issue is huge.
funny how optimizing is an extremely pessimistic activity
