Samizdata ✔ @Samizdata@octodon.social
A guy that interjects into random
conversations with truly bad jokes.
#MeFite
#ThatSameSamizdataYouHaveSeenEverywhereElseEXCEPTBritishLibertarianism
@sixohsix @Samizdata Saw them open for Talking Heads at CBGB in '76.
@jonathansampson Might I also suggest Reddit Enhancement Suite for #Brave as well as SALR?
Holy shit. This is 2017. I should not have to restart my MBP for a printer driver.
@jonathansampson Tonight's #Rabb.it session went just fine in #Brave after last night's fact finding mission. Cheers!
@even_more_damned_muteKi heh, that is indeed me; there's several Josh Millards out there on the googles but I seem to be by and far the most consist about doing weird shit
Me: Maybe white people are making minority groups uncomfortable and it would be nice to see minority groups help make Mastadon safer.
Shitposter.club: *Racist memes and dogpiling*
Yeah, can't imagine why what I said was so divisive
:bird: something is wrong and Twitter should do something to fix it
:elephant: something is wrong and oh I guess we need to work through this complex problem and come up with a solution as a community that works for us and if other people prefer something different they can do that too
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DO NOT SPREAD WORD OF MASTODON WITHOUT CLARIFYING THIS. If you do, everyone coming will flock to Mastodon.social, which puts a strain on that one instance and makes it look bad. There are other instances for a reason.
Other than that small preparation, be sure to donate to your instance admin.
As you settle into Mastodon, be sure to learn the lingo:
- "toot": a tweet
- "tusking": starting a pointless fight with another user
- "woolly": going viral, as in "wow, that toot really went woolly"
- "extinction event": when a whole instance goes down
@jasonsteakums You can tell the academics who play D&D because of how they pronounce this new tool that university libraries and grant institutions keep pushing us to use: https://orcid.org/ ('orc-eye-dee') (Everyone else pronounces it like the flower, 'orchid').
Good night, keyboard!
Good night, mouse!
Good night, monitor!
Good night, PC!
Good night, Mastodon!
Ultimately Mastodon's killer feature is that it's a public good that someone built because they thought it needed to exist and not a startup someone built because they wanted to get rich quick selling other people's data.
we are the social network filled with posts about how cool we are.
we are all actually tooting our own horns.
It's almost like 140 characters encourages shitty conversation
We are all boosted toots now
@jonathansampson Well,, the Rabb.it test was a no go. The mic access was apparently not working, so I had to switch back to Chrome. Don't ask me why mic I have other than generic Chinese $15 Rip Off Off Amazon brand.
if you are on the east coast and you're still up smash that fave button Show more
kɜ:ʳ 
wait so once ur jacked in to cybrespace how do you jack back out again
i forgot to read the manual and now my hands are nintendo powergloves
