Bobby Brown @bobbyd0g@hellsite.net

When I joined Mastodon, everyone was saying “just pick a server (instance) it doesn’t really matter which one.” I saw Universeodon and thought “hey, that sounds cool!” Turns out it’s literally for people who love planets and space! 😂 Oops!!

I stand by my choice 🌏💫💀🖤

i logged on to the world wide web to find out how the american elections went and even like google news is just like yelling and no information

Amazing chart on the growth of Mastodon.

Graphic by @estebanmoro

I've got trust issues. We all do. Some infosec pros go so far as to say #TrustNoOne, a philosophy more formally known as #ZeroTrust, that holds that certain elements of your security should *never* be delegated to *any* third party.

The problem is, it's trust all the way down. Say you maintain your own cryptographic keys on your own device. How do you know the software you use to store those keys is trustworthy? Well, maybe you audit the source-code and compile it yourself.

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i appreciate how mastodon gives you way more options for avoiding people

This list of #journalists on Mastodon has absolutely taken on a life of its own. 🔥

It's now grown to over 540 journalists and shows no signs of stopping. I do quality control and check it every day to clean up.

Journalitsts on Mastodon Form to Sign Up:
https://forms.gle/dw5gzkA11uxXiGTy5

Current full list:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13No4yxY-oFrN8PigC2jBWXreFCHWwVRTftwP6HcREtA/edit?resourcekey=undefined#gid=1320898902

Late to the party for my own story, but in case you missed it, here’s how one engineer within Twitter told me the platform is going to break. What do you think?
https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/11/08/1062886/heres-how-a-twitter-engineer-says-it-will-break-in-the-coming-weeks/

Sometimes I think we have overthought why people use/used social media. More than half the time, I just wanna pull down with my thumb and see something unexpected or interesting or that I want to respond to. For all its cultural importance, I think Twitter’s popularity (among a certain set of people) was mostly about being a really good place to swipe down your thumb. Aaannddd I kind of can’t believe how quickly Mastodon is serving that same purpose for me … and actually more interesting?

So here's what I've learned.
Mastodon isn't Twitter.
And that's by design.
You've grown used to things designed to give you that anger rush.
Mastodon is very deliberately built to avoid that.
The temptation is to replicate your Twitter experience.
Picking arguments, amplifying trolls.
Please don't.
This isn't your house, people here put time into building it.
Content warnings, ALT tags.
Don't turn it into a replica of the mess you just left.
If you miss the fights, the birdsite is still there.

It's money well spent

#feditips I've seen a few people apologize for moving instances and I just want to say that that's not necessary! Mastodon servers aren't competing with each other for users or advertising dollars. Moving around to find a community or vibe that makes you comfortable is what this is all about. tech.lgbt in particular has had a fairly large number of former users leaving to start their own instances and I think that's awesome, actually