Adam @adam@librem.one
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Designer & web developer since the mid 1990's starting on the DEC intranet. User experience consultant since 1998. Photographer since 1995. Tech journalist since 2002.
DMs don't work, so don't bother.
Joined Apr 2019
@_astronoMay The instance I'm on has DMs removed completely (they forked the code), and I love it!
@perigee@toot.party @sean Same here. I need to find time to troubleshoot to try to narrow down the issue for a more-informative Github post. Maybe it's because I'm using an IIS server.
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In 2017 I wrote a Wired column about "antiviral design" in social media ...
... or, niche/small blogging/posting sites that were designed to *inhibit* viral waves of attention: https://www.wired.com/story/this-stripped-down-blogging-tool-exemplifies-antisocial-media/
The opposite of how Twitter works
I wasn't yet back then aware of Mastodon!
But the more I've used it, the more I've noticed that Mastodon has similarly antiviral properties
It isn't designed to foster massive joint attention on viral posts
This unsettles a certain class of Twitter émigré
On December 26, 2014, my #WindowsPhone apps editorial was almost as popular as Obama. :)
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For those who want to set up your own instance - this is a good link - https://stuxhost.com/knowledgebase/14/Easy-Mastodon-social-media-setup-with-Yunohost.html - but you install Debian and then yunohost and then let it install mastodon - the nice thing is that it tells you all the DNS params you need. Very turn key. Probably took me about an hour to do it (well, you still have to deal with DNS propagation)
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I see a lot of people talking about how Mastodon "Feels like the Internet I remember from 20 years ago."
That's no accident. That's Federation. That's UseNet, IRC, Email, Message Boards, etc. What do they all have in common?
Federation: Users congregating around watering holes of common interest, but still being a part of a larger whole.
THIS IS HOW THE INTERNET WAS DESIGNED TO BE. And I am HERE for it.
@sean I've been trying to get that Wordpress plug in to work for some years now! If they ever iron out the bugs on that and put a management interface into the dashboard, that would be great!
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@poswald
As long as the server software is open source, the Fediverse will probably be sustainable.. just like websites, email.. even IRC, FTP, NNTP, & Gopher.
@shanselman
@kathygriffin Ha! You're going to be more free than ever (when it comes to social media) here on the #Fediverse!
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Mastodon and Twitter can coexist. Mastodon is for smart content, Twitter is for watching Elon Musk own himself.
@ariadne It's great! I love it. Thank you!
@petergleick This suggestion is to call us "people" :) https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/109290545572206366
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At the end of the world the only way to protect your human rights and privacy is Open Source and Free Sofware. #Nextcloud
@mothdust Yes, something to signify a joking, sad, frustrated, sarcastic, or inquisitive tone makes sense. [agreeable emoji] [smiley emoji]
@mothdust Oh! I hate the emoji language! I get that language is fluid, but.. there has to be a smarter way.
@patricia@mastodon.social Here's a link that might help: https://joinfediverse.wiki/How_to_host_your_own_Fediverse_instance%3F That has a list of hosting providers that make it even easier, too (but those are a little more expensive).
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I KEEP JOINING CENTRALIZED SERVICES AND THEY KEEP BETRAYING ME HOW DO I BREAK THIS CYCLE
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The notion that the "decentralized nature of the 'fediverse' ... makes it vulnerable to break and crumble at any time" makes me suddenly rather worried that the Internet [1] could break and crumble any time... ;)
@jmes I'll be bicycling 50 miles through the country side and having lunch with a bunch of friends. It's going to be great weather in NY!
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Designer & web developer since the mid 1990's starting on the DEC intranet. User experience consultant since 1998. Photographer since 1995. Tech journalist since 2002.
DMs don't work, so don't bother.
Joined Apr 2019
