Ethan Black @golemwire@librem.one

*sigh*

One day into it, and I've already unfollowed @georgetakei.

He's just being really negative and toxic (even if it's for a "good" reason), like on #BirdSite.

That isn't what this space is about, and I highly doubt anyone is going to be able to reach him and say, "Hey George, amigo, boss, awesome person; that's not the way we do it here."

Call me a #snowflake all you like. I just really enjoy the positivity here, and don't relish the idea of it turning into #BirdSite.

@janeayers @georgetakei Body shaming is wrong, and it's wrong regardless of who it's targeted at. Because it doesn't just affect the person it's directed at, but others who feel self-conscious about their appearance.

Whether it's due to age, weight, or other factors, our community is not interested in attacks on appearance here.

There are plenty of other ways to criticize Kari Lake without stooping to low blows.

I responded to them and now my responses do not show up on their site. Dang. So much for them asking what we think

To this extent I'm really interested to know how the age breakdown of people on the #Fediverse. On one hand it would seem to make sense to me that most people here remember the "old internet" before the centralization and they're here to rekindle that flame of independence. On the other hand the youths are generally pretty up on this whole technology thing. I grew up on the internet and since then smartphones have become even more ubiquitous.

(Please boost for reach)

WHICH GENERATION ARE YOU?

(Boost for reach) ❤

One feature I like about #Mastodon: whenever someone modifies a toot that I had boosted, Mastodon notifies me of this modification.

This simple feature has great potential for tackling disinformation that may arise from possible toot modifications.

#disinformation #fediverse

Developing Mastodon, I strive to use terminology that is familiar to as many people as possible so as to not put up unnecessary barriers in understanding. For this reason I am happy that we went away from calling posts "toots". It has always been a point of friction for people. Not that I dislike branding, quite the opposite, but in my experience receiving feedback over half a decade, it had a negative effect on the platform for little benefit.

When we say the #Librem5 is a mobile computer in your pocket, this is what we mean.

One of our customers (@primalmotion) hacks on custom versions of #PureBoot firmware for their #Librem14 which always runs the risk of temporarily bricking your computer.

When that did inevitably happen, they were able to connect their Librem 5 to their hardware flashing equipment and run the same tools you'd run on your Linux laptop to re-flash working firmware.

The Fediverse has its own video platform called @peertube.

You can follow PeerTube accounts from Mastodon, for example try following craftykat@diode.zone

You can watch and interact with the videos entirely within Mastodon, or on PeerTube itself.

Here's an example of a PeerTube server:

➡️ https://fedi.video

If you see an account you like, you can copy and paste its account address into Mastodon to follow it there. When new videos are published, they will appear in your Mastodon timeline.

What do you think about #SignalStories?

This probably describes me better than any intro

Another reminder, please CW your posts about politics! I know its exciting, but some of us would like to be able to skip over it. :)