Ethan Black @golemwire@librem.one

Xmas tree status? 🎅🏻

The thing about Twitter is that it really lacks a lot of the features you'd expect from a true Mastodon replacement.

For example, there's no way to edit your toots (which they, confusingly call "tweets"—let's face it, it's a bit of a silly name that's difficult to take seriously).

"Tweets" can't be covered by a content warning. There's no way to let the poster know you like their tweet without also sharing it, and no bookmark feature.

There's no way to set up your own instance, and you're basically stuck on a single instance of Twitter. That means there's no community moderators you can reach out to to quickly resolve issues. Also, you can't de-federate instances with a lot of problematic content.

It also doesn't Integrate with other fediverse platforms, and I couldn't find the option to turn the ads off.

Really, Twitter has made a good start, but it will need to add a lot of additional features before it gets to the point where it becomes a true Mastodon replacement for most users.

#twitter #mastodon #twittermigration

I've been on a chronological timeline both here and on Twitter for a few years. Here is how I manage it:

I don't follow lightly. Following means I want to see all your posts. I read each post.

I filter. When ppl fill up my whole timeline with streams of posts too often, I either filter boosts or unfollow. It's nothing personal.

What about trending? Easy to tell what's trending because people w/ shared interests who I follow post/boost about the topic. If not, I follow someone new who does.

Tooting from @maartje 's Mastodon 3.11 for Workgroups! Though not sure if the parsing weirdness is my poorly setup WebOne or not

Now that I'm really cranking through this project, I had the fleeting thought "wow maybe it *would* be profitable to sell these" until I did the math. It will take 8 hours to weave the fabric and another 12 to finish it (tying fringe, washing, ironing) and sew it into a tote. I realized if I sold them for $350 I'd cover material costs and pay myself a $15/hr minimum wage.

So if you are wondering why I'm not opening up an Etsy store or something, that's why. #weaving

Hello Fediverse!

I'm sharing a thing that I hope can be the beginning for many conversations, and represents for me a statement that is the result of many years of conversation:

https://slocanstatement.org/

I call it the #slocanstatement, and I'm sharing it here first, in public, in the spirit of the Fediverse.

I hope you'll read it, share it if you think it's a valuable statement, and comment and revise it towards building consensus across the Fediverse.

Introducing the first alpha release of Mastodon 3.11 for Workgroups!

Available for Windows 95

FIRST BIG MASTODON ARTSHARE 🤪

🔥 Share your works!
🔥 Support others with likes, RTs or follows
🔥 RT this so more people can share their works!

#pixelart #artshare

I can't help but notice many toots from helpful newbies encouraging you to support the Mastodon Patreon.

It's fine to do that but understand it goes to just two big instances and the official Mastodon dev team.

It does NOT trickle down to YOUR instance. If you want to support your server, donate to it directly. Nearly all the costs of the explosive growth of the past few weeks is borne by local instances.

Mastodon is decentralized. There is no Mastodon Inc. This is not Twitter.

I don't want to just be posting about numbers like a clock, but the 2 million mark of monthly active users across the network is a pretty big deal. This is going big numbers! Shout out to all the server operators who are absorbing this wave.

Almost 180k new users joined #mastodon yesterday, a new record. This third #twitterMigration wave happened after Musk's Twitter 2.0 ultimatum to #Twitter workers. Each wave is stronger than the previous one. Here is my updated plot showing the three consecutive waves.

Have I mentioned I *really* enjoy working on shaders? Here's some volumetric lighting implemented in URP for Farewell North.

This was done a few months back and I'm still pretty thrilled with the result!

#GameDev #ScreenshotSaturday #IndieGames

In case you're interested in how the #Fediverse has grown since 2019, here's a cool resource.
https://fediverse.observer/stats

WASD is a videogame show, taking place at The Truman Brewery, London, from March 30th to April 1st. As part of it there's going to be a showcase of sixteen strange and new games projects. No charge to submit, no charge to exhibit if selected, PC hardware provided, and no obligation to attend. 🎮

You can submit your game here! 👇

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfleAammPAZ9CzCkql71ikKXjHPLVIX0DlbcOsRf-ao3tA90Q/viewform

#games #wasd #game #indiedev #indiegame #indie #gamedev

Which browser do you use?
Thanks for any boosts! I wanna know!