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mcneely  

@aurynn how big has Cloud Island gotten? Is there a way to tell where most of the data transfer is coming from?

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Jared White ✊ RESIST 🙅🏻‍♂️  

There are so many awesome people and creators in the #fediverse now it's making my head spin. This has gone _way_ beyond programming/FLOSS/data nerds.

It feels like one huge party where people making cool shit are just bumping into each other and giving each other high-fives. I love love love it. 😍

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Eugen Rochko  

Hey, so, we've hit 1,028,362 monthly active users across the network today. 1,124 new Mastodon servers since Oct 27, and 489,003 new users. That's pretty cool.

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mcneely  

@RadioSilence many of the instances intimidation tie back to the conspiracy theory floating around Truth Social that got started a few months ago and recently got ratcheted up to 11. So there's not really any reason to be concerned that conspiracy theories might pop up. The best way to ensure that the law is working is to enforce it.

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mcneely  

Two more since writing this 🤔

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Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi  

One lesson from moving between social networks is that we should maybe stop using phrases that are part of a brand. "Tweeting" or for that matter "Tooting". How about "writing" or something else non-brand related?

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mcneely  

@jaredwhite that's great that she was interested enough to sit down with you and go thru it all!

It's always so strange to me to hear about how voting works on the west coast compared to the east coast (generalizing I know). Here we basically never have ballot measures and there's hardly any culture of vote by mail. It's mostly just waiting around on election day until you make it to the polls.

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mcneely  

Why are so many of you following me all of a sudden

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mcneely  

@matthew_d_green knowledge is power, you gotta be careful with that 😉

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Seasons of Jason  

Mastodon is really having a moment in mainstream news coverage. CNN, BBC, TIME, etc.

The influx of users will continue at an alarming rate. Remember to be welcoming, and kind, and positive, and helpful.

This isn't just an opportunity to improve the idea of social media, it's an opportunity to shine a wonderful light on #opensource.

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Jason Lengstorf  

here we gooooooo! Phil Hawksworth kicking everything off. #JamstackConf

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mcneely  

@ridt one thing I have been wondering about people's aversion to 's decentralization of online spaces is how it relates to the fact that for the last 20 years we've been mostly trained on centralized services.

We actually know how decentralized services work and as this points out we use them very frequently with no issues. The biggest break with Mastodon is shifting our mental models around social contact (he says as if that's some small barrier)

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Thomas Rid  

This explainer is just so well written

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Desirée :betterpride_flag:♾️  

Help me find more #BIPoC Accounts, for me, for you, for everyone on #Mastodon

If you're #black #indigenous or #peopleofcolor feel free to comment, if you like you can comment who you are and/or what you do, so other people can follow you more easily

I will report everyone who dares to comment something hateful or attacks anyone here

Please boost :blobfoxheartcute: :boost_ok:

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Danielle Foré  

If you’re in the US, please vote. These midterm elections are extremely important.

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Jeff Martin  

It just occurred to me why Mastodon works so well for social media in the public square.

It's nothing technical. It's moderation. And the incentives of the moderators.

Community moderators keep out the kinds of people that their communities don't want around.

Professional moderators keep out the kinds of people their employers (usually advertisers) don't want around.

That difference is ✨Enormous✨ !

So everyone go hug your instance moderators today. 🤗

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Tomato 🍅 (he/him)  

Crazy to see mastodon everywhere now

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mcneely  

@mm can't say that I had heard of Vero, is it just like @pixelfed ? I do enjoy being on there as an alternative to Instagram

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Joshua R. Greenberg  

RT @OIEAHC@twitter.com

Hey #VastEarlyAmerica, apps for the OI-Fort Ticonderoga Fellowships are open! Scholars with strong interests in early America, broadly understood to mean the Atlantic World in the years between roughly 1450 and 1820, are encouraged to apply. oieahc.wm.edu/fellowships/shor

🐦🔗: twitter.com/OIEAHC/status/1585

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Josh Sternberg  

I know this is not a new thought for any/every parent, but: One of my favorite things about being a parent is introducing my kids to the things about life that I love, while also watching them discover some of those very things on their own.

The feeling never gets old.

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