Eubie Drew (QOTO 🦣) @EubieDrew@qoto.org
- Inactive 🐦
- http://twitter.com/EubieDrew
- Activist 🐘
- https://spore.social/@EubieDrew
Interested in #PlanetaryScience, #Exoplanets, #Astrochemistry, #Astrophysics, and #ClimateScience.
Sometimes send curated cross-posted content from my Twitter acct, #𓅪𐃘𓃰
Joined Nov 2022
@Raspberry_Pi@raspberrypi.social FW, do not ask someone in #Entomology.
@Pat Too late. 🙂
@Pat Not complaining. Trying to plan ahead.
I am quite happy with the 600 I follow. Also, I am NOT complaining about the new people that have come after me or those that might come in the future.
This issue is not about being overwhelmed, but about the inevitable structural changes that happen with growth.
Sure, I have been here only 5 weeks, but my instance has undergone 160% growth since then, because it is great place. #Mastodon in general has had only 30% growth. I am on an outlier #instance.
How big is too big, and should we be proactive?
@jonpainterphoto #TheForce was with Louis Brandeis.
Not saying we are there yet, but should we proactively worry about #QOTO.org getting too large? Best to think about this before it actually happens.
Eubie Drew (QOTO 🦣)
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Is something inherent lost *whenever* a #Mastodon #instance goes large?
(The advantages are obvious, but perhaps the disadvantages, though hidden, are just as bad.)
At what size does #MastoAdmin inevitably become corporate in character, despite all intentions?
Should there be deliberate intentional deconstruction into smaller instances at some point, and explicitly planned?
#UFoI-adjacent issue.
Lond thread /eof
Long thread by @pluralistic on black hole capitalism y'all need to read.
Scroll up ⬆️ or go here --> https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/109461421731443118
So sorry. Just realized Tw does not refer to Twitter.
I am getting a "That account doesn't exist" on Tw. Is there a typo in the name "mafahimaryam"?
Stingrays aren't real.
Eubie Drew (QOTO 🦣)
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Anywho, all that to say: don't shoot the messenger. Mastodon's a great alternative to Twitter, and demonstrates potential for becoming a sustainable, step-function improvement over the billionaire-funded platforms we have today. In order to realize Mastodon's full potential, it will need to adapt to accommodate small and independent business ventures. It costs money to keep these servers running, someone needs to figure out how to keep the lights on. And, I'd favor an ecosystem that builds...
quality twitter cross-post
Showing us who they are.
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RT @jbf1755
When a former President, who wants to be a future president, says he wants to terminate constitutional electoral rules, and leaders in his party remain silent, or worse, continue to support him, they have shown themselves for who they are.
Believe them.
https://twitter.com/jbf1755/status/1599355584184258560
Eubie Drew (QOTO 🦣)
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Things we didn't do:
- Start the fire
- Shoot the deputy
- Steal the cookies from the cookie jar
Things we did:
- Tried to fight it
- Shot the sheriff
- Put the sham in the shama-lama-ding-dong
Things we will do:
- Survive
- Rock you
- Walk 500 miles
- Walk 500 more
Things we won't do:
- Get fooled again
- Back down
- That
Things we will never do:
- Give you up
- Let you down
- Run around
- Desert you
(Oops:
- I did it again)
Eubie Drew (QOTO 🦣)
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The concern isn’t that letting Nazis back on Twitter (or any other major platform) is going to make people suddenly start thinking Nazis are good. The concern is that when people get used to hearing their ideas, other extreme ideas start sounding kind of reasonable and even acceptable. That’s the Overton Window, and it explains a lot about what’s going on right now. Far-right extremists use this tactic more effectively than any other group I’ve ever seen. 3/
#FOMO is holding millions back from #TwitterMigration and that inertia is quickly dissolving.
Eubie Drew (QOTO 🦣)
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👀 Pulled some stats on #fedified Mastodon users and it seems like the key to growing one's audience on here is to post at least once per day.
The sweet spot seems to be 3 to 10 times per day (including boosts and replies, excluding Twitter cross-posts)
Posting more than 10 times/day --> diminishing returns
Posting less frequently than once per day --> stagnant growth
To learn about fedified, visit https://www.fedified.com
mediate or meditate?
Eubie Drew (QOTO 🦣)
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Unpopular opinion: we should normalize black people coming to Mastodon, being safe and speaking their minds.
They might talk about internal discomfort and biases we might hold.
It's not their responsibility to educate us. It's our responsibility to create a place where black people are accepted.
I was looking at the news this morning and I think it's the perfect time to bring this up.
Eubie Drew (QOTO 🦣)
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I want to tell you the story of Vivienne Malone-Mayes, Texas-born mathemetician and professor, but I don't think you can understand her journey without talking about the #AcademicRacism in which she existed.
- Inactive 🐦
- http://twitter.com/EubieDrew
- Activist 🐘
- https://spore.social/@EubieDrew
Interested in #PlanetaryScience, #Exoplanets, #Astrochemistry, #Astrophysics, and #ClimateScience.
Sometimes send curated cross-posted content from my Twitter acct, #𓅪𐃘𓃰
Joined Nov 2022
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