Glass Half Empty 🇨🇦 @YUL_native@qoto.org

one thing I think that might be lost on newcomers is the fact that this past week has been BANANAS for everyone who's been on the site for years, and if you feel like people are being snippy or pushy about social norms, that's probably why.

on a normal week when people talk about "hey please CW that" or "please don't spam your tweets here with a crossposter" or whatever they're more likely to do so patiently and explain the reasoning behind why we do things that way but on a day like today things are more likely to get a little snippy or terse.

don't take it personally! the old timers are trying to maintain social norms in the face of a flood of change, and they're worn out. keep that in mind if you think to yourself "hm; this place doesn't seem that friendly". give it some time to get back to normal before you bounce.

CBC Power and Politics is hoping to have myself and Leah West on every Friday to talk about the Public Order Emergency Commission and the Emergency Act. https://twitter.com/davidwcochrane/status/1588910690395643904?s=46&t=7gihXm0x2OcQbk07oVWjbg

OMG Mastodon has an Edit feature!

Long story short, the move toward algorithms was never about making a better social network, it's always been more about making a better environment for injecting external advertising, extracting more personal data they can sell, and keeping you glued to it so it can do more both

Grumpy face test.

Aside from it being hard to search/find people occasionally, I like that more and more people seem to be joining this place. Hopefully it continues to improve and grow a bit.

Frustrating that I'm still struggling to share photos on this platform. Hoping that gets worked out soon.