Alan Johnson @acjay@qoto.org

@Whizanth@mastodon.pro I don't have codes yet but if I get some, I'll try to remember to.

@justin might be, but honestly I can't be bothered to switch. Also, I want to self host eventually, but that will probably just make this particular problem worse.

@LouisIngenthron I suspect they do

Super early #Bluesky thoughts:

- Onboarding feels super smooth. Selecting the default server feels low stakes.

- Initial feed feels Twitteresque, for better or worse. I don't know how to explain what this means. It's a vibe.

- Took about 5 mins to switch to @acjay.com. I LOVE this.

These are weak points with #mastodon, as I think nearly everyone acknowledges.

@justin yeah, but I find it way too random

I have to admit that a lot of it is my distrust of Jack "Elon is the singular solution I trust" Dorsey and his motives.

#bluesky: what do folks think of it?

I'm not on yet, but I suspect that if they are able to improve upon a few of the core pain points of #mastodon, it might be the true Twitter successor.

#Fediverse #TwitterMigration

@Pat fair point on violence. I think of both things as violence. I think of trauma as a long term impact of violence. Not all violence causes trauma. Emotional violence is mostly distinct from physical violence in that it can't cause physical damage. But it can cause physical trauma through psychosomatic effects or second-order impacts on behavior.

But this is all just my preferences on semantics!

@Pat thanks for responding!

I don't think most punishment is necessary. But I should be clearer about what I mean. To me, punishment is the intentional causing of bad feelings or pain as a deterrent for some behavior.

Granted, my oldest is only nearly 6, we've got 4 kids and we really don't do what I would consider punishment, by that definition.

Like, if a kid is abusing some object and doesn't respond to correction, I take it away. Not as a punishment, but as a consequence of the fact that they aren't using it correctly/safely/whatever.

Honestly, it probably doesn't feel hugely different from punishment to a kid in the moment. They usually get sad. This is a side effect, but it can't really be avoided. After the tantrum, I can explain things to help them understand the reasoning.

I think there's a big difference in the long run.

Mastodon has a discovery problem.

There, I said it.

I really like it here and appreciate that the level of discourse is better than Twitter, but 2 problems:

- it feels like I'm not finding new voices frequently at all
- there's no sense of zeitgeist here

Different problems, but I think both related to the lack of algorithms.

#mastodon #Fediverse #TwitterMigration #twitter

Once, a couple cops overheard a buddy and me talking about teaching and one was like, "my hat's off to you. I can cuff someone if they're out of line, but as a teacher, all you have are your wits."

1) He's right
2) The experience of teaching in a tough school was hugely influential on my views on parenting

It's like how if you go to a reputable martial arts dojo, they will teach you that actually using the techniques in a real world situation is only to be done if violence is inevitable.

I'm a huge fan of respectful parenting /gentle parenting / whatever you want to call it.

I get frustrated by misconstrued criticism that the idea is to be soft or permissive. You still have to be the adult. The idea is simply how do you do that without physical or emotional violence. That's what spanking and shouting is. That's what most punishment is (note, this is different from natural consequences).

It's not easy to do, and no one is perfect at it. But I 100% believe this type of parenting works. I've never been more sure of anything in my life.

#parenting #gentleparenting #respectfulparenting #nonviolence

@dtgeek that was a tough one. Bad day for the engineering team, I'm sure.

@schmudde I use the Twitter web experience and it gives me the choice right up top, and seems to remember between sessions. Which I think is new post-Elon.

In Mastodon, what I'd love to see would be an ecosystem of algorithms.

Probs an unpopular thought, but the For You tab on Twitter brings something useful to the table that Following (simple reverse chronological) doesn't, and Mastodon doesn't have an equivalent.

Sometimes I actually do want to know what's getting interacted with and not just what's most recent or who posted most frequently.

@mtchl #totally #agree

@TheWarOnCars I lived on a precinct block. Ours wasn't as egregious as some they discuss in the article, but it's still pretty ridiculous the extent to which the police department that exemplified broken windows policing has so little respect for following the law itself.