@debirdify Is there a good way to auto-follow everyone found by Debirdify from a given Mastodon account? That would be super helpful. Not sure if Mastodon has a good way to import follower lists or an API that can be used to create new follows on an account (with the appropriate auth controls).
Although I decided not to actively participate on Twitter after the Elon purchase, I still spend a lot of time lurking Twitter, because it very efficiently serves up stuff I find interesting and informative.
But I've replicated a sizable portion of the people I followed there on here, I think that it's very likely that Mastodon can supplant that for me. Hopefully with improvements.
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A thread from a former Twitter designer and longtime Mastodon user that raises an important point: for most people, algorithms are good.
They make reading more enjoyable. They help users discover new and/or important content that would've been overlooked or never seen in a chronological timeline.
IMHO, there's a huge unmet need for not just one algorithm, but customizable algorithms with adjustable factors.
@birdsnfrogs Oh man, my memories of that end-of-the-world sequence are so vivid
@triketora I'm not well versed in this yet, but isn't the idea of the Fediverse that different services that decide to federate can pull in content from other apps? If so, I can see this cross posting problem potentially improving, if more services adopt it.
But I might not know what I'm talking about.
@lucifargundam I'm somewhat of a keyboard nerd, but I don't build my own. I have a Moonlander keyboard with Drop + Matt3o MT3 Susuwatari sculptured, spherical keycaps and Zilent V2 silent tactile switches.
I also preorded a Dygma Defy...because one multi-hundred dollar keyboard just isn't enough, is it?
@lucifargundam Very cool. Yeah, I also got my start in software tinkering with things. It definitely taught me that the stuff I use isn't magical and I can understand systems and build things myself if I really want to (which I usually don't 😁).
I remember discovering the song when it appeared in the show Legion, perfectly scoring one of the more visually stunning scenes in Season 1.
I remember thinking, this song is amazing and sounds like Radiohead, but surely such an amazing Radiohead song couldn't have escaped my notice. Wrong!
https://youtu.be/52T0M3stFUI (if you don't like scenes of destruction, don't watch)
Radiohead is a rare album-oriented band who creates masterpiece songs that aren't even on their albums.
I'm currently marveling over the song The Daily Mail.
It goes from kind of mournful to dripping with venom in the breakdown. I love the composition, the drums, the vocal delivery, and the lyrics. Like so many Radiohead songs, my biggest problem with it is that there isn't enough of it.
https://open.spotify.com/track/0Kwg1epDRFLyXFq09t7MtB?si=ByhPuYjRS7WEYeuz21c6hA&utm_source=copy-link
@lucifargundam Your profile says to ask about your keyboard. What's up with your keyboard? 😁
@lucifargundam yeah, I agree. I'm great at things where considering things broadly and deeply is advantageous. But I want it all!
I admire/envy people who can think of something they want to accomplish, just do it, and then reap the benefits.
For whatever reason, I don't seem to be built that way. I'm good at many other things, but churning out completed work is just not one of them.
@chancethedev Don't know if you could download it if you wanted. I initiated the download like 3 days ago, and I'm still waiting.
@seldo @rockerest Agree. I've heard a couple people with big Twitter followings be like "tried Mastodon, couldn't understand it". And it's hard for me to imagine how that is.
If someone's holding on to your money for you or guaranteeing the value of some token you're using, and they're not rigorously audited or regulated, there's a pretty good chance they're going to lose your money.
I feel like this lesson is going to continue to be taught every couple years.
Apropos of nothing, I suddenly realized in Super Troopers, the man who gets pulled over by the cop playing the meow game is played by Jim Gaffigan. I haven't watched this movie in 10+ years.
@WhatYouMcCallit I totally get that. I eventually got enough followers (~1500) to be able to treat it as a place to have edifying discussions, but yeah, the incentives there are to fire off hot takes to get followers.
@april yeah, that's too chaotic for me tho
@april working on that, but finding people is helped by having a good feed to work from
I have to say, my initial experience on here is much better, in most ways, than my initial experience on Twitter.
I don't think most people who have a Twitter following know how hard it is to get any sort of interaction on there from a fresh start, if you're not prominent already.
I am now @acjay
Joined Oct 2022
