b_chocolatey @b_chocolatey@qoto.org

I am perhaps naively confident and hopeful that “we” (whoever that is) are going to figure out how to make this work. Probably with a fair amount of fighting, but I am confident.

It has been basically only a week- a week!- that a large number of folks have been showing up “here” - a place that is, quite frankly, pretty quirky!

Meanwhile a huge social network is dying and the world remains structurally fucked.

Kindness, compassion, and patience remain the key. There’s no tech for that.

hey #astrodon if we took a high enough resolution image of saturn's rings, and we printed the topology onto a record, and put it on a record player, what do you think it would sound like?

#science #quetions #deepthoughts

@jaoc26 Madam with all due respect. This isn't twitter, you can't cancel us here. Though Just like twitter though there is a block and a mute button, You don't have to see anything that challenges or insults you. There are many good and loving people here expressing themselves freely, There are many dark souls doing the same. Regardless if you want an echo chamber you have to make it yourself. Best of luck.

Don't forget: You should pet a cat.

Keen to do a #followbackfriday and would love to connect with more #gamedev #gameaudio and #animation people!

Hi Mastodon! I'm Steve, a Seattle-based graphics dev. I've focused on lighting, shadows, GPU debugging, and general performance. Currently I'm a lead rendering engineer at Respawn working on Star Wars. Which means learning/extending UE5, and learning to lead a small team. New and exciting stuff!

I love my wfh coworkers so much

Small #FediTip: if you encounter a message or thread that is in any way useful to you, bookmark it straight away.

Since the fediverse doesn't have full text searches, it will be very difficult to find that particular thing again a few days later. Especially if you cannot remember who posted it or it has no hashtags.

Periodically review your bookmarks to do something with them and you should be set.

i like computers because they allow me to make mistakes so much faster

Seriously though, fedi was *built* by furries, trans and queer folk, disabled neurodivergent people.

This is *the reason* the culture here is what it is. Why CWs are a thing. Why image descriptions are a thing. Why privacy matters here. Why moderation tools not only exist, but are usable — and used.

If you had joined and asked yourself "wow, how come this place is so chill and kinda… nice?" — that's thanks to all the nice people from communities some people call "weird".

So #KeepFediWeird.

@jlamos They are. Sometimes it's an adventure to find out how it will all come together.

I told a friend this, and they were 'don't you know this ahead of time'. And, yes, I DO have a plan.

But still sometimes as you write you realise there's an angle or element you can work in that will pay off organically, so you change your plan.

That's ALWAYS so exciting!

Hey fellow mastodon n00bs!

You may have heard there's no algorithm here. Yes there's no a centrally managed algorithm. BUT:

There *is* an algorithm. It's a function of chronology, your individual following and filtering decisions, and - this part's important - the collective behavior of your first-degree network.

That means YOU are part of EVERYONE ELSE's "algorithm."

Please:
* Boost good stuff
* Set replies "unlisted"
* Use CWs for anything others might want to choose to see or not

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It’s funny, many of the “what you need to know about Mastodon” or “how to learn about the fediverse” pieces are focused on the technology and the implementation, when the hardest thing for people to understand about this context, if they’re used to traditional social media & tech, is that here we have an expectation of _consent_. Consent if you want to be included in a conversation, consent about being amplified, consent in the form of CWs on topics that you want to manage, etc. That’s it! 🎯