@kingu_platypus_gidora i thought she said it was a mushroom
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?
Mask and Vax
@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.
Keen to do a #followbackfriday and would love to connect with more #gamedev #gameaudio and #animation people!
@Elleon_Sound
I called that effect the global panopticon. It makes you feel very exposed and constantly PR-minded.
@antimnguyen
It feels better engagement wise for sure.
I feel like the unlisted comments and inability to search based just on text helps with the anxiety I felt in engaging on twitter.
@steveumstead @Ariellec not just any toot. Elephant toots
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.
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.
Taking a sabbatical from all social apps for the time being. Later, guys