Darryl Wright 🇨🇦 🎧 @darryl@qoto.org

I just ate the best Apple Crumble I've ever had, thanks to my sister-in-law. I was told there were oats involved but I could not see them.

@ceoln
That's a good point. The Fediverse very much 'is what it is'.

@ceoln Actually that's why I was asking. I had an unusual follower loss in my migration and my feed seems to have lost a lot of the instance names I saw a lot around #gamedev, for example. For all its merits, I think this sort of blocking feudalism will be what prevents Mastodon from mainstream success.

@hasmis
I went to a website and copied the emoji and pasted it into my username field.

@camerontw
I interpret it as 8 hours for 'whatever we want'.
@foolishowl

Is there a way to tell whether or not your instance is blocked from other instances? #AskMastodon

@MikeElgan Cowardly or smart? In this particular case, ChatGPT is a cool curiosity that's already being widely derided for the things it does poorly. Google trends to try to target its AI to constructive ends and products before release.

@anniezaleski Oh how I love that song.

The most important thing I have to do tomorrow is make a list of the best #music singles of 2022. Unfortunatley I have to drive to #CapeBreton so I am just going to have to do it in my head on the way. In the meantime... here's another #techno release that hasn't left my playlist: #NowPlaying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqEVStIwgZo

Oh no! The Soapbox FE doesn't work with the new instance. Ugh! There are always compromises!

@redlamp Something I'll have to look up. I am not familiar.

The more time you spend on the Fediverse, the more you begin to understand the nuances of the #tech and how it interplays with the evolving #culture. My initial experiences were positive but somewhat alarming -- perhaps because the instances were very small and themed and their admins wanted them that way.

Hey Qoto -- this is my new #introduction since I am new to the server. I am not new to Mastodon (2019, if I am not mistaken) but I've been using it at arms length and finding more and more reason to be here as more and more interesting people are coming over to the Fediverse.

I am passionate about #tech and #music. I work in the Video Game industry and I like new ideas, reason, rationality and intelligent discourse. My last instances were getting a little too China-like for me with the instance blocking so I stumbled upon this one and it seems like a good home. I'll give it a try for a while.