*banned 4 MarkDown love* @design_RG@qoto.org

Power to the people #fediverse #newusers #CutTheClutter #xp
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RT @design_RG@twitter.activitypub.actor
#slowly is getting a lot of eager participation, maybe people not realizing the hash tag is used by various groups, interests.

Thankfully the MUTE button will quiet the chatter.

Yey, better now. #spamoff

No feelings were harmed on the production of this tweet.
https://twitter.com/design_RG/status/1205222410208854016

Cool Badges we get for participating in our #Discourse Forums right here at QOTO.org...

https://discourse.qoto.org/

Folks, good morning, hope you all are well. A personal request of mine.

Please consider trying to reduce the amount of General posting, as we have so many short messages with momentary thoughts that more serious posts are getting buried.

A couple of things to suggest, which I think could help:

1. If you post a topic, and follow up with a reply to it soon, talking to yourself with an update, etc.

You can greatly help reduce clutter in the Local timeline (and all the federated ones) if you set the privacy level of the Second and further messages as 'Unlisted'.

They WILL go out, and anyone interested in the first post will see the following replies. These replies will NOT appear in the Local, Home (for your Followers) or Federated feeds.

Keeping it simple - - First post, you can use the Globe icon, Public setting.

Replies to follow - - Use Unlisted, the one with the Open Padlock icon. See illustration below.

(continues on next message)

le chat, il n'est pas amuseé

#cats #mastocats #kitties #catsoftwitter #meow

Twitter's Jack on his new support for a team, to research de-centralized network.

https://mobile.twitter.com/jack/status/1204766078468911106

My campaign to promote #fediverse on birdsite is working. Jack wants federation I hear?

Add your home instance address to your TW profile if you use it.

@Curator Rheal, thank you for the work you put into creating this Guide.

I took the liberty to copy all of your toots into a Blog post, which is located here : https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/suggestions-and-guidelines-for-new-users-written-by-mastodon-art-administrator

I am still polishing it up, would like to make some image adjustments, but your guide is there in full.

Hope it will be useful to others - I am also using it and suggesting as a reading for new users at Qoto.org.

Thank you! 😃

See it at RG Musings.
Web : https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/

Also available via following in fediverse, via mastodon or others. @rgx

See my newly created page at our Discourse Forum, registration required as it's on a registered users only area.

https://discourse.qoto.org/t/ignition-an-informal-history-of-liquid-rocket-propellants-great-book-pdf-link/138/2

"Review

“Read this book. You’ll find plenty about John and all the other sky-high crackpots who were in the field with him and you may even get (as I did) a glimpse of the heroic excitement that seemed to make it reasonable to cuddle with death every waking moment—to say nothing of learning a heck of a lot about the way in which the business of science is really conducted.”

(Issac Asimov)"

#xp #mastoadmin #qoto
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RT @JanesINTEL
The latest #podcast episode is out now. Jane's Intelligence Unit explore the rise of federated social networks with @terrypattar and much more.

Listen here 🔊 https://buff.ly/38p0OHb
#OSINT #mastodon #opensource #Fediverse
https://twitter.com/JanesINTEL/status/1204371189944205312

Cool weather don't stop them. #cats #mastocats #catsofmastodon #xp #Meow
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RT @tatuya01@twitter.activitypub.actor
ぬくうしてでかけや。
https://twitter.com/tatuya01/status/1204562220027240448

Here is the new Cats seasonal, limited time stamp set for #Slowly app users. On sale, discounted price. #cats #kitties #mastocats #catsofTwitter #xp

#Slowly has a new FREE, special occasion Stamp -- shown on the picture. Get it before the deadline!

Also, all stamps in the store are on sale, 20% off reg prices. AND --- a NEW special edition, CATS Seasonal stamp set. Limited time only! #penpals #xp #friendship
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RT @slowlyapp@twitter.activitypub.actor
🎅 Christmas Sale is on🔥20% OFF for all stamps!
https://twitter.com/slowlyapp/status/1204065616476303360

"6 killed in New Jersey gunbattle, including police officer
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Six people, including a police officer and three bystanders, were killed in a furious gunbattle Tuesday that filled the streets of Jersey City with the sound of heavy fire for hours, authorities said. "

From Canadian Press via https://www.sootoday.com/world-news/6-killed-in-new-jersey-gunbattle-including-police-officer-1953571

I came across a series of desktop snapshots taken by a techie user at another instance.

** Full post, more versions on Discourse : https://discourse.qoto.org/t/some-pretty-linux-desktops-i-have-seen/131

They are quite interesting, I am posting here a picture of my favourite one.

With her on the desktop it would become even harder to pry me away from my laptop, lol.

/me wishes for an AI like "Her" (2013 film)...

With thanks to Paulo, @jpaulostrindade

Not too many users, but a verbose group. Another instance I hang out at.

Adding a second screenshot, Pinafore is just so delightful as a client. Look at the Image description box, to assist our visually impaired users.

Man, I love Pinafore! What a nice and FAST client...

If I could only get it to allow me more than 500 characters... Pity it right now shows 356 chars left.

when this account at Qoto allows up to 65,000 characters. I had tried it weeks ago, it became my fave with it's speed and sleek interface.

But I am verbose, and neeeed the extra characters.

@nolan , any suggestions? Sorry to bother you.

** Unix Programmer's Manual
November 3, 1971

"The first edition of the Unix Programmer's Manual, dated November 3, 1971, is available here in image, Postscript, and PDF format. Return with us to the golden days of yesteryear!

The image links refer to PDF files produced by the scanner. They are fairly large, ranging up to a couple of MB, and are named .pdf. You may need a plugin or other software in order to view them; Adobe Acrobat is readily available. "

How cool is an op sys with a * Cat * command? 😺

https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/1stEdman.html

(originally posted by SnowyFox,
https://toot.cafe/@snowyfox/103279787835800422 )

Idea, Fediverse.

Is there such a thing as RateMyInstance ??

Searched for a hashtag and did not find one. I think we users could take this and provide feedback, ideas to others of what our home instances are like.

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly parts even. Just like the Spaghetti Western. 😉

What you all out there think? This could be a grass roots started thing.

#RateMyInstance is needed!

#mastotips #newusers

Great fun to see my Mastodon post, the original above, crossing over there via Birdsite Firefox extension.

TW post is at https://twitter.com/design_RG/status/1204119845152972800