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

@freemo It is a curious thing, really. The liquid qill be really cold, and that might inhibit it from starting a flame immediately when contacting a combustible material like the asphalt. But it's pure oxygen.

I have read a book on rocket fuels, and it was quite interesting. The amount of difficulties they experienced while looking for better ones, most were dangerous substances; poisonous, unstable, nasty things.

Great book, the author is a Chemistry professor and had a dark sense of humour.

@freemo How to they react, when mixed up in liquid state like that?

Even without an ignition source, I would be curious to know.

@realcaseyrollins good luck on the exam!

I am surprised you are all over the place and don't seem stressed with it. My son would disappear totally when exams or mid terms were close, very demanding courses.

Do well, and have some rest! 🙂

@realcaseyrollins Time for breakfast, been here at the keyboard for almost 2 hours. (coffee was consumed, yes)

Some banana and oats, crush the bananas and mix quick oats into them. Drizzle with maple syrup if extra sweetness desired (lightly, don't abuse it as it's addictive).

Bet you would like that! 😛

@realcaseyrollins You do know that much is not good for you, right? just sayin'...

@realcaseyrollins That is really late, and I saw you hitting "Favourite" just about an hour ago. Not much sleep buddy, careful.

You need the rest. Less TV for you could help, I see you posting and commenting about TV shows and have no idea as I don't have it, or even know what they are.

Signed up for a nice British TV service, 36 channels and haven't watch any since I am glued to the fediverse and enjoying it instead.

@freemo
Yes, I imagine so, and those are really important.

Anything you feel I can help with here, just let me know.
@shibaprasad

@freemo That's a nice feeling, and very real in both terms.

Lost my cats in the past year, the two of them, and it still hurts. Have the Net cats for companions, but the house feels empty sometimes without them.

Not ready to adopt a new one yet, either.

@freemo LOL, that would be awesome.

If I can do some of the housekeeping and keeping watch, that might free senior developer time for looking at merging the glitch-soc niceties. 👍

@shibaprasad

@freemo
That's wonderful! I wish I had the knowledge to help with that, sorely don't. I have the time but nowhere close to the skill or experience needed.

@shibaprasad

@shibaprasad
The thread is becoming fast paced and I am not sure what looks good, lol.

I agreed the questionnaire at the door does discourage new users, specially first time ones.

I did apply to one of those two, and will do it for the second, as I am aligned with them and like their users I have met on the Feeds.

Regarding new posts containment -- we NEED a really LOCAL, Instance-ONLY feed, where any posts are NOT federated.

This if it could be the only area a new user could post at first, could help contain problems.

Glitch-Soc mastodon fork already has that, the purely local feed. I don't know if it allows restricting users to posting only on that area, but it would be a good idea. Some forums act that way, and open more areas upon the user showing what they are like.

@freemo

@freemo @shibaprasad

Here's another example of the "Tell us about yourself", with a different bent on the questions. I will translate, as they are in Portuguese. Bing machine translation, give them credit for a quickie job.

"Why do you want to register?

This will help us review your application. Add the following information to prevent your application from being denied:

Have you read our rules?

Do you know anyone around here, if so, who?

Do you know you can communicate with mastodon users here from other mastodon instances?'

@freemo

That is true, yes.

Posted as an example of what people have done regarding the entry policies.

@shibaprasad

@namark
LOL, sorry, it's early and I just got up - I do my best thinking and writing in the morning.

And the suggestion is good, happens to align with my own thinking as a curious user too.

Seeing the local timelines, my experience on visiting other instances pages and looking is that Tilled page wit ha ton of posts, not our usual vertical feedline.

The tiled view sometimes doesn't even show the Local feed, it might be the Federated one as I have seen other instance's posts there.

Would be nice if a client can display only local feed without needing to create a local account for that. I got to look at Fedilab Lite on my not so used mobile for that. Thanks for mentioning it!

Thanks also for the advice on keeping emotional guards, I can see the wisdom. 🙇

@khird @realcaseyrollins

@shibaprasad @freemo Snapshot of one.

@shibaprasad
Some instances have a registration page with a "Tell us about yourself" field, and a text entry box for the user.

I have seen questions like:

- do you know any users at our instance?
- why would you like to join us?
- please explain how your political views align with ours (for a more politically active instance).
- etc.

I have applied to a couple with this kind of front door, and had to wait for their Staff to read and verify, approve or not the request.

Works well, if you ask me.

@freemo

@freemo @shibaprasad

Forgot to add it in the heat of the motion, but this thread really belongs in the proposed new hashtag #RateMyInstance !! 😉

I had the idea and made some Mastodon posts here about it.

Then collated then into a more permanent home at our Discourse Forums - here: https://discourse.qoto.org/t/is-there-such-a-thing-as-rate-my-instance/130

Check it out, on the third posts in the thread I posted my detailed rating for QOTO.org. --> 4.5 ⭐

That post is at : https://discourse.qoto.org/t/is-there-such-a-thing-as-rate-my-instance/130/3

@shibaprasad @freemo Also -- having a more restricted entry might be an idea.

Accounts approved when staff is online, then open to the new user first posts, and catching some of the more blatant abuse.

@shibaprasad @freemo

We will have someone in the Americas region soon.

Would be nice to have someone in the Asian region, as their hours are a lot different from the main crew ones.