Amazon, Starbucks, and other giant corporations wouldn’t be deploying massive union-busting campaigns if they weren’t terrified of union power. Keep up the fight. #UnionsForAll
Someone asked why there's no third option-- why there isn't a scenario where Mastodon goes back to the way it was a month ago. The short answer is that most early adopters are already plotting their exit, and they'll have left by the time Mastodon reaches orbit or crashes into the ocean
That's the nature of early adopters
From a purely product dev standpoint, early adopters 1) actively seek innovative products, 2) claim them as their own, 3) move onto the next new thing. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
In late 2022, Mastodon feels like 2008 Twitter to me in many ways, technically and socially. I'm getting amazing replies. Mastodon hasn't been adopted by mainstream media personalities used to broadcasting, government agencies, or vast numbers of the public. (I suspect people who've been here for years, however, might feel quite differently about a million people migrating from Twitter! I welcome ongoing feedback about how I'm fitting into existing network culture and norms here, as always.)
"Waiting for Spring"
2019
Sedat Girgin
I recently found this wonderful artist and wanted to share. You can see more of his work at:
https://sedatgirgin.com
Enjoy some holiday turkey knights. They know what you did and they are coming for you.
#Midjouney #MidjourneyAI #MidJourneyArt #MidjourneyV4 #AiArt #AIArtwork #AiArtCommunity
@mike thank you very much! I am definitely going to give it a shot 😀
One thing I notice about the #Fediverse of which I'm not sure of the meaning: as a culture it makes more use of the two-letter and random new-fangled TLDs than anything else I've seen. dot-social of course, but also write.as, tech.lgbt, librem.one, writing.exchange, mastodon.online, botsin.space... they're all over the namespace! :woot:
@mike Hello! Looking into doing this myself and tried on #Linode using #cloudron but can't create more than one user because of an issue sending registration emails.
Curious about using #DigitalOcean. You also mention #Amazon and I'm wondering what you use them for in regards to the instance.
I was happy to use Linode because deploying the VPS, installing Cloudron and Mastodon were fairly simple following their guides online and videos on YouTube.
Not extremely code savvy, so wondering if it's a similar process on #DigitalOcean using a droplet or if you had a more of a hands-on/code heavy experience.
Any advice is greatly appreciated and have a wonderful evening!
I run my own #Mastodon server - costs me about $15/month ATM at #digitalocean + #amazon
I have 3 accounts I follow different things with that interest me (including #comicbooks, #horror, and #podcasts)
I follow ~500 people overall
My timelines are FULL of great, highly curated content; more than I could ever digest
Plus the people I follow are great about boosting more people that interest me
Long and short : you don't need to join a large #Masto instance to get great #fediverse content
Now that you're on Mastodon, please enjoy this brief rant about why you absolutely MUST share the stuff you love (even if it's smutty - as long as it's CN'd appropriately). On Here, discovery is mostly reliant on hashtags and SHARING - otherwise posts can't cross instances. So if you're just liking a post and not sharing it, you're saying 'I enjoyed this, but I don't want anyone else to.' Share stuff! I rely on it to find ppl, and so do you!
Gay Cuban/Puerto Rican guy from Miami. Left of the political spectrum... very left.