🎓 Doc Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@qoto.org

@freemo That's what it comes down to in the end, huh? C has its place, but sometimes you just need a quick script, or to express an idea without needing to think how it's all laid out in memory. Anyways, I'm sure I'll appreciate OOP more as I work on more projects with other people

@freemo
I loved the idea of mastodon. There were some niche sites that were appealing but only had a few active members, but the largest instances have a lot of rules that flag the system as very very biased and communicate that any disagreement will be silenced and the person banned.

Within a few days of my joining, the wilw situation happened proving that to be the case.

I don't want to encourage what I think are bad ideas. But I'd rather engage thoughtfully and respectfully than either troll or mob the person with diversity of thought and kick them out so I never hear anything remotely challenging.

I sought out a place to engage others, the way we did as kids on the neighborhood/global BBS and I found #qoto. The rules were very different
- not about silencing others and treating them poorly, but about engaging with each other and having mutual respect. Not necessarily for the ideas or disagrees with, but respect for the person who holds those ideas.

I've appreciated the strong, often oppositional, opinions here, and the reality that we don't devolve into name calling, trolling, and mob silencing each other. We can learn from dialoguing with each other, whether that's changing one's mind or simply clarifying one's position.

My personal goals include: understanding why people think their nutty ideas (imo) are good ideas ; and trying to encourage asking the right questions - I think we're often stuck because we're not even asking the right questions.

I do think the majority of people would engage this way given the opportunity, but the constant drum beat from the media, politicians, and Hollywood pulses a constant message of opposition and anger at each other.

If this works well. I might just switch to this instance of Mastodon. So far it has been great! This post is a test of the huge character limit, and this tests how it Federates.

The Twitter mode also is very interesting. I probably will not use it nearly as much as this (I think I prefer the web interface better).

I am a computer programmer that works on the #Heb12 #bible apps https://heb12.github.io I really enjoy working on it, as I get to use my abilities in programming to honor the Lord.

I have been working with PHP, and I am making a simple chatroom program for fun. Check it out on GitHub: https://github.com/masterofthetiger/chat

Well, I got over 500 characters. Let's see how this works.

the amazing thing about Jason X is that it kinda just chucks everything out the window and goes "what if Jason was a mummy in space" and I have to respect that kind of innovation in a series

"To help some of the newcomers make connections: name 5-7 things that interest you but aren't in your profile, as tags so they are searchable. Then boost this post or repeat its instructions so others know to do the same." #introductions

#houseplants
#cooking
#kalmanfilters
#languages
#dnd
#cats

@freemo I'm not on QOTO (though I have considered joining), so here's an opinion from a mere follower.

I followed because, from the posts I saw, you seem to be a rational, levelheaded person, something sorely lacking in the fediverse and the world at large. Somebody put you in my federated TL, and I found that I'd rather read your posts than memes, bots, and the rest of the lot.

Rainbow over my city. Note: right after taking this picture I saw a man vomiting in the street.

@freemo As I am a member of the Mod team along side you, I'm afraid that my opinion is horribly biased, but I think we do the best we can and do a pretty good job at letting people maintain free speech and being excellent to one another.

But, there is a bit of tooting my own horn in that statement, so take it with a grain of salt! :p

Without joking, though, I wouldn't have accepted your invitation to the moderation team if I thought you were anything other than rational and fairminded. I picked Qoto out of the gate, and I think I picked well. I enjoy it here, and I enjoy the discussions I have here.

@freemo And we appreciate your openness, support, and good vibes 💕

"To help some of the newcomers make connections: name 5-7 things that interest you but aren't in your profile, as tags so they are searchable. Then boost this post or repeat its instructions so others know to do the same." #introductions

#90sRap
#accounting
#crypto
#japan
#doom
#politics

I took some advice. Follow this account if you're not. One of the mods, I think was @hashtaggrammar who suggested I move my account up here? If so, thanks, samantha.