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@gossithedog yes, whoever is behind the DeWalt power tools spamming was quite successful breaching the AI spam detection. I've marked all that breached through as spam, so hopefully they pick up the pattern soon.

Cosmo :trekbadgetng: boosted

It's a heavy day for all of us.

If you are in a bad place for ANY REASON, or just need someone to talk to, I implore you to reach out.

Trevor project lifeline:
๐Ÿ“ฑ 1-866-488-7386
:ms_speech_bubble: text START to 678-678
๐ŸŒ thetrevorproject.org/get-help/

We love you. We need your light. This world is a better place with you in it.

:blobhearttranscat: #TDoR

@Goodtrouble Yeah, I've been doing most of my Mastodonning with my desktop.

@gossithedog It'll be more noticeable after he tweets. He says he's not interested, but then again, we were supposed to see his new Healthcare plan in 2 weeks... 6 years ago.

Cosmo :trekbadgetng: boosted

Mastodon has changed how I think. Twitter now seems like a server that doesn't want to federate with anyone else, and that everyone else has blacklisted. I'm in awe of how much sense that makes.

Tool for Mastodon Noobs coming from the Birdsite 

@CivicDutyPeg@mastodon.coffee On your home feed, should have a "Lists" thing on the right of the feed to choose. Type in a name near the top and click the Plus next to create the list. Go to the profiles you'd like to be on the list, click the 3 dots to the right of the notification/alert bell and choose "Add or Remove from lists"

@Goodtrouble I just typed them in. Here's a list of some of the perks that the qoto.org instance has that other Mastodon instances might not. qoto.org/about/more

Tool for Mastodon Noobs coming from the Birdsite 

@CivicDutyPeg@mastodon.coffee You can still make Lists, works very similar to Twitter's.

@gossithedog And if you don't own Apple products, Tusky is a good 3rd party client on Android for Mastodon.

Cosmo :trekbadgetng: boosted

Mastodon may never draw in as many daily users as Twitter has, but it has already exceeded Truth Social.

Cosmo :trekbadgetng: boosted

I am very pleased to see @georgetakei is having a good time here. After the nonsense that went down with wil wheaton its really nice to see him welcomed.

Cosmo :trekbadgetng: boosted

His eyes uncovered!๐Ÿ––๐Ÿป

Apparently Reddit likes me ๐Ÿ˜Š
(Not on Reddit myself)

Birdsite speculation 

For shits & giggles I did a whois search on Twitter. Who wants to bet that the employees who were responsible for upkeep on their registration were either fired or they quit?

Tick tock, Space Karen.

@ColleenDoran Engagement is higher because an algorithm isn't deciding who sees you. Everything comes chronologically, the user chooses the curation: your local instance, federated, or your follows. No preferential treatment means little pressure to artificially inflate your account numbers to trick the algorithm.

Cosmo :trekbadgetng: boosted

If you want to see Mastodon at its best, strongly recommend these options:

:android: Android - Use apps Tusky or Fedilab

:apple_inc: iPhone/iPad - Use apps Metatext or Toot!

๐Ÿ’ป Computers - Log in through your server's website

Mastodon was designed for websites and third party apps. These are *still* the best ways to use Mastodon!

(Official app exists because new people were only looking for an official app in app stores, and giving up when they didn't find one. You don't need to use it!)

Tool for Mastodon Noobs coming from the Birdsite 

It also works with lists.

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Tool for Mastodon Noobs coming from the Birdsite 

This 3rd party tool will help scan your birdsite follows/followers who have posted their Mastodon deets in their username or bio - generate a CSV file that you can download (at the bottom after a scan) - and you can use the import tool in Mastodon "Account Settings" (Import and export, Import, make sure it says "Merge") for easy adding. Please note that it might take a little bit of time to process if you have many profiles to import.

fedifinder.glitch.me/

@SpockResists Greetings and felicitations to the logical substitute for the bird site, Mr. Spock.

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