@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.
@OhNoSheTwitnt The Venn Diagram of those is a single circle.
It's a heavy day for all of us.
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@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. #uspol
@glennf Never eat pears!
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. https://qoto.org/about/more
@gossithedog And if you don't own Apple products, Tusky is a good 3rd party client on Android for Mastodon.
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.
@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.
If you want to see Mastodon at its best, strongly recommend these options:
Android - Use apps Tusky or Fedilab
iPhone/iPad - Use apps Metatext or Toot!
๐ป 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
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.
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