Simon @snow_gibbon@qoto.org
Co-founder & CTO at onegarden.com. Formerly CTO Treatwell and MOO. Would-be big mountain skier.
TIL🧵2/3: Many have said it, I'm going to say it, too: I miss Quote Tweets. I appreciate the thoughtful justification for not implementing them, but also disagree. My ideal would be
a quote tweet that points up 😍☝️
rather than Twitter's pointing down 🤬👇
because I think sometimes it's really important to contextualize or emphasize why you're boosting someone's post.
does anyone know who is doing research on #seaweed as a superfood, carbon sink & packaging alternative?
In The Garden we like to investigate some challenging questions. These two from our archives seem pretty relevant in the context of COP27:
"Can we build a climate-resilient world?" with Jonathon Porritt
https://onegarden.com/science/earth-day-climate-resilience
"Could nuclear energy power the world?" with Dr. Robert Hayes
https://onegarden.com/science/does-the-world-need-nuclear-energy
N.B. subscription required, but free trial available.
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Maybe it’s just me - or #Mastodaoine - but while Twitter has the air of an end of conference networking drinks (“LOL I have a personality also here’s my card”) this feels more like it could be the 10pm pub drinks where dreaming & scheming & mischief & revolution might just happen…
A word of advice from others - since the servers communicate, you don't necessarily have to sign up on one of the busier ones. For instance, I chose one that seems more to align with my interests, but if you search (for instance) for hashtag #TwitterMigration you will be able to see very helpful posts.
Just uploaded all my twitter followers (thanks debirdify!)... It feels like we're getting the band back together!
I see a lot of people talking about how Mastodon "Feels like the Internet I remember from 20 years ago."
That's no accident. That's Federation. That's UseNet, IRC, Email, Message Boards, etc. What do they all have in common?
Federation: Users congregating around watering holes of common interest, but still being a part of a larger whole.
THIS IS HOW THE INTERNET WAS DESIGNED TO BE. And I am HERE for it.
Is there a twitter name to mastodon mapping app yet? Would love to be able to find everyone I used to follow on twitter.
Newbie question: what's the android app of choice for this place?
Remember the "let's all abandon Whatsapp and move to Signal" thing? I hope this isn't like that.
#introduction I'm a CTO from the UK, exploring this place for the first time.
Co-founder & CTO at onegarden.com. Formerly CTO Treatwell and MOO. Would-be big mountain skier.
