Does anyone know a way to 'convert' people more concretely into our CULT / CULTURE or using better tools?
So take cult and culture with pinch of salt but really to convert people to Mastodon or you know big changes like you would convert your boyfriend/girlfriend/parents suddenly - or just the basic steps for people to learn themselves... a consistent 1...2.3...
...so from mainstream to something more solid and more major change...
Something more 'all in' even eventually from small steps but aside from posts and testing people's courage on Mastodon I'm not really sure how else... and hesitate to use the master's tools against itself (for example if I signed up a Instagram thinking that would work to expose what the algorithm might suppress or even infringe from it's Instagram's own agenda and policies)
THANKS!
Does anyone know a way to 'convert' people more concretely into our CULT / CULTURE or using better tools?
@freeschool you see - Mastodon is just a bad thing. I don't like it. But I try to use it. So I can't say how to convert people to Mastodon and don't really want them to be converted.
But I can say what I don't like:
- Mastodon is not conservative enough. Almost all servers are against fundamental human rights like "free speech", "freedom of opinion", "freedom of thought". They forbid a person to think there are only 2 genders and forbid to think there have been not many dead people in WW2 etc. Read the rules.
Would my parents use the site that does not accept there values, their beliefs?
- Mastodon is not simple technology. It is not HTML, but heavy Javascript. It makes people from IT-industry treat it with caution - as Javascript means an arbitrary program may run and do whatever it wants. Also Mastodon wants your email address and you can't be anonymous. You phone number is attached to the Mastodon account indirectly through the email, same thing as with other social networks.
So is Mastodon better than other social networks? What is better?
Does anyone know a way to 'convert' people more concretely into our CULT / CULTURE or using better tools?
@canwolf
so here are my points:
- Mastodon has many different instances. I think there is so much choice that this balances any bad stuff out and means a person can choose well and also go to another place quite /very fast
- (and even after moving, they can also create their own server which is still advanced maybe BUT but 1-click is becoming more and more popular like on Linode / PirateBox / FreedomBox / Yunohost
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreedomBox
Just get hosting from Yunohost and 1-click or 2-click install / delete / start another one!
- Yes I think your parents could find a right place (if they were already modern enough to do things on a computer) but truth is more probably that your parents don't care / are ambivalent (especially if they are already signed up to a big anonymous american company raping the data) because they didn't care about that (it's similar to people coming to the door and offering Facebook, this would be shocking and doors closed on the man selling it door-to-door for example.... but now it's ok for a few clicks and the box to say 'I read terms and conditions' they lie about and not scared of American suddenly (back then many were or just generally wouldn't give some many details and whole life to 1 company or 100 member companies!!!).
So right now it may not be perfect but Mastodon software it's a big step up from what we had which was close to nothing like this... AND *while* we can do other things like you said less JavaScript... agreed on that....
- Interesting why you don't want people converted (I would like more people using Mastodon, why not ?)
- I like the idea of non-email signup even if now there isn't perfect way other than make a disposable email address (_not saying your should_) but after signup you can SWITCH OFF EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS which means much better privacy (no more email copies)... this is 100% MASSIVE WIN as everything copied = V.BAD.
I have also suggested before to #mastodon a new window or filter called "mail" to view who or when messages are sent to make it effectively like " Mastodon Mail " ! Let's see if they implement it, even as a filter on screen... it could help people use it more as emails too while everything else gets incremented / re-assessed.
- Last question I'm not clear...
From what I've seen / heard Mastodon is very much leader or very accessible for those daring a bit to try setup or get their friends to hold their hand
http://freeschool.0id.org/?s=mastodon
(I think it's best in many ways but even if not best 2nd 3rd is ok/fine)...
The real work after basic comms is the human work.... It's about upgrading the human mind now we have basic safe communications and good hearts here... (a bit too tech-heavy but everyone start somewhere and need to bend themselves back towards other humans more directly as the good work too)