join mastodon

Salix Babylonika

do it

"ooooh it's just twitter" THAT is the POINT

it's like twitter

but it's not twitter

join mastodon today

Klinotaxis

You got a user name

Calica

i'm @sl2c@tiny.tilde.website

Calica

at one point i tried to convince @lee4hmz to make a mastodon server but that never happened

Imipolex G

I thought it would be the band :(

Salix Babylonika

Klinotaxis said:

You got a user name

@planetJANEbeats

I don't know how to get the full thing

Calica

what server are you on

Salix Babylonika

mastodon.social

Tatterhood

I am @tatterhood@mastodon.social but I never use it oops

Calica

oh you're just on mastodon.social; this was intended to follow my other post lmao ninja'd

Tatterhood

I am also @tatterhood@icosahedron.website but I definitely don't use that one.

Sredni Vashtar

I thought you meant the band and I was thinking, "But I suck at playing instruments. ;___;"

Yarrun XIX

Hell yeah, I'd play saxophone on Blood on Thunder

Tre

@trespeak@mastodon.xyz

and also @tre@octodon.social but I don't use that one

lee4hmz

Calica said:

at one point i tried to convince @lee4hmz to make a mastodon server but that never happened

I probably just forgot about it :(

glennmagusharvey

how does this work?  do i have to make a different username on a different server and if so how do i get to the server?  can i make my own server or do i have to pay for it?  is there inter-server communication or is each server separate like irc networks?





also where are pterodactyl, triceratops, saber-tooth tiger, and tyrannosaurus?

DYRE

glennmagusharvey said:

how does this work?  do i have to make a different username on a different server and if so how do i get to the server?  can i make my own server or do i have to pay for it?  is there inter-server communication or is each server separate like irc networks?

All of these questions are answered on its website but: 1.) Like Twitter but different, 2.) No? just make one on whichever one you like the most, 3.) It's open source but presumably you'd need your own hosting, 4.) Yes that's the entire point.

Calica

you make a username on a server you like and then possibly other usernames on other servers if you really want, you can make your own server and you'd only need to pay like $10-20/month for hosting, and inter-server communication is kind of the point yeah

Calica

y'all https://cybre.space is open for a day you should get in on this amazing opportunity

glennmagusharvey

thanks for the heads-up; joined

Princess Alice

I don't use Mastodon that often, but if anyone wants to follow me, I'm @centralavenue@witches.town

glennmagusharvey

so now I'm @reedlindwurm@cybre.space

glennmagusharvey

Calica said:

y'all https://cybre.space is open for a day you should get in on this amazing opportunity

so what exactly is this place like?  aside from basic and technical aspects.

like, what distinguishes this from mastodon.social?

vtk

I'm @vtk@plural.cafe

glennmagusharvey

just curious, is it widespread considered customary to indicate one's preferred pronouns, or just something that a few people do here and there?

Princess Alice

It tends to be more common in circles with a large proportion of LGBTQ+ people. It's not going to look weird if you don't do it, but it's convenient for others if you do.

(Also it's not unique to Mastodon; people do the same thing on Twitter and even some Discord servers)

glennmagusharvey

oh okay. thanks!

also, since i ran across this

https://mashable.com/2017/04/06/you-cant-delete-your-mastodon-account/ <-- the analogy with e-mail is...actually really apt.  once you send someone an e-mail, you no longer have full control of the message.  so it's arguable that this is a useful perspective of thinking of it.  (or alternatively, message boards, because most messages are public, but one where you can't delete your posts and they stay up forever.)

glennmagusharvey

hey, does anyone know how to look at a list of all the accounts i've followed?

i want to unfollow a couple of that aren't really in use; is there a better way than to type that name back in and click the unfollow button?

Calica

There should be a tab for it on your own Mastodon page, e.g. https://mastodon.social/@moocowpong1

glennmagusharvey

Calica said:

There should be a tab for it on your own Mastodon page, e.g. https://mastodon.social/@moocowpong1

oh sweet, thanks!

vtk

glennmagusharvey said:

just curious, is it widespread considered customary to indicate one's preferred pronouns, or just something that a few people do here and there?

Some of us would like that to be the norm everywhere

Calica

Calica said:

i'm @sl2c@tiny.tilde.website

I'm also @sl2c@cybre.space now btw

Princess Alice

IJBM: witches.town didn't exist long enough to give me enough material for an "American Pie" filk

Calica

bitches.town

Calica

so the flagship mastodon.social is down right now, probably because of an influx related to Twitter getting 13% of their income from Cambridge Analytica.

I can provide anyone an invite to cybre.space for a second account if they want it.  DM me.

glennmagusharvey

There's also various other instances that have open registration, though they may be smaller.

FWIW I now have an account on a handful of instances.  Including one whose character limit is 4096 instead of 512, somehow.  Not sure how federating with it works.

vtk

plural.cafe has open registration, but I don't think they want a big influx of singlets creating accounts there...

glennmagusharvey

vtk said:

plural.cafe has open registration, but I don't think they want a big influx of singlets creating accounts there...

What's a "plural system" and what's a "plural-friendly singlet" and what's a "systemmate"?

vtk

Plural system: a collection of at least two persons sharing one body / brain.

Systemmate: a peer within a plural system

Singlet: a person who has their body & brain all to themself

Plural-friendly singlet: a singlet who's cool with plurals

I guess you went and read something on the site?

Princess Alice

vtk said:

plural.cafe has open registration, but I don't think they want a big influx of singlets creating accounts there...

This tends to be reflective of my experience with Mastodon instances: the more generalized instances often have limited registration, and the ones with open registration tend to be oriented towards a specific niche audience.

glennmagusharvey

vtk said:

Plural system: a collection of at least two persons sharing one body / brain.

Systemmate: a peer within a plural system

Singlet: a person who has their body & brain all to themself

Plural-friendly singlet: a singlet who's cool with plurals

I guess you went and read something on the site?

about/more, specifically.