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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 18, 2022 18:26:59 GMT
Triceratops! Pterodactyl! Since Twitter appears to be burning down around our ears as a purely precautionary measure I now have @philip_ayres@mastodon.worldAnyone else? |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 18, 2022 18:40:01 GMT
Yup.
@andrewdturnbull@mastodon.art
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Mastodon!
Nov 18, 2022 19:37:47 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 18, 2022 19:37:47 GMT
I may have a look. I gave up on Twitter years ago for personal reasons.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 18, 2022 20:26:55 GMT
It's a bit on the technical side.
Let me break it down.
Mastodon is a federated social network - what that means in english is you pick a server/instance to sign up to. That is where you are. You can follow anyone on any server that you like they don't have to be on the same server as you are.
On the web interface your home timeline is comprised of posts from the people that you directly follow.
Local timeline is the posts of everyone on the server/instance you are based on so my local timeline is mastodon.art and Phil's is mastodon.world.
Federated is all of the posts on every server/instance that your chosen one has decided to link to. By default they are all linked, but the person who runs the instance can choose to defederate an instance so they can't be seen (i.e. if they are dodgy, promote hate or spammy).
If an instance is defederated or unlinked if you follow anybody on them their posts will still show on your home and you can interact as normal.
You can also move from one instance to another, you just need to create an account there and the moving process is straight forward.
They are big on content warnings and accessibility, much more so than Twitter.
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Mastodon!
Nov 18, 2022 21:17:24 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 18, 2022 21:17:24 GMT
Run a Level III Diagnostic.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Nov 18, 2022 21:22:24 GMT
And don't forget, you can mooble your flurp but can't undulate a gloob node
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 18, 2022 21:23:18 GMT
And don't forget, you can mooble your flurp but can't undulate a gloob node QUIET YOU! |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 18, 2022 22:19:28 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 18, 2022 22:43:28 GMT
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Mastodon!
Nov 18, 2022 23:06:13 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 18, 2022 23:06:13 GMT
The name of the site is a bit rude though. Some kind of kink site for people who furiously like Don while alone.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 18, 2022 23:16:26 GMT
Ta. Looks the problem is local for the server I joined. |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 18, 2022 23:16:26 GMT
Never opened a Twitter account so don't need anything to replace it.
Martin
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Mastodon!
Nov 18, 2022 23:35:02 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 18, 2022 23:35:02 GMT
Aww yeah. Leviathan is a cracking album.
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Mastodon!
Nov 19, 2022 10:21:03 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 19, 2022 10:21:03 GMT
Buh?
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Nov 19, 2022 10:43:12 GMT
Aww yeah. Leviathan is a cracking album. I've always struggled with the albums, but the singles are good. |
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Mastodon!
Nov 19, 2022 12:26:43 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 19, 2022 12:26:43 GMT
How does this relate to Mastodon??
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 19, 2022 12:51:45 GMT
How does this relate to Mastodon?? -Ralph There is a band called Mastodon and the lads are playing silly buggers. |
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Mastodon!
Nov 19, 2022 17:15:41 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 19, 2022 17:15:41 GMT
BAD LADS.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 19, 2022 21:06:09 GMT
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Mastodon!
Nov 19, 2022 22:23:24 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 19, 2022 22:23:24 GMT
So is this an app or a website? How do I access it? Where is it?
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 19, 2022 22:30:40 GMT
It's a website - there are apps you can use for your phone to then access it an official app and on android Tusky is the one which is recommended. joinmastodon.org/serversSome are currently not accepting new members due to the demand, Spence is on mastodon.scot they are accepting new accounts. |
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Mastodon!
Nov 21, 2022 14:53:10 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 21, 2022 14:53:10 GMT
Looks a tad complicated.
Not sure if I will bother. Left Twitter many years ago.
-Ralph
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Post by Stomski on Nov 21, 2022 14:57:36 GMT
I'm confused. I went to Phil and Andu's profiles and could actually read their feeds instead of them being obfuscated with adverts or posts missing. What is going on?
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 22, 2022 19:32:13 GMT
The worst thing about Mastodon is by christ are some of the longer term users so absolutely up their own arses about people using other social network apps.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 22, 2022 19:43:17 GMT
Looks a tad complicated. Not sure if I will bother. Left Twitter many years ago. -Ralph Hive Social is probably an easier ask, it's now picked up a load of traction as most of comics twitter seems to be moving there. Halfway between Twitter and Instagram, but no algorithm fucking with the timeline just posts in order. You can't currently access it via the web it's app only - android is a bit buggy and at first you might not be able to upload images. There is a straightforward easy to follow workaround which will sort that for you. |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 22, 2022 19:43:39 GMT
And yes I am there as always the handle is andrewdturnbull.
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