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7 Nov 2022 at 17:47 | Open on pl.nulled.red
 @davidrevoy it is pretty complex. And it might be the fault of my home server, but browsing people from other servers is hard because lots of their posts don't always show up. Then I have to go on the http interface, view more posts, and do the whole server-interchange thing when I want to interact. @davidrevoy and also i dunno if it's that cool to feel superior about having higher familiarity with net tech @SOB2 Hey, sorry if the reading of my comic strip is "superiority". That wasn't my intent. 😔  @davidrevoy @SOB2 Maybe it would have less of a "superior" vibe and more of a "ridiculous" one if there was another character that climbed on a still available ladder?
 @SOB2@mastodon.green @davidrevoy@framapiaf.org I don't think that's a reasonable interpretation, honestly? from me looking at it, what I see in this is the phenomenon on twitter where people find social validation in refusing to grasp basic concepts, even concepts so simple as the idea that multiple websites exist, even when people are trying to help them All tech is going to have a learning curve and in two weeks you will look back on these difficulties and laugh. Compare that to a new user arriving at Twitter today, wondering why their timeline is 80% posts by people they don't know and don't care about, as mine is today. You don't see the complexity of that if you've been in it for a while. @KK7IGR @davidrevoy true. can you help with my current issue? Have you experienced that? If not it's probably my server I guess @SOB2 @davidrevoy The official Mastodon App... needs some updates to be better, but many of the other ones have the option front and center to see the other Mastodon communities. @riderexmachina @SOB2 @davidrevoy what’s you recommended app? The official app which I’m using leaves a lot of meat on the bone. @davidrevoy god I love your art style so much, I remember watching your krita tutorials a few years ago and loving seeing how you built up your work @teteotolis A very good source of deep morale from an ancient time 👍 Perfect source for story tellers. @davidrevoy I've never had a Twitter account, but I left Facebook, last year, and never looked back. I was introduced to Mastodon through StartPage. It took some time to adjust, but I'm enjoying my time here. The benefits of community and no algorithm very much outweigh the cost of time taken to adapt. I'm certainly happy to donate to Mastodon versus having my data and habits sold for Facebook's "free" services. Most of all, I would have never known about Pepper & Carrot without Mastodon! @davidrevoy Don't wanna be "that guy" but damn lol I don't miss #Twitter but I do miss Twitter controls 😅 There's gotta be a better way 🤣🤣🤣🙊 @Spix_Weltschmerz_Pucket @davidrevoy Mastodon isn't the same as twitter NOW, but it's alot like Twitter was back in the early days with a sense of community and fun. Twitters just a dumpster fire now and has been for a long time. 🗑️🔥 @Jack_Frost @davidrevoy you seem like you didn't read my post 🤣 but since this is not Twitter, I ain't gonna bash you 🙊🤣 @Jack_Frost @davidrevoy I was just saying that I don't miss Twitter at all, like I agree it is a dumpster fire. I just miss the controls, as in how easy it was to do things whilst here is a bunch of stuff. Kinda like migrating from windows to Linux 😅  @auxanges @davidrevoy at any other time, yes
these days, when our timeline is 50% new users from twitter and 50% people welcoming new users from twitter, a bit less :D @davidrevoy to be fair, it is complex. The Twitter interface is very straightforward compared to the fediverse. I'm not sure. The interface to post a new toot might be, the settings a little bit too, but here the global rules are far less complex. I mean; they are consistent: the TL shows toots by date, no ranking algorithm to please with mystic tendency keywords, no random post from what your subscriptions "liked" or "replied", no adv in the TL. These things are what I find complex to explain to a beginner. Here, it feels fairer for interactions, imo, and so, easier to get. @davidrevoy Web3 guys are grumpy that they can't figure out how to make money off it. :blobcatcoffee: They can keep eating their tails where they are, I guess. XD @davidrevoy The art in this is pretty communicative in its own way. Like I enjoy looking at it. @davidrevoy I saw/heard somewhere else that, a decade or two ago, when Twitter was not mainstream, it was weird to most people. Hashtags were not common man's lingo. Everything has a learning curve. @davidrevoy so this is literally my first reply on my first day of being on Mastodon. I wanted to like your post... but can't figure out how @ScoutFinch @davidrevoy On Mastodon, “likes” are called “favourites”. You make a post a “favourite” of yours by clicking on the small star-shaped icon below the post.
@davidrevoy But they look so adorable that I feel bad for them :ablobcathappypaws:   @helma @davidrevoy It seems slower than molasses in January. That’s my main problem right now. @yellowestfox @helma @davidrevoy TJ, that’s the same expression I was thinking of. The sluggishness is probably a result of rapid growth that wasn’t designed for. Un corbeau, ayant volé un morceau de viande, s’était perché sur un arbre. Un renard l’aperçut, se posta devant lui et loua sa beauté, ajoutant qu'il serait sûrement le meilleur roi des oiseaux, si seulement il avait de la voix. Le corbeau, voulant lui montrer que la voix ne lui manquait pas, lâcha la viande et poussa de grands cris. Le renard, saisissant le morceau, dit : "Ô corbeau, si tu avais aussi du jugement, il ne te manquerait rien pour devenir le roi des oiseaux". @don_atoms 👍 👍 👍 Et en plus que du remix un millénaire plus tard de Jean de La Fontaine, sa version est toujours plus courte, directe, et la viande à plus de sens qu'un renard qui veux du fromage. @davidrevoy to be fair, it is a significant learning curve if the fediverse is an entirely new concept to you. @EmprexMintaka Oh yes, it is. It's require more than a single flap of wing to get here, that's what I wanted to show. I also wanted to speak about Twitter user saying/assuming it is too complex without even trying it. Welcome here, btw 👍 @davidrevoy The only turn off to mastodon I can think of is the confirmation emails being slow. It took over a day for mine to arrive! @afastaudir8 @davidrevoy Mine may have came in earlier than that, but God it felt like forever. @loser9000 @davidrevoy I was thinking Gmail was filtering out the emails for some odd reason @afastaudir8 @davidrevoy honestly, I thought that the people behind Mastodon themselves were the ones emailing me. That was my reasoning behind why it took so long. Now the Gmail filtering thing might have also been possible, who the hell knows? @loser9000 @afastaudir8 Oh yes, I heard some instances have a hard time processing all the new subscriptions. I'm sure it will be smoother in a big week from here. @davidrevoy I remember feeling lost on the bird app, and it took time to feel comfortable. I started on Mastodon this weekend. As I find more accounts to follow, those accounts reblog others, and it keeps building. I’m still lost, but starting to find my way. It’s so simple even the dimmest individual with a degree in hyperbolic topology can figure it out. @davidrevoy i wish i could figure mastodon out. For one thing, i wonder if I’m seeing everything or just some things? Anyway… @davidrevoy that was me earlier today, but only cause I had mad delay receiving the confirmation email. @davidrevoy There are definitely pain points to work out with the onboarding process (although the decentralized nature of the fediverse might just be a thing that is tough to explain) so I don't think it's entirely their fault. Lots of people get stuck when they try join a server, and it's full because everyone is trying to join that server, and then they don't know what other server to sign up with. I think there's room for improvement.  @davidrevoy I am interested in sticking around to learn, and thereafter learn new things from interesting people. @davidrevoy even tho I am a Twitter transplant who heard of this platform yesterday. Glad to be here and have a place to hang with other twitfugees and make some new friends. I did see a bunch of people just like this. Working fine for me…I think. Haha  @davidrevoy I'm... trying to figure it all out xD Still not sure how to follow people from the explore feed, need to work out how to really find all the interesting peoplei might want to follow and have an easy to click follow button :3 @obinice Hey, I see on your profile you already succeed at following other accounts, so you are doing great. 👍 You can use the search bar and enter hashtags keywords to find people sharing things around your interest. Have a good journey here. @davidrevoy its same with any change or switch. People want the same thing that they are used to. 1 to 1 clone :) @davidrevoy I’m doing my part! Bringing folks over from Twitter, and answering their questions. @davidrevoy I am amazed how easily many people are giving up. It's simply not that hard. I am a tech-limited boomer--if I can get it, anyone can. @davidrevoy I just figure I’m going to take it slow and learn as I go. :) I love the no rush community vibe here. @davidrevoy I only just now realized you are THE David Revoy who shares Krita resources. I shouldnt be surprised to see you here yet I am. You are an open source awareness king for artists @davidrevoy Alas, it’s not the complexity that’s getting me. It’s the fact that nothing seems to be working. 😢 @davidrevoy "Boohoo! I dont need the poison anyway!" @davidrevoy Honestly, do we want someone who thinks signing up here is too complicated? @davidrevoy Twitter user here. I made it! It's been entertaining to watch the Twitter dumpster fire over the last 2 weeks, but it's clear that it's burning itself out quickly. I hope to find as much entertainment here as I did there!  @davidrevoy most of the people I have seen talking about the complexity made me think more it was about their preference for a centralised system which more easily allows reaching a wider audience rather than genuinely finding Mastodon complex. It might make it easier to promote a podcast but it's what has enabled most of the toxic content on Twitter. I'm sure there's toxic content on mastodon but I don't see it and it makes a nicer experience. |
