Gregory's ServerThe four stages of Mastodon user:
* what’s a Mastodon
* I feel lost and alone how does this work
* oh wow this is actually pretty cool
* I have compiled a linux kernel
 @Natanox im on step 3/4 and i dont think ill be reaching 4 in the next 4 years
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7 Nov 2022 at 9:27 | Open on akko.cuddlegirls.cafe
@Natanox it’s actually a very inclusive community. There’s people here from all distros of life. @Natanox mal wieder am falschen ende angefangen: "der ganze mediaplayersch… läuft bei mir nicht richtig" - "versuch mal vlc" - "die festplatte geht nicht unter win98 und auf xp umzustellen habe ich keinen bock" - "versuch mal gnu/linux" und mir wurde klar, so wie der kapitalismus sich das vorstellt muß es nicht laufen mit der produktion …  @ZenMezzer think of it like someone who only recently found their love for bikes suddenly disassemble, clean and reassembe a whole motor. 😉  @Natanox I did these steps backward. I compiled a Linux kernel first, back in 1999-2000… @Smellbringer the linux gaming community is very happy about valves contributions like proton, the linux support of the games and VR headset and now the steam deck @Natanox. And I can't wait for #FollowFriday to introduce you to some of the cool people I've met up in here: @hrustar It's very different, but once you get a grip of it it's really cool. :) Think of it like you just moved to a new town and first entered the pub alone. You gotta have to start somewhere, once you talk to people the rest will fall into place. You can look up people who put hashtags into their profile here: https://fediverse.info/explore/people You may also find some stuff you knew from Twitter through Twitodon: https://twitodon.com/ @Natanox I’m still in stage 1 looking forward to the others (not so much 2 but it’s a journey, I guess)! @Natanox can confirm, currently somewhere between 2 and 3 and looking forward to linux kerneling @Natanox Or a FreeBSD kernel *whistles innocently* Actually much more fun to write a device driver to be honest. many thanks: I used for at least two years NixOS + SSD + HDD + bcachefs without the minimal problem! @Natanox umm did I miss a step? I think my computer is now in a container and in the cube cloud. @Natanox Gosh, it's been so many years since I've compiled a Linux kernel, is this why all the sweetness has gone out of my life...? @LauraM4peace No problem. 😉 But you perhaps end at other fourth steps like becoming a Furry or catgirl nyaa UwU~ @thisistheevan Think of it like you just moved to a new town and got into the pub the first time - try follow some people, the rest will sort out itself over time. 😉 You can look up people who put hashtags into their profile here: https://fediverse.info/explore/people You may also find some stuff you knew from Twitter through Twitodon: https://twitodon.com/  @prof_brunt Maybe this helps you too. :) https://chaos.social/@Natanox/109305721460954214 @Natanox some of us compiled our first in 93 I think! But other than that.. pretty close! @Natanox I can guarantee everyone that I will not be compiling a Linux kernel any time soon.  @Natanox What the!? NPR: A Russian businessman linked to Putin admits to U.S. election meddling. @Natanox Well, haven't compiled a Linux kernel, but have used it since 2001 ... now mostly with Chromebooks...  @Natanox Oops. While I use Arch Linux on a daily base with ease, I never really made my way into Gentoo 😂 @Natanox I really like Arch (for it's rolling character and for leaving out nonessential stuff on top of GNU/Linux). @shuntingyard I once installed it to learn a lot of details and finicky stuff quickly. When I tried other distros like Pop!_OS later I ended up disliking so many design choices which I reverted or changed anyway that going back to Arch was the sane choice. 🤭 @Natanox that last one should be hosting my own instance but other than that spot on. 😂 @Natanox I love it! I last compiled a linux kernel almost 20 years ago, so I think I have to restart at the beginning. I'll say stage #2 right now!  @Natanox ah nuts. My continued failure to gif on mastodon makes me sad. Lr Cmdr Data laughing. Not as funny narrated, now is it? 😂 @elight Let me guess - you CTRL + V'd it into the browser? 😅 It's a bad habit of browsers to only copy the first frame of a gif during copy + paste. Too bad both Tenor and Giphy are owned by either Google or Meta to collect even more data, otherwise it probably would've been already integrated into Mastodon. 😔 @Natanox So true. (Well, I don't anticipating getting to stage 4, but I do Unix (or rather did many moons ago) @Natanox im on stage "considering deleting". Tbh im not sure what im doing here. Never had any social media ever and decided to try mastodon cuz it seems like a thing rn. It all looks like everyones posting their own stream of consciousness and that's all nice and fine tho to me its just random interactions with a bunch of strangers.. I keep wondering why ppl even like social media at all. I can't find much appeal in any of this @cuntess_evil That's totally valid if social media, or microblogging in this case, ain't something for you. However, perhaps @pixelfed is more of your taste? It is a Fediverse equivalent to Instagram (Fediverse being the network Mastodon is a part of), so more for artwork and any kind of graphics to share and less stream of consciousness. :yayblob: I wish you best of luck finding your place in a healthy digital space. Trying out Fedi services is a good choice! @Natanox @pixelfed thanks its kind of u to reply to me. I can't say which type of social media might or might not be better and for who as I don't have much experience with it. I keep wondering how ppl find time to engage so much unless its their job. I doubt i can ever find the time necessary to build any following or any meaningful interactions online.. It seems like a monumental task not meant for ppl already so busy away from keyboard of any kind @Natanox Der vierte Punkt kommt ziemlich aus dem nichts und unerwartet, aber das ist ja die Pointe ;-). @Kincavel Oh, nothing you have to worry about right now. 😄 a kernel is the core of any operating system, like on your phone, computer etc and compiling means translating it from something human readable to machine code. If you're feeling lost on Mastodon perhaps this toot helps you out: https://chaos.social/@Natanox/109304568905758553 @Natanox As in: "I have compiled a linux kernel with latest optimizations in BTRFS to make my Mastodon server fly!" (Please no ZFS vs BTRFS flamewar, both are good) This is very funny, but the timeline is not correct. Actually I compiled my first Linux kernel in 1996... 🤣 @Natanox oh wow. I remember those days. I haven’t compiled a kernel since Ubuntu came out. Not because Ubuntu was awesome, but because I got lazy. I do miss my vanilla Debian every now and then. |
