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100 Mastodon myths:

1. Mastodon is hard.

FALSE. It’s a "soft"ware. Not hardware.

2. You have to use Linux to post on Mastodon.

FALSE. FreeBSD and OpenBSD are also supported.

3. You need to learn to use the Vim editor before posting on Mastodon.

FALSE. There’s also an emacs plugin.

4. Mastodon is only for computer nerds.

FALSE. As you can see, we sometimes try to make jokes that everyone could understand.

237 comments
RevK :verified_r:

@ploum Surely numbering should be 1. 10. 11. 100. But you knew this...

Keith Aprilnight

@ploum
You must be kidding saying only Linux and BSD are supported. Can't you post on Mastodon from Haiku OS as well?

Ramsey Haddad

@ploum I would have not bothered to mention Myth 2, and so only have had 11 Mastodon myths.

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@ploum don’t get it …

3. nano can also be used

FALSE: it’s too small

sampw

@ploum sometimes you see a joke and think, man, i wish i came up with that

chamook

@ploum genuinely excited to discover that there _is_ an emacs plugin after reading this 😅🤓

CarbonCatalyst

@ploum where's the part where you have to write it with a magnet and needle on magnetic tape first? :thinkerguns:

ThatITGuy

@ploum This is the kind of quality shitposting I am here for. 🤣 Cheers!

nadin brzezinski

@ploum @suksisauvasekoitin wait…on an iPad…and after verification was piece of cake

Dr.Nick

@ploum

Regarding 3. ed (1) is the standard editor, which is also supported

brunorro

@ploum

But... if I have to use vim I won't be able to get out of it! Help!

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@ploum No one but a computer geek would understand these jokes--but I will defend your right to make them ;-)

SvenG

@ploum LOVE this and am 100% stealing it!

Ofmine

@ploum
Nerds are nice people. I like Nerds.
No problem if they were here.

BooBoo@gluga.de

@ploum the numbering of the single points is inconsisent: should be binary too

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@MascarellDiego @ploum Fr, how do people actually use vim / emacs?

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@ploum emacs, c'est pas un éditeur pour les macbooks ?

Christine 🏳️‍⚧️🦋

@bosonno @ploum I tried to switch from emacs to vim and found it to be impossible.

Nizar Kerkeni 🇹🇳 نزار القرقني

@ploum 🤣😂🤣
Des milliers de nouveaux arrivants retourneront immédiatement chez Elon suite à ton pouet 😂🤣😂

aoikurayami

@ploum
Wow those are a lot of bogus myths

Who even comes up with those ?

🍻 alfajet 🇫🇷 🇬🇧

@ploum There are 10 types of people. The ones who'll get the joke #0 and the others.

Richard Azia

@ploum Now I want to find the vim solution. :wq to look for it. ;-)

Mike Rose

@ploum no but seriously you can post from the command line it’s cool hey why are you backing away from me like that

Jan Holler

@ploum Emacs, been using it for many years, a powerful pain^H^H^H^H Tool. Is it still alive?

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@jan_holler @ploum it’s more popular and more powerful than it’s ever been, so yes, it’s still alive

Jan Holler

@alecui @ploum Thank you. I think I will have another look at it.

OddOpinions5

@ploum
nice
you had me for second and of course the eternal Vim EMACS flameware needs new fuel every now and then

Stephen Ralph

@ploum Just as well that I'm using Android 12.1 with Linux kernel 4.14.180. 😏

Jade the Kobold

@ploum I'm on Ubuntu and I keep getting this error popup that says "not hardcore enough"

notklaatu

@ploum
#3 Emacs plugin? Heck, there's an instance running Mastodon *on* Emacs.

emacs.ch/explore

ploum

5. It’s not possible to make viral content on Mastodon.

FALSE.

mamot.fr/@ploum/10932140480179

Fred en bois

@ploum bah en même temps ça aurait été un avantage.

fatrat 🐀

@ploum
I'd really make the study of #vim mandatory @ school! Is there a vim plugin for Mastodon?

Paco Velobs :neovim:

@fatrat @ploum Not that I know off. But, it's not #vim's purpose to have a plugin for everything IMO.
On the other hand, you can use github.com/RasmusLindroth/tut for a CLI-based client with #Vim's keybindings.

Bart

@ploum @RTP regarding 4: "There are 10 kinds of people. Those who understand binary and those who don't"

Capybara :neovim: :arch:

@ploum a client for graphic calculators is also in development

Graeme Hilton

@ploum If I understood all of those points am I a nerd?

mahnamahnamicon

@ploum can you do emacs with just your thumbs?

josefin

@ploum That last one absolutely got me, well done!

Olivier

@ploum
Humour d'entre-soi typique 😑

J'espère que les nouveaux ne le prendront pas au premier degré...

Em

@ploum I heard the Tribal Migrators from Mastodon made the western roman empire destabilize as they fled the Huns

ThingsWithStrings

@ploum ok but this business about having to choose a server is disconcerting and annoying.

ploum

@thingswithstrings : the worst part about not being a slave or a cog in a machine is that you have to make your own decision, your own choices.

Those who don’t want to make choices will forever be exploited by those who want to make them for everyone.

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