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Eugen Rochko

I think it's glorious that there's now a Mastodon server operated by people who used to work for Twitter (macaw.social). I could have never imagined it when I started in 2016.

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Faye Pini

@Gargron Tar. Didn't realise. Recent firings from #Twitter may allow many more to move and grow this?!
Definitely do not allow the egotistical wind bag on! Please 😫

Usama Firdous

@JDignum @Gargron it's not in the app but SwiftKey keyboard and i think gboard has option for gifs. You can just enter it from there. I didn't know it would work but somehow it worked.

pluto

@Gargron is it worth me restarting my account to move to

ThomasPaine

@Gargron I'm still trying to figure out how magnets work. Servers are a whole different level of thinking for me.

Nancy 🌻

@Gargron Agree. What a great way for them to communicate safely. 😊

zorerb

@Gargron I also enjoy watching, what seems to be, Twitter employees mouthing off to Elon on Twitter in order to be fired. Better than quitting because they’ll get a severence and can collect unemployment.

LVN2DRM

@Gargron I agree. Those folks who worked at @Twitter worked hard only to have their workplace taken over by a malignant narcissist hellbent upon treating workers as slaves. Welcome to all the Tech workers 👋

Markus

@Gargron Congratulations! I assume, you're not the only one who wouldn't have expected that.

angelmoder

@Gargron I think it's bad actually *bites you*
You will never take me alive

DELETED

@Gargron Hey Eugen is there a way you can help retoot my toot ! I work at a Spanish Rescue centre for Dogs which is having to raise money to relocate. I have tried @elonmusk on twetter but no reply !

Paul Taylor

@Gargron 100%. Hopefully they can feel a little more at ease here once things die down.

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Super45Fan

@Gargron 🔴 TRB Cards Broke All Records! 🔴

More than 10.000.000 cards were sold in the last weeks!

Unfortunately, there are only 12 hours left.

Only 1999 cards left - This is the last time you will be able to order them.

Stop saving money! Stop what you're doing! Real money is losing its power!
Covid-19 was made up to shake the economy, and that's why inflation is happening right now. Open your eyes!

Hurry up with orders because there are not many left!

👇👇

bit.ly/Ivanka-OFFER

@Gargron 🔴 TRB Cards Broke All Records! 🔴

More than 10.000.000 cards were sold in the last weeks!

Unfortunately, there are only 12 hours left.

Only 1999 cards left - This is the last time you will be able to order them.

Stop saving money! Stop what you're doing! Real money is losing its power!
Covid-19 was made up to shake the economy, and that's why inflation is happening right now. Open your eyes!

Super45Fan

@Gargron

Limmited Access ..Only For USA Conservatives!

𝗦𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 :
t.me/+c9MToE2yEepkYTZk

Finally, We Have Undeniable Proof in Hand of Rigged Elections That Will Send Top Democrats in Jail !!

Rusty Williams

@Gargron I'm still learning about Mastodon. Is that ex-twitter server (macaw.social) something that we can browse/read/interact with?

summer

@rustyw @Gargron I have the same question as I try to figure this thing out!

Jacob Gonzales 🇺🇸

@rustyw @Gargron yes but you can’t sign up unless you have proof of being employed at twitter

Rusty Williams

@jacobgonzales20 @Gargron Thanks for your answer. So, different servers have different membership restrictions. I didn't realize that. I thought everything was federated like the old Usenet days. Also odd that I didn't receive a notification of your reply. I'm learning, but I wish Mastodon borrowed a few more UX elements from Twitter. It's been hard to navigate so far and I'm a techie.

Brandon Wallace

@Gargron I’m trying to join but you need approval.

Bill gates

@Gargron good move.. I love this but need more improvements

arivero

@gargron now wait for contributions to Mastodon Source Code. And doble check that they are not copypasted from Twitter original monorail.

Graham Skeats #FBPPR🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇦

@Gargron Even more exciting that they can, if toot.wales is anything to go by, choose to label their button "Squawk". My button says "tŵt!" and apparently the standard is now "Publish".

Canoehead🛶

@Gargron And to think, we have Elon Musk to thank for this. Got to love the irony.

Sven Rohweder

@gargron if Elon continues like the last weeks Twitter itself will be a Mastodon Instance by january 💁🏼‍♂️

WrathofJan 🌞🖖🌞

@rowi @Gargron 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Exactly! Because Twitter is literally going to crash due to ridiculously poor current management. The tweets are on the wall. SMH 😢😡😤🤬😱

david hillberg

@Gargron will this site allow observations contrary to others beliefs? as in politics? of adherence to law by governance?
EC8902 purple NONE= not to be placed on the ballot 14 each on the primary 2 each on November 8th

WrathofJan 🌞🖖🌞

@Gargron That is great.

👏👏👏 👏👏 Welcome to them. 😃👊🖖

VolcanicAshSoap

@Gargron I initially joined the platform back in 2016, but then deleted my account because of personal reasons. I'm glad I'm back here and that you care about the platform as deeply as you do.

Ellinorianne

@Gargron I wish I’d known about it sooner. Thank you!

vulp

@Gargron finally, the bird site has become real

Kristof Zerbe

@Gargron There a one in a million chance that an idea has it's breakthrough. Yours is one of it, because of your incredible work! It will change the game and go down in history.

Magesh

@Gargron Amazing! Great work Eugen. Kudos to you and your team :)

stevetheboxer 🥊

@Gargron It's time to teach that punk Elon Musk that he's not nearly the hot stuff that he thinks he us.

AdmiralNelson

@Gargron Twitter, is it not for political extremists? Any offshoot of it is suspect.

Karen E. Lund 💙💛

@Gargron I bet they couldn't have imagined it in 2016, either. Or in 2021 for that matter.

I hope a lot of ex-Twitter employees check out Mastodon and the Fediverse in general, try hosting a server, and perhaps eventually write new software for other services that could be connected to the Fediverse.

lisabriercliffe

@Gargron disrupting the social hemisphere, great to see

brunospy

@Gargron Now let's hope they will contribute to the code.

Stemy

@Gargron Not anymore, the site macaw.social is now nothing but a black blank page.

Tyler C

@Gargron was just thinking that this would be a great idea hours ago and it actually happened! Love the name

VAWeisman

@Gargron I want to know how to find someone to follow on that server so we can get the tea!!! Also, I really miss gifs. Emojis just don't cut it.

🌊 Gary Goosey 🇺🇸 🇺🇦🗽🌊 🧵

@Gargron Just followed @streamofron the admin for #Mastodon server (macaw.social) operated by people who used to work for the bird site #NewHere #TwitterMigration #Mastodon #TwitterRefugee

Paul Chatterton

@Gargron I joined Mastodon about 3 weeks ago and could not upload photos to posts via the iOS app (tried several times). 502 server error received. I almost gave up posting on the platform. In the end another user told me about a 3rd party app today, through which I could post picture posts to Mastodon without a problem 🙌 Is there an issue with uploading photos to posts on the iOS app? If so it would be great if this could be looked at, to not deter new users from starting posting. Thanks!

The Spoonless Kitchen

@Gargron Yeah no no no no no no no this is a bad thing. A very bad thing. A very very very very very very very bad thing.

These people are responsible for millions of global #COVID deaths in 2021 alone (and for the forever #pandemic the world now finds itself in):

reddit.com/r/Qult_Headquarters

These people sold advertising to foreign state bad actors to post deceptively (as genuine users) to spread #COVID-19 #disinformation, and to attack government, public health, and infectious diseases accounts trying to post factual #COVID19 information to help people:

reddit.com/r/Qult_Headquarters

Twitter isn't worried about losing large American corporate ads, because they will never lose the foreign state bad actor advertisers that are, and always have been, Twitter's main source of revenue (pardon my profanity in the Reddit post):

reddit.com/r/Qult_Headquarters

The contagion needs to be quarantined. Wall this #server off, #Mastodon. Do NOT let macaw.social join the #fediverse!

@Gargron Yeah no no no no no no no this is a bad thing. A very bad thing. A very very very very very very very bad thing.

These people are responsible for millions of global #COVID deaths in 2021 alone (and for the forever #pandemic the world now finds itself in):

reddit.com/r/Qult_Headquarters

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