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Eugen Rochko

If you had to use a simple, verb-centric sentence to describe Mastodon, what would it be?

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Cats Who Code 💙💛

@Gargron There is quite a bit of weirding around here.

Eugen Rochko

For example, TikTok's tagline is "Share your best videos". Twitch's is "Watch your favourite streams". Mastodon's?

Renn Kane, Alberto Grandi stan

@Gargron "Here is a pic of my cat, also here is a pic of me as a catboy"

Eugen Rochko

@spla Obvious doesn't mean bad, but "posts" is too vague, every app has posts. "Share your thoughts", but is it a note taking app? "Share your thoughts with the world", closer to reality as a publishing platform.

vifon

@Gargron @spla All of them miss the huge part of Mastodon being much more respectful to the user. In my opinion this notion is crucial to what and why Mastodon is.

snickerbockers

@Gargron something along the lines of "reclaim your feed" or "reclaim your media".

Mike Flugennock

@Gargron
"No Celebrities, No Nazis, No Jack, No Bullshit".

Stefan Midjich ꙮ҄

@Gargron Join the decentralized fediverse or something like that. I can't help compare it to twitter and theirs is "Share and discover everything that's happening right now" but I think mastodon should lean into the fact that it's still quite niche, but decentralized.

Mike Flugennock

@Gargron
Actually, I thought TikTok's tagline was "We Never Met A Toilet Seat We Didn't Lick".

ivanrancic

@Gargron "Be tootful." as a pun on "thoughtful" but also encouraging tooting

DELETED

@Gargron “Excuse our constant tooting!”

Gracious Anthracite

@Gargron

Talk with your friends, without corporations trying to turn you into a revenue stream.

Own your own social space. Own your own conversations.

(I may be influenced by discovering that Twitter is currently tending to hide any links to Patreon, which is kind of terrible for someone whose main gig is 'drawing whatever the Muses ask her to, with the generous support of her patrons'.)

Christoffer Tallerås :noreg:

@Gargron maybe something in the direction of "share to the many or the few" could be a thing?

Memzy

@Gargron Mastodon: Sound the trumpet of your future.

Sounds a bit cheesy, but all I can really think of that sticks to the elephant theme. Trumpets, like the sounds of an elephant's trunk.

ChristopherSaid

When they say "human infrastructure," think about Westworld's meat robots using the bodies of the guests as railroad ties.

Anton

@Gargron Join *your* community. Make *your* community.

gudenau

@Gargron "Socialize with your peers" or something?

Luís de Sousa

@Gargron "The social network that really is social"

Luís de Sousa

@Gargron "Connect with your friends, disconnect from the kleptocracy"

I am sure there is a better term than kleptocracy, but there is the gist.

stux⚡

@Gargron How about something like: Get start tooting in an alternate universe :fediverse:

sevvie :killdozer:

@icedquinn@blob.cat @Gargron@mastodon.social verb-centric?

\> Drives social groups to madness, or to Pleroma/Misskey

Eugen Rochko

@sevvie @icedquinn@blob.cat Keep dreaming (Misskey is cool though)

Tykayn

@Gargron
"chose who your friends are"
"do not mistake it with pleroma"

how now

@Gargron Toot from the heart.

(And you’re to fave,
You give boosts
A good name)

Ventronik Scaevola

@Gargron No ads, no algorithms, Have the conversation as it happens!

Nicolas Constant
@Gargron "Stop being an algorithm worker".

Could also be extended with ", be human again".
Eugen Rochko

@rysiek @NicolasConstant I'm convinced that "social media" is too generic because that's the entire Social Networking category on the App Store

Rysiekúr Memesson 🇺🇦

@Gargron @NicolasConstant "Microblogging for Human Beings", then?

But also, Mastodon can talk to every ActivityPub instance out there. So one gets to experience all sorts of social media, from Pixelfed, through Pleroma, to PeerTube. So it's defendable, I'd say.

𝗔rtilect𝗭ed

@Gargron Come for the discussion, stay for the federation.

mray

@gargron "Feel the pulse of the fediverse."? Contrary to the closed silos you always get so much more with mastodon - whether you want it or not, and whether you know it or not.

David Blue ※

@Gargron something to the tune of “actually built to be good at social.” if you were able to stand any of the editorializing in my guide, “Social networking, back in your hands” became VERY meaningful for me.

if anything, I would remove “back.” mastodon is the future, not just a nostalgic plaything.

Eugen Rochko

@DavidBlue I just think social networking is too vague because it includes live streams, instagrams, tiktoks and so on.

Ben Zanin

@Gargron toss your bottled message into your backyard stream; watch it flow to the internet ocean; gasp delightedly at the weird responses returned upstream by carrier pigeon, homemade drone, and one particularly grumpy bike courier who doesn't speak any language you know

Tio
@Gargron Of course it depends what you want to highlight... The key features of Mastodon is that it is decentralized and anyone can start their own Mastodon instance. It is private. No ads. No trackers. No business model. Federated.

Anyways, I'll throw my fast 2c:

Share your thoughts, not your data.
Send your thoughts, not your data.
You talk, we don't listen. Only your friends do.
We give you a voice, you choose your platform.
@Gargron Of course it depends what you want to highlight... The key features of Mastodon is that it is decentralized and anyone can start their own Mastodon instance. It is private. No ads. No trackers. No business model. Federated.

Toni C. 🎗🔻🍉

@Gargron "express yourself freely" or similar. I'd definitely include some reference to freedom.

Gy Sam

@Gargron

I missed the "verb-centric" part....

"Mastodon: go out of control ;-)"

a twitter punch line:
"Mastodon: toot loudly - extinction is for birds."

Lewd:
"Mast ur Don: stop tweedling ur tooties"

Laura Ritchie 🌸

@Gargron Meet your community.

(sorry late response, I'm not at home and have been offline!)

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