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Low Quality Facts

Things I have been told to do on Mastodon:

-follow more people

-follow less people

-put content warnings on anything related to politics

-put content warnings on anything related to dogs (seriously)

-use alt text to translate my posts into French

-delete my Patreon because I don't deserve to make money

-sell merch with my facts on them because I deserve to make more money

-stop doing satire because it is enabling fascism and will get Trump reelected

Moral of the story: I have no idea.

103 comments
Ian Campbell

@lowqualityfacts well in light of all that I THINK YOU SHOULD

i think you should have a nice day. that's all.

Levy Rat 1969

@lowqualityfacts I've seen people put pictures of flowers behind a content warning. This is a weird place. 🙂

Nico Nico Belić

@PattyHanson @lowqualityfacts I have a suspicion that some people treat CWs as just subjects

Flaming June

@a13cui @PattyHanson @lowqualityfacts I think that’s true but, since other people don’t, it is indeed - in effect - all a bit weird.

Nico Nico Belić

@juneussell @PattyHanson @lowqualityfacts arguably, replacing "content warning" with "subject" would on the one hand encourage more people to actually use them, but on the other hand people won't treat them as content warnings anymore. it's a double edged sword

Levy Rat 1969

@a13cui @juneussell @lowqualityfacts As a user, I'm glad we have the option & I'm the sort who will open every post that has a warning. I'm not easily offended & I want to see what other people think may be offensive, either in words or pictures. As soon as this conversation thread started someone posted a photo of a woman who was nude from the waist up. The warning included nudity. When you open a post with a warning it's a "buyer beware" situation. How the warning is labeled is important

Flaming June

@PattyHanson @a13cui @lowqualityfacts Yes, I’m glad of the option, but less sure of when I should use a label myself, or what for. I’d certainly use it for anything that *I* thought might be offensive, but I can’t always understand/second-guess what others feel.

Ewan Donnachie

@PattyHanson @lowqualityfacts
Probably to avoid polluting people's timelines with large images? That's one of the features that ex Twitter people were experimenting with.

Bill's in the shop for repairs

@lowqualityfacts Couldn't be clearer. Well done, replypersons, well done.

Adnan

@lowqualityfacts I don't want to see griping, please add a content warning

/s

Coralie Renée

@lowqualityfacts
Then... you shouldn't post any toots on cats...

Hawkmoon

@lowqualityfacts

You do you.

As long as you're not spreading hate or preaching violence, other people can just block you if they don't like what you're doing.

wet forest moon folklorist

@lowqualityfacts lol more mastodon facts pls. Also love this account, keep rockin it

PotatoApe™️— 🥔🐒

@lowqualityfacts I like the two top policy suggestions the best. Implement them.

Ecolhombre ⏚

@lowqualityfacts You should have put this behind a CW. I'm not sure it's satire and it disturbs me.

Matthew Graybosch
@lowqualityfacts I'm going to add one to your list: block morons who presume to tell you how to do Mastodon but aren't your server admin or a moderator on your server. Who elected these fucking vigilantes, anyway?
Stan Stewart aka muz4now

@lowqualityfacts What’s really confusing is that these are all correct (according to the people who sent them, anyway).

Sam/サム

@lowqualityfacts I feel like this is less 'being told what to do on Mastodon' and more just, existing online xD

steeph 🎆 ٩(˘◡˘)۶

@mos_8502 So what you're saying is: You do whatever the fuck @lowqualityfacts wants?

Jonathan Mesiano-Crookston

@lowqualityfacts

People are burning books, threatening prosecutors, posting home addresses of grand jurors ....

B-b-but satire

sergio_101

@lowqualityfacts it's weird. i have seen people post donation drives to help them pay for food, housing and medicine. I have also seen people shamed about trying to make a living to pay for those expenses.

Keyboard Worrier

@lowqualityfacts Moar satire! Ignoring problems is what perpetuates them, imo.

thepoliticalcat

@lowqualityfacts Do what YOU want to do and fuck the rest. And don't listen to people telling you what to do (including me).

Hermes

@lowqualityfacts

Good thing you are the Captain of your own ship. Advice only works if it makes sense.

"The buck stops here".

Noodles

@lowqualityfacts This post should have a content warning for being a list because it may cause problems for disorganized people.

Edelruth In The Wrong Timeline

@lowqualityfacts

I love your posts and I dont want annoying people to annoy you away!

So, go away, annoyers!

Coralie Renée

@Edelruth @lowqualityfacts
Joining you there. Do keep on posting your "nonsensical" toots that in fact make sooo much sense. 🤩😍🤩

DELETED

@lowqualityfacts Do what you do, block anyone who moans. Simple.

ReverendRef

@lowqualityfacts Sounds similar to being the priest of a parish. Preach longer. Preach shorter. Preach more theology. Preach more real world. This is your responsibility. Check with us before doing anything. Visit more people. Have more office hours.
#Exhausting

Harris👍Trump👎

@lowqualityfacts

ORRRRR ... continue what you are doing and just ignore the trolls?

Dave Robinson

@lowqualityfacts fewer people. Follow fewer people. There you go… that's another thing you've been told 😄

Ken Dillermand

@lowqualityfacts Could you please use alt text to translate your posts to Swedish?

Eric the Cerise

@lowqualityfacts

Dude(-tte?), you've got 26k followers. That's borderline rockstar level here. Don't change a thing.

(If you're fielding suggestions, though, I am still semi-seriously interested in that frog t-shirt)

vantiss

@lowqualityfacts
at least you already did do the most important thing: stopping with the nfts

Helge

@lowqualityfacts It's pretty clear when you add it all up. Here:

Follow a lot of small people.

Sell merch with French content warnings.

Do double satire to cancel out the fascism.

Dizzy Ken :confusedlucy:​:rebeccaangry:​

@lowqualityfacts
Add this to your list of things you're told to do:

- you

(Your posts always make me day better!)

Rob Talks About Beer🍺

@lowqualityfacts welcome to life, where everything is made up and the rules don't matter

Ben Curthoys

@lowqualityfacts I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch
He said to me, "You must not ask for so much"
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door
She cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"

Travis Skaalgard
@lowqualityfacts Rule #1 of the internet: when someone does something I don't like, that's a fascism
D B Cooper

@lowqualityfacts

Do you have any paracetamol for me? That maked my ‘ead ‘urt.

Coho

@lowqualityfacts
I refuse to hide snakes and spiders as sensitive content

KayVay

@lowqualityfacts
To that I shall add my unsolicited, but no less important advice:
Ignore everyone and do you! 😊

cuan_knaggs

@lowqualityfacts and, and <wags finger> it's follow "fewer" people, not "less"

stux⚡

@lowqualityfacts you do you♥️🥰 finding a balance can be hard

🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

@stux

Dude dont you know, all sarcastic people are Trump supports and Nazis... BAN HIM!!!

@lowqualityfacts

Kevin Lawver

@lowqualityfacts Opinions are plentiful, but none of them get a vote, so do what you want.

D. B. Stuck

@lowqualityfacts

Hey Low Quality Facts, that's some bougie bad advice right there. Yep. High falootin bad advice.

Philip Setnik

@lowqualityfacts

Wait, your stuff is SATIRE?? I've been using that with my second graders! (I'm not a teacher, I just collect second graders.)

(I just creeped myself way the heck out.)

mypalmike

@lowqualityfacts Don't be such a labradoodle.

Grisish

@lowqualityfacts
Quality post or should I say toot or something else 🤔

Moral of the story: No one does have any idea 😅

DeManiak 🇿🇦

@lowqualityfacts meh, you do you.

Block the haters.

Mute the complainers.

They have agency also, they can unfollow/mute/block if things really bother them.

Matthias Rex 🦣

@lowqualityfacts Also sandwiches due to their inherent danger. You should put content warnings on any and all images of sandwiches.

Ultrasquid

@lowqualityfacts The Mastodon userbase's Twitter origins shining through.

Musta Makkara

@lowqualityfacts
these are all high quality facts and hence can be safety ignored.

Kris Sargent, MD

@lowqualityfacts Suggested alternate "Moral of the story" from a literal reply guy:
- People are weird
- You got where you are by doing what you think is right, not what other people think is right
- Nod, smile, carry on

Spider Of Mars

@lowqualityfacts @countcol I follow only people from whom I want to read the text. Even if it takes a long time.
Buddy Guy said in a song: „Go by Feel“. That I do.
Steve Jobs once said: „Don’t search for what is good for you or what you want. Instead cancel or get rid of what you don’t want. That leaves automatically what you want and prevents you from wasting precious time“. (Something in the form of that)

Σ(i³) = (Σi)²

@lowqualityfacts the ones about how many people you're following are right. Do those, then report back.

Obot 50549535

@lowqualityfacts
Nobody told you not to use passive voice? Must've been an oversight.

:verified_2:防空識別區𝒔𝒐𝒄𝟶

@lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social Don't use Mastodon + stay away from large Mastodon communities = have fun with cool people

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