@Gargron @dangillmor You've done a good thing here. I appreciate it so much. Thank you.

@Gargron @dangillmor Jesus, Eugen. I'm . . . I feel like I haven't said clearly enough what I feel.

Mastodon is brilliant. Oh sure, we can make it better, we will make it better.

But it's already brilliant. I happily pay my monthly donation.

As a professional who lives or dies by word of mouth, I have an eighth of the audience I supposedly had on Xitter. But I have five times the engagement and interaction.

Every day I delight.

I'm sorry I haven't said it often enough. That's on me. <3

@Gargron I enjoy many things about mastodon but the one that comes to mind as an admin is: how easy it to copy custom emojis from another server if you have federated with them!

@Gargron I can't think of anything I'd want to change. I'd like more people to chip in, but that's it.

Thank you for this place :) ❤️

@Gargron @dangillmor best Mastodon feature which should be standard in any social media: temporary mutes

@Gargron we all love platform and also know that you are listening to feedback and ideas. Something pretty rare for social media platforms. Sucks no one says what they love about it. I can say I love the entire platform and I hope it grows. I really enjoy hosting my own instance. That’s what I like about Mastodon.

@Gargron I adore Mastodon. Maybe this will make your day better - I wrote an essay a few months ago where I talked about Mastodon as what the future of the internet should and probably will look like. It’s my love letter to what you and the wider Fediverse have built. I couldn’t love it more. https://www.admdnewsletter.com/p/on-the-birth-of-a-new-internet

@dangillmor

@Gargron Thanks for all your (and team’s) work.

@Gargron @dangillmor I like that federated posts implement a signed HTTP signature. Just one small thought about security.

@Gargron @dangillmor
I love the community I found here.

@Gargron @dangillmor I love it here. Thank you. 😊

@Gargron @dangillmor
I personally love it. Especially no ads or hate. I don't have anxiety anymore..

@Gargron I enjoy that “I saw a toot…” is a semi regular thing I say to my partner now

@Gargron @dangillmor I like turtles and coffee. Regarding Masthodon I am enjoying it but I still don't really think I am immersed entirely. I will give it time though. Thanks for all the really hard work.

@Gargron @dangillmor Uh, well i really like Mastodon so far. Thank you very much for inventing it! We have even given a little for the upkeep - wish we could give more.

@Gargron @dangillmor it’s one of just three i use now. and i try everything, always. 🦋

@Gargron @dangillmor first place I go in the morning, last before I go to sleep. And a lot in between!😎 Thank you for creating it!😍

@Gargron @dangillmor The edit function is a delight!

@Gargron
I spend way too much time in my day looking at stuff go by in my TL, posting memes I’ve copied from other places, having wonderful conversations and exchanges with randos all over the world, and posting some of my photos. I’d say it’s all working quite well.

@dangillmor

@Gargron The good characteristics of this software are why it is literally the only social media I use. Thanks!

@Gargron @dangillmor I was so excited to be able to edit when I came running here from the twit. My life is complete.

@Gargron @dangillmor I like everything about Mastodon 😍👍

@Gargron @dangillmor The site formerly known as Twitter is a mess now. I'm really enjoying the diversity and sincerity of Mastodon users and their posts. It has a nice vibe.

@Gargron @dangillmor because !dyslexia
https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/110753943566874126

@Gargron @dangillmor Mastodon ist großartig!
Ich kann nicht verstehen, warum gerade Journalisten den Wert der echten Unabhängigkeit nicht sehen oder verstehen wollen.
Ich bin gespannt ob die Firmenaccounts (auch für Support etc. ) hier auftauchen werden. Hängt wahrscheinlich davon ab, wie gut Mastodon in deren Multi-Platform-Tools integriert werden kann. Das könnte einen ziemlichen Pull-Effekt haben, denke ich.
DANKE @Gargron 🙏

@Gargron @dangillmor

I like Mastodon. Thank you.

@Gargron So we should tell you more often that you created something great. I am glad I found Mastodon when I was searching for a place in the internet after all my past "homes" had been more or less destroyed. Please keep up the good work.

@Gargron @dangillmor I have never used twitter-style apps before Mastodon and despise their layout, their following thingy, etc.
But there hasn't been a place where I felt better than Mastodon. Usually if I didn't like the layout of an app, I would switch it. With Mastodon, even though I'm not a fan of the layout, the community here makes up for it ten fold and the ideas it stands for are noble.

Thank you for making a great thing!

@Gargron @dangillmor i like that mastodon actually works.
a lot of people have "ideas" but not many put out something that actually works and on this scale.
Thank you for making mastodon :BlobhajHeart:

@Gargron @dangillmor I have often issues uploading photos (502) - end of complaints

@Gargron I would like to understand why so many of german-speaking journalists (and other interesting people) have moved from X (Twitter) to #Bluesky (instead of #Mastodon).

@Gargron @dangillmor 1st Mastodon is great! 2nd I really would appreciate an (optional) algorithm that populates my timeline. There are a lot of interesting posts I’ll never see, because I don’t follow the poster or because it’s too far down in the linear timeline.

@Gargron @dangillmor I like it very much. Thank you!

@Gargron @dangillmor

It is the #best #service in its own #vein.

Matter of fact, had it arrived at the time birdsite came to be, it would #most likely have #mopped the #floor with birdy.

Well. It can still do that now :nkolul:
(No competition tbh.
Thos other """ #services""" dont know how to #act :Alcea_LolFace: )

@Gargron @dangillmor I love being able to edit. Simple things are often the best.

@Gargron @dangillmor
Man! Mastodon IS great. Everything can be improved. But never forget that it's great already

@Gargron first of all - huge thank you for Mastodon! I really enjoy my local feed, how much in control I can be what I see, hashtags are great, easy to add alt text to images, local servers are great. On Mastadon I engage with people instead of screaming into void. Keep up the great work you do!

@Gargron @dangillmor I like how easy it was to integrate Mastodon with its API in my website. And I like that I can browse through Mastodon without having the feeling that I'm lost in advertisement and algorithmic sorting.

@Gargron #Mastodon just works. 😊

@Gargron @dangillmor

I know it's not up to you but someone should put manners on the owner/moderator of Mastodon.ie.
https://photopol.blogspot.com/2022/11/cyber-warrior.html

@gargron @dangillmor
Just to send an "I enjoy it, and I havent been enjoing Social Media ever since".

@Gargron @dangillmor More rapid updates in the apps?

@Gargron @dangillmor
Loving the: Baked in RSS. Reverse chronological order feed. No algorithm. Humble and responsive CEO.

@Gargron @dangillmor Excellent level of control of how wide or narrow The user feed is: check

Great and growing list of excellent third party clients: check

No feed mangling algorithm: check

Least toxic online community I've come across in a long time: check

Just wish I could get my friends and family to switch away from those other places...

Love it here.

@Gargron You're welcome!

@Gargron @dangillmor

When I dream of improvements to Mastodon, it is mostly because I wish I could get more people to come here instead of staying on eXitter or Facebook.

These are things I like:

That I can ban whole domains just for me, just because I feel like it.

That I can follow and super-follow people. Ie. 2 levels of following, so most interesting/funny can be right there in my notifications.

That you care about Mastodon and want it to be even better. ❤️

@Gargron @dangillmor there's a great community here, and it's a perfectly functional social network.

The new search features are especially useful, and I'm glad they're opt-in. Having a site that's not driven by the need to grow engagement and sell user data just feels nice and I hadn't realized how exploitative all of the other sites were until I started using fedi.

Thank you for your hard work!

@Gargron @dangillmor yeah, it's human nature that when things go as we expect, we shut up and gwt on with complaining about other things 😂

So I'll say: I am happy with my experience on mstdn.ca and was pleasantly surprised with the recent update that included Search!

🙏thank-you, gargron and team 🙂

@Gargron
@dangillmor

I love what you have created and i'm impressed by it. Been here only for a short time but meet interesting people and learned a lot. Thank you for your work! 🙏

@Gargron @dangillmor Mastodon is an excellent platform. Eugen, you and your team are doing an excellent job.

@Gargron @dangillmor I was just thinking the other day about how awesome the chronological feed is and how I take it for granted

@Gargron @dangillmor
I like that it is free of ads and respects privacy and independence of infrastructure is build-in, which makes it the perfect social network.

@Gargron @dangillmor as of 2023 it is already the greatest social platform ever made. even better than vine and ‘08 twitter

@Gargron I'm hugely grateful for Mastodon. You're doing great work here, thank you.