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FinchHaven
Googling "Chris Minnick" is not very encouraging "Chris Minnick - Entrepreneur, author, teacher, winemaker - Chris Minnick is a prolific published author..." Can you say "Climb on and Cash In"? I sure can cc @jalcine
Big Ducky :duck_verified:
@FinchHaven @jalcine Not to worry. Both authors are legit and seem to still be active on Mastodon. I've linked both their profiles below. This book was discussed quite a bit on Mastodon back when it was published. I think I recall people who checked it out saying it was a pretty good book.
FinchHaven
Yeah... Go look at their Posts and Replies If posting every three or four weeks (at best) makes them experts on Mastodon, how do I get in on the gravy train? I'm only on seven days a week cc @jalcine
Big Ducky :duck_verified:
@FinchHaven @jalcine Well, at least they did something. Better than there not being a Mastodon for Dummies book, in my view, especially if it's half-decent like some reported. They were probably the best authors that the Dummies publisher had contact with who were interested in writing a book about Mastodon. 
Peter Butler
@FinchHaven @ducky @jalcine To get on the “gravy train” you find a publisher or agent, pitch a book, get them to agree to a deal, write it and then publish it It’s not easy in the least 
Juho Mäntysalo
IMHO there's much more to authority than just posting regularly. For example accounts of public figures tend to create their own bubble values as they don't try to be part of a community. On the other hand there are people who are deeply invested in the technical and social aspects of the platform, but don't really feel the need to publish a lot (or alternatively don't feel like they have anything worth saying).   
Jason Petersen
@jalcine oh wow I looked it up and they just ran this brand into the ground. It wasn’t pretty before but the padding on the text in that circle is something even an AI would not do. Gross.
ink and yarn
@jalcine Everything about this is so ridiculous except for the catch-line on its Amazon listing, which is "A little birdy told us you needed to know more about Mastodon." 😂     
andrew
@jalcine @lisamelton made me do a double take at the name until I looked it up and this was not in fact written by my brother Mike   
climate voter/bike supremacist
@jalcine So far, there are no dummies in my timeline so I have mixed feelings about this. 
Richard W. Woodley NO THREADS 🇨🇦🌹🚴♂️📷 🗺️
@jalcine 
spmatich :blobcoffee:
@jalcine do we want dummies? I mean there doesn't seem to be many here, I like it that way 😁  
Rodion Borisov
@jalcine LOL. If it needs this much explaining, it's probably bad: either Mastodon or the deep-dive?
Aidan Bell
@jalcine the choice to use a photorealistic but still not great render of a real Mastodon was an interesting one, looks more like an ant eater had a baby with an elephant, and the maternity ward was in a PS2 game   |
@jalcine the fact that they accidentally made it a nonbinary pride flag is just *chef’s kiss* perfection