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 👋 If you can see this toot you are on the #Fediverse enjoying #BetterSocialMedia How flippin' awesome is that!? In one or two sentences, tell me one thing that stands out for you personally, one of the reasons you enjoy being here. And if you're ok with me using your answer in promotional material to get more people here, add the tag #TellEveryone 📢 Greetings #Fediverse members! I've been joining a number of conversations about the recent growth on the Fediverse, and I keep hearing the term "users". I'd like to remind everyone here that the community is made up of people, humans, members. "Users" dehumanises, alienates, and allows for a particular brand of technospeak that smacks of addicted eyeballs and lost privacy. I am a member of the community, not a user of software. Please try to reduce, ahem, using the word.
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@jaz I totally get your point but, having worked in technical support, I see a user as a person who uses the system and those who use the system are the reason the system exists. Our primary concern is to support the person who uses the system and make sure that the system meets their needs. At least from my point of view, the term "user" is not demeaning; in fact, the term indicates a person of primary importance. Looking forward to joining #FediForum today to discuss #moderation and #TrustAndSafety in a growing Fediverse. Join the discussion: https://Fediforum.org @moderation @fediforum we will be shooting for the 9PST/12EST/5BST slots on each day Day one we will review the results of a needs assessment conducted for #MastoAdmin and #MastoMods Day two we will walk through a proposal for finding ways to compensate #moderator teams and provide resources to support the growing community and its ability to preserve #BetterSocialMedia for all Join us! https://fediforum.org/schedule/  Quick update on the toot.wales server Turns out it's nothing to do with Twitter, the server had a sudden drop in #Defaidodon content causing the fnergs to wibble-shift which will need drabsoft infernae to dust off the lag weevils. Sorry for the technobabble, shorn story is we need more photos of #Sheep #SheepOfMastodon to feed the #Defaidodon hopper. I know you can do this #WelshMastodon #MastodonGymreig Okay, I am up to the challenge. I am a twitter evacuee, glad I did not contribute to breaking tŵt servers. Please accept my offering of sheep #Defaidodon content. Somewhere in Brecon Beacons. I think. Probably just before becoming suicidal and jumping infont of a car. (&walking off totally fine) #sheepofmastodon It just occurred to me that across the 4,000 #Mastodon servers each with their #MastoAdmin plus their moderator teams... we have more content moderators tracking reports and complaints than Twitter does. For the folks who keep asking about how we're going to scale, we're on it.
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@jaz Good point but...you moderate one post or one person on Twitter and it's done and done. In Mastodon, the same person and same post has to be moderated again and again and again...
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@jaz Using geography to determine what instance to join may not be the best way to go, though. I think it's better to find an instance where "your tribe" is. In my case, queer leftist activists from all around the world! @jaz hello sir, is it possible to join in on two or more instances? I found Finnish one from your post and I wonder if I could join in it too? This stuff never ceases to amaze me - Haruki Nakamara's mechanical paper animals: https://geecr.com/product/nakamura-paper-toys |
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@jaz One thing I don't see mentioned a lot is how it's not constantly trying to steal my attention and take up more of my time. It's not trying to hook me.
All the big social media companies (even LinkedIn) will start making up new things to send you notifications like "here's what you missed" or whatever to make you open their app
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I feel comfortable to show my real #nerd self. No ads. Only 2 or 3 irritants in 10 months. #Bloomscrolling
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Cats #TellEveryone 📣