#Fediverse
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Alternatives to X
OK, so you’ve read my plea to leave X , and you’re thinking… ok, they have a point, but…
How do we start?
First of all, I have to acknowledge that this isn’t a simple as just deleting your account. Many organisations have had a presence on X (fka Twitter) for a long time and have built up a substantial audience. I’m not suggesting you throw that away, yet.
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Friday November 4, 2022 - 10:25
In reply to: @rem @rem Yeah, it’s definitely a challenging read. I’m a big fan of his stuff, and worried that the release of Seveneves was a bad sign.
However the latest, Termination Shock, is a corker!
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Friday November 4, 2022 - 10:27
In reply to: @4m3thy5t @4m3thy5t In Olympus? Of all places. How did she even get access?!
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Friday November 4, 2022 - 10:49
In reply to: @4m3thy5t @4m3thy5t Yep.
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Friday November 4, 2022 - 16:31
In reply to: @petetrainor @petetrainor Will no one think of the advertisers?
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Saturday November 5, 2022 - 00:53
In reply to: @4m3thy5t @4m3thy5t Melon?
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Saturday November 5, 2022 - 01:02
RT @sansculotides : Today is quartidi 14 Brumaire in the year of the Republic CCXXXI, celebrating the endive.
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Saturday November 5, 2022 - 09:25
In reply to: @4m3thy5t @4m3thy5t I didn’t think American Labour laws actually existed… Not for workers anyway…
🫢🍿
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Saturday November 5, 2022 - 22:36
In reply to: @4m3thy5t @4m3thy5t Never felt more important to vote in their AGM!
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Saturday November 5, 2022 - 22:44
In reply to: @NotTildaSwinton [ @NotTildaSwinton ](/twitter/ex-twitter/?xtwitlink=https://twitter.com/ @NotTildaSwinton ) I’m very very much hoping that [ @NotTildaSwinton ](/twitter/ex-twitter/?xtwitlink=https://twitter.com/ @NotTildaSwinton ) will become federated across the mastoverse. Seems fitting.
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Saturday November 5, 2022 - 22:48
In reply to: @azeem @azeem @UkMarmite Technically, it doesn’t do much go off, as reach it’s half life. 😁
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Saturday November 5, 2022 - 22:51
In reply to: @4m3thy5t @4m3thy5t This is seriously fab. I am thinking about opening an elder cafe when I retire.
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Saturday November 5, 2022 - 22:55
In reply to: @ClayPipeMusic @ClayPipeMusic Following you there now. It’s a different vibe there, and takes a little change of expectation.
For anyone else…
/twitter/ex-twitter/?xtwitlink=https://twitter.com/toychicken/status/1585907692941430784?t=0C7sKkqV-HJ2kfC1AwA7Hw&s=19 ❤️ 0 | 🔃 0
Saturday November 5, 2022 - 22:58
In reply to: @lnr_models @lnr_models It’s a challenging time for the folks that run mastodon servers. Thousands of people trying it out for the first time, putting pressure on what are effectively community-run services. Keep trying, it’ll settle down soon!
/twitter/ex-twitter/?xtwitlink=https://twitter.com/toychicken/status/1585907692941430784?t=0C7sKkqV-HJ2kfC1AwA7Hw&s=19 ❤️ 1 | 🔃 0
Saturday November 5, 2022 - 22:59
In reply to: @4m3thy5t @4m3thy5t I saw a documentary about an architect-designed elder cafe in Japan, years ago, and can’t stop thinking about it. 🤔 Might have to find it…
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Saturday November 5, 2022 - 23:04
In reply to: @toychicken @4m3thy5t Think this is the place, might have conflated the the architect-designed but with something else… But can’t find much recent about it ..
https://www.helpage.org/blogs/jane-scobie-35/ibasho-caf-a-space-for-older-people-831/www.helpage.org ❤️ 1 | 🔃 0
Saturday November 5, 2022 - 23:15
In reply to: @toychicken Please note, many Mastodon and other Fediverse servers are having a significant influx of new people recently, and some of them are not performing optimally. Please be patient, these are nearly all community-run services, and don’t have the resources of big tech.
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Sunday November 6, 2022 - 08:55
Remember kids, I was there for the great Twitter meltdown of ‘22. I saw things you never have. The greatest migration of advertisers ever seen. It was kinda beautiful.
Then we sat there amongst the wreckage, quietly, happily, waiting for the end…
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Sunday November 6, 2022 - 09:19
In reply to: @SimoneGiertz @SimoneGiertz Soybiscuit?
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Sunday November 6, 2022 - 09:30
In reply to: @JoeSondow @JoeSondow The thing you’re “supposed” to care about is the terms of service. What’s going to get you banned on an instance? You follow anyone from anywhere (ish) but if you’re on a strict ’no-nazis’ box, and start goose-stepping, expect to be ousted.
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Sunday November 6, 2022 - 10:52
In reply to: @swardley @swardley Elon isn’t random? Money didn’t guarantee an absence of bad actors. Twitter was a small startup once. The logic of “having investors makes you behave” still applies when the capital is social rather than financial. Except now you can swap providers without losing track of friends
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Sunday November 6, 2022 - 11:57
In reply to: @toychicken @swardley Not convinced the “selling blue ticks” is going to work the way Elon thinks ..
/twitter/ex-twitter/?xtwitlink=https://twitter.com/jen_rice_/status/1589108059455950849?t=PZ4YRxylA7Ybqx7WeNK3xA&s=19 ❤️ 0 | 🔃 0
Sunday November 6, 2022 - 15:35
Choosing between ignoring, explaining or defending Mastodon to those who say “I can’t be bothered with another social network” whilst saying things like “follow me on insta, linked in and discord for more updates”
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Sunday November 6, 2022 - 15:38
In reply to: @4m3thy5t @4m3thy5t Wut?
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Sunday November 6, 2022 - 20:38
@juter Yeah, absolutely. Am enjoying the current Twitter show though, like 🫢🍿
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Sunday November 6, 2022 - 23:33
Not entirely surprising, but I missed the fact that there’s a Mastodon site for board gamers… Actually loads, but this is one
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Sunday November 6, 2022 - 23:41
In reply to: @richardwcollins @richardwcollins It is a different experience (server overloads not withstanding). One has to seek people a little harder, as there’s no recommendation algorithm, and it’s worth following/ searching on hashtags.
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Sunday November 6, 2022 - 23:48
In reply to: @4m3thy5t @4m3thy5t I didn’t know he was out.
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Monday November 7, 2022 - 08:05
Man baby says wut?
/twitter/ex-twitter/?xtwitlink=https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1589390597798125568 ❤️ 0 | 🔃 0
Monday November 7, 2022 - 10:52
In reply to: @edsaperia @edsaperia @evangineer @eddowding The Fedi model kinda makes it hard for advertisers to buy an audience. They’ll need to provide something of actual value.
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Monday November 7, 2022 - 17:54
In reply to: @evangineer @evangineer @edsaperia @eddowding Absolutely! I’m looking forward to listening to friends without interruption from “important messages”
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Monday November 7, 2022 - 17:56
In reply to: @edsaperia @edsaperia @evangineer @eddowding I think, as with existing social media, some brands will do better than others. There could be some genuinely creative things here. Not everything on the Fediverse has to be Mastodon.
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Monday November 7, 2022 - 18:01
In reply to: @elonmusk @elonmusk Damnit, how do I even vote for these people? I don’t think we have a president!
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Monday November 7, 2022 - 18:15
In reply to: @jamiesmart @jamiesmart Find me on if you’re ON mastodon you can ‘@’ me by typing @toychicken @mastodon.social (or, if we share the same server, just ‘ @toychicken ’ - but yeah, can see it’s a bit clunky, though technically, it’s the same here, e.g I’m
https://mastodon.social/@toychickenmastodon.social /twitter/ex-twitter/?xtwitlink=https://twitter.com/@toychicken ❤️ 2 | 🔃 0
Monday November 7, 2022 - 18:16
In reply to: @MooseAllain @MooseAllain Damnit [rushes to find other fork pics]
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Monday November 7, 2022 - 18:20
In reply to: @simonstalenhag @simonstalenhag If this helps, please RT 🙂
/twitter/ex-twitter/?xtwitlink=https://twitter.com/toychicken/status/1585907692941430784?t=T1F8mRf5zpxp3eX6xvn0Pg&s=19 ❤️ 0 | 🔃 0
Monday November 7, 2022 - 18:30
In reply to: @robmanuel @robmanuel I vote we just leave this as the last tweet in Twitter.
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Monday November 7, 2022 - 23:47
To be clear, this is not a parody account.
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Tuesday November 8, 2022 - 09:03
In reply to: @azeem @azeem @rightrelevance This is helpful if your followers have put their Fediverse handles in their Twitter profiles
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Tuesday November 8, 2022 - 09:10
In reply to: @wardleymaps @wardleymaps If you decide to explore Mastodon, I would lean towards running your own instance. Mainly because you can choose ToS, set your own rules, include/exclude other connections etc.
I’m sure some foundation members might be willing to help out. And me 😁
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Tuesday November 8, 2022 - 09:12
In reply to: @joa_pen @joa_pen @wardleymaps I would say that the platform has matured a lot over the past years. Not perfect, but much much better, since they got the European funding.
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Tuesday November 8, 2022 - 22:46
Saw this headline and assumed @justindquirk would’ve written it…
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/08/hairmageddon-leather-codpieced-glam-metal-comeback-spandex-debaucherywww.theguardian.com ❤️ 1 | 🔃 0
Tuesday November 8, 2022 - 22:47
In reply to: @toychicken Lol, then saw his name mentioned as “British journalist and unrepentant glam metal obsessive”
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Tuesday November 8, 2022 - 23:28
In reply to: @toychicken Going to link out to some other voices on their moves to Mastodon…
/twitter/ex-twitter/?xtwitlink=https://twitter.com/JoeSondow/status/1590098260529934336?t=Lfox0Qu0iWJvVBj36ansbw&s=19 ❤️ 0 | 🔃 0
Tuesday November 8, 2022 - 23:40
Sometimes the creepy AI art app really nails a vibe…
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Tuesday November 8, 2022 - 23:53
@JoeSondow are you going to do emoji aquarium for Mastodon? I’m gonna miss it
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Thursday November 10, 2022 - 08:44
In reply to: @type__error @type__error mElon somehow still managing to sell adverts that play to any empty room.
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Thursday November 10, 2022 - 08:59
In reply to: @Trailer_Swift69 @Trailer_Swift69 Je suis Blue Twitter.
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Thursday November 10, 2022 - 09:20
I’ve trusted Twitter with my most valuable… Er… Hot takes, shitposts and lame attempts at memes. Of course I’ll trust them with my bank details.
/twitter/ex-twitter/?xtwitlink=https://twitter.com/MsHannahMurphy/status/1590413876021321728 ❤️ 0 | 🔃 0
Thursday November 10, 2022 - 11:53
He’s really nailing this. Nothing says giant ego like making people travel to an office, to perform work in front of him, that could be done… literally anywhere.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63582273www.bbc.co.uk ❤️ 0 | 🔃 0
Thursday November 10, 2022 - 20:28
In reply to: @richard_littler @richard_littler Please tell me one of them was Littler Richard…
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Friday November 11, 2022 - 00:08
Ultimately, I don’t understand why people with 5 different social media profiles are looking at Mastodon and going… “Don’t think I’ll try it, it’s not like Twitter”
Neither is Tiktok!
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Saturday November 12, 2022 - 00:23
In reply to: @4m3thy5t @4m3thy5t They’re in exactly the same league as stock investors. Small investors lose their shirts when markets fail, or when crypto fails. They both have my total sympathy. Gambling is a seductive thing, and crypto pushes all the right buttons.
The scammers however, can do one.
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Saturday November 12, 2022 - 08:11
In reply to: @4m3thy5t @4m3thy5t Yeah, loads of small investors have small holdings in stocks and shares. Most probably wouldn’t sink their entire savings into one stock, but it does happen. Often when family or friends ask for investment in their business.
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Saturday November 12, 2022 - 08:49
Got to wonder who chose the picture for this article. Almost like the guardian have a problem with Jeremy Corbyn
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Sunday November 13, 2022 - 17:52
In reply to: @lucyfrazermp @lucyfrazermp 2 minutes of virtue signalling, then back to bring part of a government that consistently makes things worse for ex-forces people.
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Sunday November 13, 2022 - 17:57
Wow the adverts on here are getting… Odd. Hercules. Crystals. Self-help. All in one.
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Monday November 14, 2022 - 08:46
Ego Musk takes money from Space Hex. Space Hex takes money from US government. US government takes money from… Oh yeah. Lolz
/twitter/ex-twitter/?xtwitlink=https://twitter.com/WatcherGuru/status/1591972931474694144 ❤️ 0 | 🔃 0
Tuesday November 15, 2022 - 22:48
So, had Melon forced their arms? By threatening to turn Twitter into a WeChat type service?
/twitter/ex-twitter/?xtwitlink=https://twitter.com/WatcherGuru/status/1592547345841156096 ❤️ 0 | 🔃 0
Wednesday November 16, 2022 - 09:02
In reply to: @petetrainor [ @petetrainor ](/twitter/ex-twitter/?xtwitlink=https://twitter.com/ @petetrainor ) @azeem Here to second [ @petetrainor ](/twitter/ex-twitter/?xtwitlink=https://twitter.com/ @petetrainor ) ’s opinion. “Investing” is framing gambling as less fraught with danger.
To be fair, even gambling is more regulated than crypto.
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Wednesday November 16, 2022 - 23:18
RT @organise_now : #ʙᴀʀɪꜱᴛᴀꜱᴜɴɪᴛᴇᴅ ɢᴜᴇʀʀɪʟʟᴀ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪꜱɪɴɢ ᴅᴀʏ
☕️𝟙𝟟.𝟙𝟙.𝟚𝟚☕️
Follow & use #BaristasUnited to be a part of this day of action b…
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Wednesday November 16, 2022 - 23:24
In reply to: @KentBeck @KentBeck Take the money folks. If you want to go hardcore, build your own Twitter 2.0* and Elon’s investors will buy it off you in a couple of years. Take the value you create, you don’t have to kill yourself for a billionaire vanity project.
- Or build something different.
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Thursday November 17, 2022 - 09:06
In reply to: @4m3thy5t @4m3thy5t I am willing to bet there was a man called Snowdon. Not even going to check on Wikipedia
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Thursday November 17, 2022 - 09:57
In reply to: @4m3thy5t @4m3thy5t Damnit… Snow hill? Seriously. Scissoring rain hill from my experience.
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Thursday November 17, 2022 - 19:22
In reply to: @4m3thy5t @4m3thy5t Worcestershire sauce on lath & plaster?
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Friday November 18, 2022 - 07:27
RT @jamiesmart : Spider flan
Spider flan
Who the hell cooked
A spider flan
Cut a slice
Then despair
Eggy spiders
Everywhere
It’s gross
Who m…
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Friday November 18, 2022 - 12:05
Am preparing for #TwitterMigration by downloading my archive.
Lol’d as the 2FA on my account was done by email (even though I use an authenticator app) #twitterSecurityFail
Next is getting to work it’s magic… then… possibly…
https://semiphemeral.com/semiphemeral.com https://youtu.be/N_dUmDBfp6k?t=84youtu.be ❤️ 0 | 🔃 0
Friday November 18, 2022 - 23:06
RT @ByDonkeys : Vote him out
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Sunday November 20, 2022 - 12:23
In reply to: @jamiesmart @jamiesmart Could try @PixelFed though I suspect you’re talking more the Geocities end of the spectrum, than ‘full bleed photography’
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Sunday November 20, 2022 - 12:52
In reply to: @A11yLondon @A11yLondon @A11YProject Hey, you could give my business alt a call. Might be able to give some advice on things like Mastodon. @doubly_good
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Monday November 21, 2022 - 18:33
My personal #TwitterMigration has taken another step. Got my archive, which I’ll (eventually) put up somewhere else for funzies.
I’ll lurk here for a while, probably post the odd comment or shitpost, but my witty repartee is now entirely reserved for the #Fediverse. Probably. 👋
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Monday November 21, 2022 - 23:21
In reply to: @4m3thy5t @4m3thy5t Of course it is
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Monday November 21, 2022 - 23:26
As part of my #TwitterMigration I’m unfollowing folks that I’m following elsewhere. Don’t worry, I still love you.
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Wednesday November 23, 2022 - 11:20
In reply to: @4m3thy5t @4m3thy5t I really wouldn’t.
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Thursday November 24, 2022 - 07:07
Lol, Elon’s new #stay@work slogan is really helping. I’ve had the same tweet struck at the top of my timeline for a day now. Below it is normal…
Somebody is messing with the algo, and fucking it up. Perhaps #stayInBed might be wise.
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Thursday November 24, 2022 - 07:19
RT @GeorgeMonbiot : There’s a word for the “VIP lane” the government opened during the pandemic, enabling friends and political allies to pr…
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Thursday November 24, 2022 - 21:38
Quickly heading towards day 2 of having a tweet stuck at the top of my timeline.
Sure, firing a bunch of engineers that might realistically know why this happened was a great idea for @twitter and @elonmusk
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Thursday November 24, 2022 - 21:39
In reply to: @toychicken 
And, for the meta…
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Friday November 25, 2022 - 08:00
@nationaltrust @EnglishHeritage @Natures_Voice @WoodlandTrust and other orgs…
There is an Exodus from Twitter. Many people are leaving this platform because of the new owner.
Regardless of whether you continue to support this site, please also post in the new places.
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Friday November 25, 2022 - 10:32
RT @BThroughParty : There are 28 major train operators in the UK.
61% of these are foreign-owned franchises, with their profits going to ma…
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Friday November 25, 2022 - 16:37
In reply to: @4m3thy5t @4m3thy5t Could only aspire to that level of… Art?
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Friday November 25, 2022 - 23:03
@PlanningShit I’m going to miss seeing your tweets. Can’t be on this platform any more though
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Friday November 25, 2022 - 23:06
@amnestyelycity I’m off. Going to miss you folks. Join me on Mastodon!
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Friday November 25, 2022 - 23:10
@ElyIslandPie any plans to do a EIP on Mastodon? Find me @toychicken if you do, can help set up servers and stuff if necessary.
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Friday November 25, 2022 - 23:22
Gradually unfollowing accounts on Twitter makes me realize how (specifically) the algorithm has warped the things I see. Folks I haven’t seen in years are suddenly appearing in my feed.
No worries, I’m finding their alts, RSS feeds and link trees, and following them elsewhere 👋🏻
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Sunday November 27, 2022 - 21:33
In reply to: @4m3thy5t @4m3thy5t Best advice I ever got was to read it in a Geordie accent. Weirdly makes loads more sense.
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Monday November 28, 2022 - 09:26
Just here to remind folks not to leave Twitter…
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… Only to join Post
It’s the same VC funded, silicon valley bullshit as here.
Go #FEDIVERSE
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Tuesday November 29, 2022 - 17:58
Just trying something…
https://mastodon.social/@toychicken/109364645002203781mastodon.social ❤️ 0 | 🔃 0
Tuesday November 29, 2022 - 18:05
This made me spit my coffee. I’m only here for the Elōn dunks now
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