Mike Beasley is on Mastodon and Bluesky

This account is no longer used because Twitter killed all the good apps. Follow on or

[Mike Beasley is on Mastodon and Bluesky @MikeBeas]

With that announcement done, I’m back off to the better social media apps.

Mastodon: @[email protected]
Bluesky: @mikebeas.com

[Mike Beasley is on Mastodon and Bluesky @MikeBeas]

One more thing before I go. I made a shortcut for iOS that can tell you if someone paid for their checkmark or it’s real. Enjoy.

[9to5Mac @9to5mac]

This iOS Shortcut lets you find out who pays for Twitter Blue https://t.co/XjxuwxuKCZ by @filipeesposito

[Mike Beasley is on Mastodon and Bluesky @MikeBeas]

@fidepus @fake_api Well, some guy got mad & reported @fake_api, so I guess I can reveal what was was so funny. I made the shortcut and also ran @fake_api lol.

[Mike Beasley is on Mastodon and Bluesky @MikeBeas]

@BalooAlly @fake_api Yeah, I’m pretty sure that moron reported it and that’s why it got banned. Running that was the only thing keeping me here. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Mike Beasley is on Mastodon and Bluesky @MikeBeas]

Thanks to everyone who followed @fake_api over the years. It has been a lot of fun running this account.

[Mike Beasley is on Mastodon and Bluesky @MikeBeas]

Logged back into this app for a bit of news. Twitter has suspended @fake_api, which I created and ran.

[Mike Beasley is on Mastodon and Bluesky @MikeBeas]

That was my last actively-used Twitter account. You can find me in Mastodon (https://t.co/yRxh3aXxWI) or Bluesky (@mikebeas.com).

[Mike Beasley is on Mastodon and Bluesky @MikeBeas]

Just coming back to wave goodbye to verification. I won’t pay for a meaningless “verified” check. I’m on Mastodon: https://t.co/yRxh3aXxWI

[Mike Beasley is on Mastodon and Bluesky @MikeBeas]

Rogue Tweetbot tweet just to stick it to Elon.

[Mike Beasley is on Mastodon and Bluesky @MikeBeas]

Elon killing @tweetbot means I won’t be spending much time here. The Twitter app is a dumpster fire.

Follow me at https://t.co/8a86xl4frD.

[Mike Beasley is on Mastodon and Bluesky @MikeBeas]

Anyway, come find me on Mastodon. It's better and literally can't shut down third-party apps ever. https://t.co/yRxh3aY5Mg.

[Mike Beasley is on Mastodon and Bluesky @MikeBeas]

@Sctvman Now there's a name I haven't heard in forever! Used to be my primary app!

[Mike Beasley is on Mastodon and Bluesky @MikeBeas]

Third-party Twitter apps like Twitterrific and Tweetbot have stopped working tonight, but others like Aviary still work. Feels targeted.

[Mike Beasley is on Mastodon and Bluesky @MikeBeas]

Hard to say if this is incompetence or malice at Elon's Twitter, but the fact that not all apps are impacted makes it feel like the latter.

[Mike Beasley is on Mastodon and Bluesky @MikeBeas]

If Twitter actually kills these popular apps, I'm not using Twitter for iPhone. It's absolute trash. Just came from Mastodon to say that.

[Mike Beasley is on Mastodon and Bluesky @MikeBeas]

@FedExHelp The shipper is already dealing with it

[Mike Beasley is on Mastodon and Bluesky @MikeBeas]

Fedex just delivered a package my parents ordered to a house that isn’t even in the correct state. Some house in Mississippi. ???????

[Mike Beasley is on Mastodon and Bluesky @MikeBeas]

It’s all driven by a web standard called ActivityPub, which allows them all to communicate even though they all run different software.

[Mike Beasley is on Mastodon and Bluesky @MikeBeas]

I just found out one of my first favorited posts on Mastodon was from a site running a fork of a completely different non-Mastodon software.

[Mike Beasley is on Mastodon and Bluesky @MikeBeas]

All of these federated social services talk to each other and accept each other as peers even if they aren’t the same type of website.