Nick Richards

I am no longer on Twitter because they blocked 3rd-party apps. If I have to see ads, I won’t read Twitter any more.

[Nick Richards @NickRichardsHQ]

@BallparkWeather They are, and I am too to get MLB news first. If it lasts, it lasts.

If not, it will appear somewhere else.

In the meantime I’m helping create a very friendly baseball community on Mastodon, and that’s fun. I’m hopeful. It’s just a nicer place.

[Nick Richards @NickRichardsHQ]

@BallparkWeather I kinda like the fact tha Mastodon (which is not a site), self selects the folks who would get the most out of it.

The rest grumble and stay here.

I had one woman hesitate because who would protect her content? Wonder what she thinks now with most of Twitter staff gone…

[Nick Richards @NickRichardsHQ]

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https://t.co/JNRWyCHMHP

#MiLBAnalysis
#TwitterMeltdown

[Nick Richards @NickRichardsHQ]

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https://t.co/JNRWyCHMHP

Those who do not click will get three month’s severance.

[Nick Richards @NickRichardsHQ]

@rudiev643 That’s, uh, quirky. Being federated, it should be possible, like calling New York from New Jersey.

Oh well, we are all learning.

[Nick Richards @NickRichardsHQ]

@AltonMaine @paul_haine I found it very welcoming and friendly.

[Nick Richards @NickRichardsHQ]

@infieldflygrl @paul_haine I guess you missed the whole Open Source ethos.

[Nick Richards @NickRichardsHQ]

@infieldflygrl @paul_haine I understand and acknowledge your objections. You are correct.

But it saddens me to see how our world has taught us to trust corporations, but not trust our fellow humans.

[Nick Richards @NickRichardsHQ]

@infieldflygrl @paul_haine Could have been said if the Net in its early days too. But by federating the servers and sharing information between them, the risk is low.

Compared to a corporation changing the rules of the road and taking all your data with it.

[Nick Richards @NickRichardsHQ]

@infieldflygrl @paul_haine @MikeGianella Cute, but the Net started as people talking to people about what interested them.

You know, how Twitter started out?

Mastodon is people talking to people about what interested them.

No ads.

No outrage.

Just conversation.

Do it in your basement if you want to.

[Nick Richards @NickRichardsHQ]

A word of thanks, by @BallparkWeather https://t.co/a5i9j2f4TO

[Nick Richards @NickRichardsHQ]

@ShellyV_643 It is easy, but it is so decentralized it feels confusing until you realize you join a specific server, but you can interact with anyone. Doesn’t matter where you join.

You search via hashtags, and find content that way.

I’m @[email protected]

Toot, not tweet.

[Nick Richards @NickRichardsHQ]

@ShellyV_643 First, baseball Twitter can remain baseball Twitter as long as you follow the people who share the info you enjoy. That should not change.

That said, I just created a #Mastodon account, cuz, yeah, well, it is set up to avoid what Twitter is becoming.

[Nick Richards @NickRichardsHQ]

@DMendy02 Mixon *AND* Fields…

✋

[Nick Richards @NickRichardsHQ]

@EmilyCWaldon I am thankful that I have chatted with you a couple of times at FPAZ. Look forward to future moments to say hi there.

[Nick Richards @NickRichardsHQ]

@DSzymborski @IvyFutures https://t.co/CRRkCW7XzX

[Nick Richards @NickRichardsHQ]

I was always offended that Twitter never allowed me to apply for blue check status.

Now I’m glad I don’t have one.

[Nick Richards @NickRichardsHQ]

@acdeleon @DolphHauldhagen @longenhagen @C_Blessing Thanks, and agreed: he has enough power to make it work already.

He only had 6 HRs this year, yet was incredibly valuable in both MLB and fantasy leagues.

I ended my post on Kwan by saying he could be a star in Cleveland. ⬆️

Can’t wait to read your analysis in the Forecaster.