Todd Warner

Of the Yinzer diaspora.
he/him/y'all/y'inz
#farm ~ #hack ~ #write ~ #realestate
Moved on to Mastodon.

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One of my favorite places. Pretty today after a heavy rain.
#pondlife

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Downloaded my history, finally. And with that, I think I'm sunsetting my account. Will probably check in here & there occasionally because I'm terrible at cleaning up clutter, but I'm moving on #WritingCommunity / #FarmLife. Cheers. -t

Lovely photo courtesy of our niece.

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I logged onto Twitter today because I finally got notice that I could download my tweets (do I really want them?). Anyway, one of the first things I see? Pornography. Specifically, a video depicting oral sex. I don't recall that happening before, so ... cracks before the crumble?

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@NathanJonesBook @JohannesWalker2 @writerlp @caitief Regardless. If a critical mass of people doesn't use a service, it dies or just becomes ... whatever it becomes. E.g. Google+ was a better design, but Twitter and Facebook were *good enough* so ... that was that. Mind you. Google required a profit. Mastodon doesn't.

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@NathanJonesBook @JohannesWalker2 @writerlp @caitief I haven't delved into its actual code, but the design is specifically developed to straddle the needs to of a smaller community as well as a larger, essentially infinitely-sized, ecosystem.

As far as not knowing about Mastodon until recently ... And you were in IT? Boggle.

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@NathanJonesBook @writerlp @JohannesWalker2 @caitief <scratches head>

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@NathanJonesBook @writerlp @JohannesWalker2 @caitief I'm certain it could absorb all of Twitter. Just not in a week. ;)

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@NathanJonesBook @writerlp @JohannesWalker2 @caitief It's a better design than a monolithic centralized platform. Mastodon and other similarly federated services should be able to scale out indefinitely.

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@NathanJonesBook @writerlp @JohannesWalker2 @caitief It's super-federated. It's built to scale to any size, pretty much.

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@NathanJonesBook @writerlp @JohannesWalker2 @caitief Note: Mastodon is run as a non-profit, and all the servers are run by communities of people. I.e., there is no big-tech company running this. Servers and their maintenance are largely crowdfunded by the user base. Moderation is community-run.

I sound like a commercial. ;)

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@NathanJonesBook @writerlp @JohannesWalker2 @caitief No one expects the overnight volume that occurred. You only build out the capacity you need. They are doing that. It just takes some time.

(I'm an ex-IT guy, so I empathize with their pain. Heh.)

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@SMartinStafford And right-wing social media, don't forget.

As for fascism and western democracies ... WWII ... is easy example for how that is not true. And the MAGA-GOP is 100% fascist. Mind you, "only" 40% of the US voting population embraces this change in US conservative culture.

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@NathanJonesBook @writerlp @JohannesWalker2 @caitief There is infrastructure involved. The admins stated that at one point, propagating a post would take 30 minutes. And that is when they clamped down on the number of people. Not that a normal human would notice. But more people = more cost servers, memory, maintenance, ...

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@NathanJonesBook @writerlp @JohannesWalker2 @caitief Note. There is a process to move your account between servers (I have never done it myself, mind you). So, if you get an account at one place, at some point when https://t.co/pvMO40mhPL opens up, you could move your account there. That being said, I'll DM you a link that may work

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@NathanJonesBook @writerlp @JohannesWalker2 @caitief The downside is that the servers are swamped by the sheer volume of people joining, and most have made it invite-only to stem the tide.

Otherwise, it is, thus far, a toxic-free, ad-free, haven.

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Saw this coming. There was no way in hell Twitter could just let just whatever be posted. Mind you, after all the firings and quitting, I will be curious about how Twitter intends to manage this. Plus, you will note that he said nothing about misinformation.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

New Twitter policy is freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach.

Negative/hate tweets will be max deboosted & demonetized, so no ads or other revenue to Twitter.

You won’t find the tweet unless you specifically seek it out, which is no different from rest of Internet.

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@kraywhiseheart G-d is definitely easier to type than Apistotoki.

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@JaredG78 @megbasham Marriage has nothing to do with procreation. Where the heck did that come from?

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@Cynthia95001250 I thought the Google+ apoc. talk was a tad over the top until its plug was pulled. Mind you, G made money elsewhere, and thus it was less of a blow to them. Twitter doesn't.

But I think an 80% engineering departure from such a high-profile tech co. is rather attention-getting.

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Well, this may be an indication of the level of dysfunction at Twitter, right now. I requested an archive. The screen said it could take up to 24 hours. I am not a heavy Twitter user, and this account hasn't existed all that long. And here we are, two days later, and no archive.

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Just requested the archive of my tweets. Though, if I just flipped off the light & walked away, I think I'd be fine with that.

Ironically, Twitter may be the one turning off the lights.

I have experienced leadership screwing the pooch before, but this is rather epic.

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@adg1006 Straddling the fence at the moment. ;)
I also have a Facebook account. Heh.