Louis Ingenthron @LouisIngenthron@social.cleverlibre.org

@derickflorian Crazy. I'd be halfway suspicious that it's a scam this early in the season. They can't even wait for Thanksgiving to be over?

@briannawu Same as weed or reality TV, in my mind. Everyone should be free to indulge in junk food of the mind if they want.
Just because some people can't handle their high doesn't mean they should ruin it for the rest of us.

@joelmartinez I thought only followed (and boosted from followed) posts showed up in Home.

But then, I have seen some auto accounts (like the user tracker for my local server) pop up from time to time... Maybe server owners can override?

One of my neighbors already has Christmas decorations up 🤦‍♂️

@koherecoWatchdog Nobody needs a Twitter account to "have access to their representatives". They all have press secretaries, and phone lines if you want to get in touch. And if you absolutely must get your comms from the bird site, you don't need to have an account to read.

@koherecoWatchdog @unfa
I'd argue that it's not an "impediment" at all. Quite the contrary. YouTube's choice of who to associate with is an expression of their 1A rights, the very same rights you have on your property.

The free marketplace of ideas is where this is decided. If people don't like YouTube's moderation decisions, they're free to stop using YouTube's service. If enough people do that, it hurts YouTube's bottom line, and they're forced to change or die.

@lucifargundam The point wasn't to have rules based on 1A (which is a losing battle). It was about providing a home for the 1A crowd coming in from the #TwitterMigration to find each other.
If that already exists, can you provide a link?

@jerrylevine Some of us with browser add-ons were able to avoid those too

@lucifargundam How so?

Thinking about creating a Mastodon server for 1A enthusiasts.

Two rules:
1) No hate speech / harassment / abuse
2) Anyone who invokes "fire in a crowded theater" or "platform vs publisher" unironically is banned until they publish an ad in their local newspaper formally recanting their heresy.

@mmasnick @DevinCow Thoughts?

@estebanmoro Oh, yeah, that seems silly. They should be used to warn about content.

@estebanmoro Most of those tips I'm seeing are things like "add alt text to images" which make the site more inclusive for users with special needs.

@HelenKennedy Check out Debirdify. It lets you search for and locate accounts you followed on Twitter across multiple services, including Mastodon servers.
Make sure to add your Mastodon handle to your old Twitter bio to help Debirdify help others to find you too.

https://pruvisto.org/debirdify

The next couple weeks are just going to be endless feeds of "How do I use Mastodon?" and "Here's how you use Mastodon." posts, aren't they?

@HelenKennedy Also a newbie, but I think that may indicate that they migrated servers, especially if the username is identical. They should just redirect to the correct/latest one if that's the case.