Wendy W @WendyW@social.cleverlibre.org

Those of us migrating from #Twitter (like me) should read this article. I've been here a few days, and have already come to the realization that #Mastodon is an entirely different ecosystem. The worst we can do is treat it as Twitter 2.0.

This is a special community worth preserving. Some of the features that might strike the Twitter user as archaic were designed purposely to protect people over here. Let's try to respect the existing culture, not change it. 👇

https://www.hughrundle.net/home-invasion/

I mentioned this in a private message to someone recently about why a small handful of servers block qoto. I wanted to reiterate it here for the new comers on QOTO who dont know the history:

So there are some servers out there that demand every server int he network block every instance they do, and if a server doesnt block an instance they block then they block you in rettatliation.

Their reason for this is quite flawed but it goes like this.. If we federate with a bad actor instance and we boost one of their posts then their users will see it and defeat the purpose of the block. The problem is, this isnt how it actually works. If they block a server and we boost it, they wont see the boost, thats how blocks work.

The issue becomes even more complicated when you consider the fact that these servers, by virtue of their policy, have huge block lists where they block tons of major servers. So in order to satisfy them we too would have to block a huge number of servers.

This means you have a choice, you either join a server that isnt blocked, but has a huge block list themselves, or, you join a server that doesnt block and be blocked by a small handful of servers. Obviously that means on QOTO you will have bigger view of the world than you would on any of these others servers. In fact QOTO has onne of the largest federation footprints of any server in the network.

I want to also explain why we choose the decision we did. Years ago when this controversy started and servers across the fediverse started blocking there was a divide of people taking sides. WOTO was one of the few servers that didnt take sides and allowed people read content from any server (but with strict hate speech rules). This caused a huge influx of people,s pecifically from the LGBTQ community, onto our server. It turns out many people relied on us not-blocking for their physical safety. There were big name biggots (like milo yanappolus) who were on the network. They used their accounts here to watch his account for doxing so they could warn themselves and their community and protect themselves accordingly. In fact we added a feature just for them called subscriptions which allowed them to monitor accounts without following them so they could do so anonymously.

In tthe end for the safety of the LGBTQ community here we refused to engage in mass server blocking and instead encouraged our users to block servers on an individual basis and provided access to block lists for them to do so. But some really misguided servers blocked us anyway.

Thankfully the servers blocking us are few and far between and are limited to only the most excessive and aggressive block lists. As I said, QOTO has one of the largest federation footprints on the fediverse,

#mastoadmin

Any #punchdrunktheatricals lovers on here. Would love to connect. #sleepnomoreNYC or #theburntcity ?

#twittermigration #mastodonmigration

To help with finding users to Follow, here are three curated lists:

The Walt List (Walt Shaub’s list of prolific posters — mostly US politics) >>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rNfUosPSiMwRbUAbnI3h-7D9grP6ULgS/edit#gid=1301725065

Notable Twitter users on the Fediverse >>> https://fedified.com/

Large list of journalists on Mastodon >>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13No4yxY-oFrN8PigC2jBWXreFCHWwVRTftwP6HcREtA/htmlview?resourcekey=undefined&pru=AAABhH2W2zA*V1PG7hJSTbifNCcDu40zLA#gid=1320898902

Mastodon Migration User List Link >>> https://medium.com/@mastodonmigration/sharing-advice-and-assisting-with-the-great-mastodon-migration-53c1a286b805#f5af

@DrK @freemo @arinbasu @SteveZissou
Me too! New and definitely out of my element on this server in terms of what you all bring to the table. Smart and thoughtful bunch here! It has been a fantastic experience and I am really enjoying being part of it all.

@arinbasu

I am obviously biased but I think we have hands down one of the best servers on the fediverse. Drama is very rare here and when someone comes who does tend to start it they never last long. Amazing for an instance which doesnt limit the topics we are allowed to talk about and generally encourages free speech (hate speech not being free speech).

Its the first time I've ever seen a social media community actually work and get a long. I love it here.

@SteveZissou

@DrK

It makes me really happy to hear that. Me and many others here have committed a lot of effort to try to have a community mature enough to talk and not fight, to be respectful and decent without the need for much if any censorship (there is always the occasional bad actor, but its rare).

Myself and im sure my fellow long-time qoto members all appreciate very much hearing that you feel safe and at home here, and most important, you are happy to be here.

@arinbasu @SteveZissou

@DrK @freemo @SteveZissou

I too think this is really a good decent server; if you check the local timeline, you will discover nice folks around. The editor is well designed, and this server actually allows you to integrate other federated tools, that's fantastic. I also found nice uptime and so on.
#GoodInstance

Tonight I will be doing my first outdoor astronomy tour since before Covid.

I'm looking forward to it.
There are over 40 people coming!

Well just moved myself over to my own server (being overly caucious), was actually pretty easy but you do lose all your old toots and people you are following, your followers come with you

Afternoon London run...

The first mention of #Mastodon I’ve heard on #bbcnews - Is Evan on here?

Hullo. So this is Mastodon, eh? Well, I'm here. And to celebrate, here's a photo I took yesterday in Kingston NY of Good Omens director Douglas directing An Unnamed Actor (on the other side of the glass) in Episode 2 of Good Omens Season 2 (Coming Next Summer).

The [NYTimes published an article on which steel plants make the most pollution](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/climate/climate-change-emissions-satellites.html) and it looks like China is by far the worst. But this map doesn't tell the whole story. Who is buying and using that steel from China? If a substantial portion of that steel is sold to the west then that pollution should really be attributed to the client countries, not the manufacturing countries (or at least show both maps).

#Introduction I am a Professor of Physics at the University of Padua, where I also lead a lab on complex networks.

I am interested into #StatisticalPhysics of #ComplexSystems and #NetworkScience #Information

Follow me also on https://mathstodon.xyz/@manlius @manlius@mathstodon.xyz

#ComplexNetworks #NetworkMedicine #ComputationalEpidemiology #OriginOfLife #ClimateChange #HumanBehavior

Here is my #introduction. I am a biologist interested in #neuroscience and the #evolution of cells and nervous systems. My research group studies #ciliated marine larvae from a whole-organism perspective, combining behaviour, #connectomics, #imaging, #CRISPR, #modelling and other approaches. We love marine #larvae, their #neurons, #cilia, and #neuropeptides.

Just arrived from Twitter and playing with my new Mastodon account. So far so good!

I little bit prouder today of my institution. MIT is hosting its own #mastodon server

mastodon.mit.edu

See you there soon

Just a reminder about Mastodon.

Try not to directly upload videos here.
You have to remember that these videos have to be stored on the server that you're hosted on.

This would also eat up on available bandwidth, storage and memory resources of said servers and slow them down. Which would force server hosts to upgrade at a substantial cost.

Suggested idea...

Upload to YouTube, Vimeo or other video streaming services and share the link to the video here instead.

Very delicate and cautious and humble and melancholic text on what it means that thousands (millions?) of latecomers like me enter the #mastodon party now.
https://www.hughrundle.net/home-invasion/