ceoln @ceoln@social.cleverlibre.org

Just resist the urge. Because you're not going to think to check for robots.txt, but you ought to, that's how we communicate we don't want to be involved. You're probably not going to bother to read the various terms of service for the instances you touch, many of which explicitly ask you not to do any scraping or automated activity beyond normal use of the service. You're not going to know to respect people using the NoBot hashtag that was meant to prevent automated follows. You're certainly not going to parse user profiles and pinned posts to learn how people like to be approached, what will get you blocked, or even think to heavily throttle your activity because instances are falling over in response to load.

Whatever your thing is, make it 100% opt-in. Make it appropriate for a significantly more at-risk user than you are. Make sure it forgets things, purges info about servers it can't contact, can't operate in any sort of logged-in mode where consent is an issue.

We will straight up help advertise your cool thing if it respects users properly and takes the time to consider the safety and preferences of every person involved. There are a lot of fun, thoughtfully-designed toys! And there are a lot of people really tired of having to come and tell you off when you wanted to help, honestly. Help yourself and ask around before you flip on your cool new thing, let folks point out what you're missing.

#Introduction I'm an Assistant Professor of Finance at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. I study how technology reduces barriers to financial inclusion for households and small businesses.

Development economics, household finance, firms

I also co-organize the #WEFIDEV Webinar in #Finance and #Development. We have webinars for junior scholars every 2 weeks to present early-stage work, plus an annual in person conference -- message if interested!

So here's what I've learned.
Mastodon isn't Twitter.
And that's by design.
You've grown used to things designed to give you that anger rush.
Mastodon is very deliberately built to avoid that.
The temptation is to replicate your Twitter experience.
Picking arguments, amplifying trolls.
Please don't.
This isn't your house, people here put time into building it.
Content warnings, ALT tags.
Don't turn it into a replica of the mess you just left.
If you miss the fights, the birdsite is still there.

Wait, if I do an #introduction does that mean I get to reinvent myself like I’m a kid switching schools?

Cool.

So I’m a lawyer who is also a cartoon badger that now does litigation and trial stuff for the government in a very specific area but before that spent years as a general practitioner doing a bit of everything that put me in court. I yell about the law informatively and also do comedic performances on the side . My uncle works at Nintendo and my dad can beat up yours.

I hope to find some #Writers #Histodons #Poets #Academics #Scholars to follow on this site! 😀

Excited to see #BlackTwitter #BlackMastodon take root here. There is an instance/server you can join: https://blacktwitter.io/about

Now that I've had a chance to explore this new platform and meet some lovely people here. I'd like to post my #introduction .

My name is Sarah and I'm a #YAFantasy writer and reviewer. I've been writing for over 15 years and doing professional book reviews for the last 6+ years. I've completed 6 novels (thanks to #nanowrimo) with two polished and in the #amquerying stage.

You can find my book reviews (roughly) once a month at sarahfoil.com .

Let's connect and talk #amwriting !

Climate crisis: past eight years were the eight hottest ever, says UN

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/06/climate-crisis-past-eight-years-were-the-eight-hottest-ever-says-un?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#climate #un #crisis #news #egypt #cop27 #guardian

Friday: I’m buying Twitter to own the libs.

Next Sunday: I will now ban the libs for owning me.

OCRbot is far from perfect, and should not be relied on as the sole method of captioning images. It's much better and more reliable to caption images yourself, if at all possible. If it's too long to fit in the description field, consider posting it in a reply (or multiple replies).

Here is a list of caveats and other flaws to be aware of when using OCRbot: https://github.com/Lynnesbian/OCRbot/blob/master/README.md#caveats

In the interest of just burning more time on this platform... How about a #nanowrimo update?!

I am working on two projects. Editing #QueenOfTheBlack, the third installment of the #SevenStarsSaga. And #drafting a new #horror novel... which has nothing to do with #sciencefiction of course, but returns to some old roots when I was an RL Stine fan as a kid.

If I manage to finish either, I'd be surprised. I'm mostly using this #nano to foster some better #writing habits as I've been out for a bit.

Mastodon and Twitter can coexist. Mastodon is for smart content, Twitter is for watching Elon Musk own himself.

Hello Mastodon,

This is my #introduction! 👋

I'm a #softwareengineer who has lived in #dallas, #texas, #unitedstates my entire life until last year my wife, daughter, and I moved to #copenhagen, #denmark

In my free time (when I have it) I play #videogames , #boardgames 🎲, marvel at the audacity of #flatearth conspiracy theories 🌎, watch other people play video games , learn #danish 🇩🇰, and take on side projects usually involving #datavis or #datascience 📊. I also might talk your ear off about how cool the submarine #fiber optic cables are. 🔦

My real name is Kevin. Welcome to #mastodon. Let's all figure this out together!

#technology #go #golang #python #infosec #internet #offlinetv

PS: Sorry for reposting but I've been told that I need to use way more tags.

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RT @Merzmensch
MidJourney Version 4 is out.
Here is comparison of Versions 1-4 (without any --test etc).

My prompt was
"Girl with a robot in futuristic Paris, by J.C.Leyendecker"

I think, version 4 (last image, even if missing some sharpness) wins so far :)

#midjourney @midjourney
https://twitter.com/Merzmensch/status/1588890068147900416

Oh wow. Apparently, the bird site is going to prioritise "payment-verified" users. "You have to scroll really hard to find unverified users", Musk said.

If this is true, our generous and capable server admins need to prepare for the new wave of migrations.

How do you make a thread on Mastodon?

Pretty much the same way as on Twitter, with one difference. You compose the first post, publish it, then reply to it, then reply to the reply, and so on. But there's one difference. If the first post is Public, you can make all the others Unlisted. This way, people can follow the thread by clicking on the first post, but their timeline isn't clogged up with all of the other posts.

[A short thread]

"Liminal spaces" 1/2 #midjourney

"Liminal spaces" 2/2 #midjourney