#Tag · bonfire.cafe

RE: https://mastodon.social/@_elena/115943470860977033

Good morning Fedi friends!

Thank you to all the people who participated in my poll. I plan to write a blog post early next week about all the problematic aspects of #WSocial. And I grabbed a URL that makes for a perfect shortlink / redirect to the article.

Given the massive media coverage here in France, I strongly believe it's not wise to stay silent and wish W Social away.

Quick note: I'll be offline most of the day at a child's birthday party.

Have a great day! And yay Minnesota!

Tom Stoneham

@tomstoneham@dair-community.social replied · 2 weeks ago

@_elena

Great work!

Presumably, like #EuroSky, it is a long way from launch.

So we need to leverage the noise/hype to get journalists and others to try #Mastodon out of curiosity and find something already mature and established.

#JoanMastodon

Jeremy Kahn boosted

the roamer

@the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk · last month

And our Lady Joan Mastodon spoke to her knights about whom to follow.

Follow those whose toots resonate with you. Seek out the unknown tooter who speaketh honestly. Boost the tiny observation and the gentle gesture.

But most urgently, my friends, follow Samuel Pepys, for he is our first tooter, and his toots are true. He is our rock.

There was muted whispering and rustling in the hall as the knights took out their ancient refurbished Blackberries and looked up Sam's account.

#JoanMastodon #Pepys

@samuelpepys

Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm: boosted

Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson

@SrRochardBunson@universeodon.com · last month

I have no life but antifascism, because with fascism I have no life.

#ThisIsFascism

#JoanMastodon #TTJ #AntifaAF #Antifascist #antifa #fascism

Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson

@SrRochardBunson@universeodon.com · last month

I have no life but antifascism, because with fascism I have no life.

#ThisIsFascism

#JoanMastodon #TTJ #AntifaAF #Antifascist #antifa #fascism

Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson

@SrRochardBunson@universeodon.com · last month

Liberals want to ban many guns, but leftists want to ban fascism. Which one is more likely to actually solve the problem of violence?

#JoanMastodon #guns #liberals #leftist #TTJ

the roamer

@the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk · last month

And our Lady Joan Mastodon spoke to her knights about whom to follow.

Follow those whose toots resonate with you. Seek out the unknown tooter who speaketh honestly. Boost the tiny observation and the gentle gesture.

But most urgently, my friends, follow Samuel Pepys, for he is our first tooter, and his toots are true. He is our rock.

There was muted whispering and rustling in the hall as the knights took out their ancient refurbished Blackberries and looked up Sam's account.

#JoanMastodon #Pepys

@samuelpepys

Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 boosted

Sean Lynch

@SeanPLynch@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

@rysiek

what a buffoon!

Everyone knows that #JoanMastodon founded Mastodon!

John just handles the advertising.

Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

@rysiek@mstdn.social · 2 months ago

Happy John Mastodon Day to all those who celebrate!

Original, but updated, piece:
https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/hypocrisy-and-fear-all-the-way-down-at-twitter/

#JohnMastodon #JohnMastodon2025 #JohnMastodonDay #Fediverse #Mastodon

Screenshot from the site Mediaite, which had published an article which confused Join Mastodon (one of the websites where information on joining the Fediverse can be found) with John Mastodon.

Text:

To what extent is that true? Before this latest wave of suspensions, Twitter had already suspended the account posting the location of Musk’s jet. Then, the platform removed John Mastodon, the founder of a competing social media company named after himself, for posting a link to the jet tracker’s Mastodon account.

UPDATE: This post has been updated to correct the original characterization of the Join Mastodon Twitter account as being the account of “John Mastodon,” who is not a person as far as we know.
—ed.

This is an opinion piece. The views expressed in this article are those of
just the author.

"as far as we know" is underlined and has arrows pointing to it. — Screenshot from the site Mediaite, which had published an article which confused Join Mastodon (one of the websites where information on joining the Fediverse can be found) with John Mastodon. Text: To what extent is that true? Before this latest wave of suspensions, Twitter had already suspended the account posting the location of Musk’s jet. Then, the platform removed John Mastodon, the founder of a competing social media company named after himself, for posting a link to the jet tracker’s Mastodon account. UPDATE: This post has been updated to correct the original characterization of the Join Mastodon Twitter account as being the account of “John Mastodon,” who is not a person as far as we know. —ed. This is an opinion piece. The views expressed in this article are those of just the author. "as far as we know" is underlined and has arrows pointing to it.

Sean Lynch

@SeanPLynch@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

@rysiek

what a buffoon!

Everyone knows that #JoanMastodon founded Mastodon!

John just handles the advertising.

Cory Doctorow boosted

Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson

@SrRochardBunson@universeodon.com · 2 months ago

"Why would you play a rigged game?

Walkway* and start a new game with your friends."
#JoanMastodon #TTJ

but check out @pluralistic and help build an alternative, first.

https://universeodon.com/@SrRochardBunson/115653053072479753

#Walkaway #Solarpunk #AnarchoSyndicalism #CurrentMood #Politics

CartyBoston boosted

Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson

@SrRochardBunson@universeodon.com · 2 months ago

No, I don't want government ran like a business! I don't even want businesses ran like businesses.

#JoanMastodon #CurrentMood

Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson

@SrRochardBunson@universeodon.com · 2 months ago

"Why would you play a rigged game?

Walkway* and start a new game with your friends."
#JoanMastodon #TTJ

but check out @pluralistic and help build an alternative, first.

https://universeodon.com/@SrRochardBunson/115653053072479753

#Walkaway #Solarpunk #AnarchoSyndicalism #CurrentMood #Politics

Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson

@SrRochardBunson@universeodon.com · 2 months ago

No, I don't want government ran like a business! I don't even want businesses ran like businesses.

#JoanMastodon #CurrentMood

Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson

@SrRochardBunson@universeodon.com · 2 months ago

"We need to build federated off-ramps from the fascism superhighway."
#JoanMastodon

https://mementomori.social/@juergen_hubert/115651025936957133

It seems that a lot of good people are thinking about this right now, for good reason.

https://social.wedistribute.org/objects/822feb50-2e45-416b-a271-2828c2c98c2a

@deadsuperhero @juergen_hubert @markwyner

#Fascism #FOSS #Fediverse #TTJ #CurrentMood #Mastodon

Heidi Li Feldman

@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

I know, I know. Mastodons and mammoths are not the same.

Petra van Cronenburg

@NatureMC@mastodon.online replied · 2 months ago

@heidilifeldman So we may not call you #JoanMastodon now? 😉

the roamer

@the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk · 6 months ago

On hashtags.

They make the Fedi what it is. They are respectful and anarchic.

A post on US politics? My friends who can't process this any more: they can filter it out if I flag it with a hashtag.

I write about an obscure poet? Those who are curious but unaware : they will find my post if I flag it right.

A long-standing line of posts on my dog? I give it a unique hashtag and others can follow up, if they so wish.

Most importantly: we don't sell. We don't maximise finds. Let the world find your post when the world is ready for it. Never make an exhaustive list of hashtags that cover all aspects. 2-4, maximum 6.

Your post with its hashtags is a letter in a bottle, floating in the ocean.

It need not be found. Randomness is good.

Make your hashtags partial. Make them obscure.

The Lady Joan Mastodon once told me: Roamer, use hashtags, they are what will make us win. But use them wisely. Confuse the Great Algo. Trust in chance.

#hashtags #MastodonCulture #JoanMastodon