Comment by ekjhgkejhgk
Comment by ekjhgkejhgk 15 hours ago
OT - Mastodon is seriously cool. If you haven't yet bothered, I suggest to everyone that you spend a bit of time exploring.
Comment by ekjhgkejhgk 15 hours ago
OT - Mastodon is seriously cool. If you haven't yet bothered, I suggest to everyone that you spend a bit of time exploring.
I'm on mathstodon.xyz (mastodon for maths) and haven't seen any of that. So I guess it's the people you subscribe to.
But I have the freedom to decide what I want to consume.
> I'm on mathstodon.xyz (mastodon for maths) and haven't seen any of that. So I guess it's the people you subscribe to.
I was on an automotive-focused instance. I did see a lot of that.
> But I have the freedom to decide what I want to consume.
As do I; I had the freedom to delete my account, thus avoiding the need for any active measures to make my life free of schizoposting.
TIL there's many Charlie Kirk fans amongst fans of cars?
Yeah I guess I still haven't wrapped my mind around that other part.
No "algorithm" shoving ads down your throat. Just a timeline of the accounts you follow with the posts in chronooogical order.
Well, I won't debate whether "cool" is the right word. But ideologically I think federation is better than centralization when it can be made to work in practical terms, and Mastodon works.
It shoves dark mode down your throat whether you want it or not. What could be cooler than that?
Really. Where? Unhelpful answers of the form "Just install extension X for browser Y and use it to run script Z" are all anyone has ever been able to suggest when I've asked this question elsewhere.
I was on Mastodon for three years. I deleted my account. When I found out that Charlie Kirk was murdered, my second thought was "well, best create yet another filter on Mastodon so I don't have to watch people celebrate Charlie Kirk being murdered" and when I caught myself having that thought I realised that being on Mastodon was a net negative for my wellbeing.
(I didn't like the guy either, by the way, or at least I knew enough about him that I knew I have much better things to do than listen to him. There are more than a few people like that, all of whom I wish find some peace in their hearts, and none of whom I wish to come to any harm.)
Mastodon is packed to the brim with literal psychopaths and people pretending to be psychopaths for imaginary Internet points. It is not an experience I suggest for anyone who is neither of those things.