★ @jordanbrock@mastodon.social

Most Mastodon servers are operated by people like you, out of their pocket. Check if your server has a Patreon! It's usually on the "About this instance" link, where the rules are. Support your admins, especially if they're not me!

Mastodon is an anagram for "not so mad"

https://mastodon.social/media/g5ZXZUGJWODsq_qutcg

Home timelines should be all caught up now. Our traffic is averaging 400 req/s with occasional spikes to 1,200 req/s.

There are 23k active users on mastodon.social right now (8.7k arrived this week). Registrations are closed but invite links work. You can create an invite link from "Invite people" link or preferences page.

I have added 2 mods to the team (awaiting response from 3rd candidate), reports are being processed. Nazis can get fucked.

Although @tootapp isn’t fully baked, it’s a really well done app that’s a goddamn delight to use.

Can’t wait to use it after they’ve applied even more polish. https://mastodon.social/media/L2Cfjcktg7pObP-_epY

So: a gentle and loving reminder to all my old birdsite friends: it's appreciated here when posting political toots, or anything that might be unsettling or triggering, that you tag your toot with a content warning, so it is hidden behind the warning by default. It's not a red flag that your tweet is bad, trolls aren't going to come for certain flags (can't search them), it's just one way that this community protects itself.

Some people even use the CW feature to make clever jokes. You'll see.

I like big buttes and I cannot lie
you other geologists can’t deny
when a mountain juts up in an itty bitty space
And a caldera in your face

I rage-quit Twitter at the end of November in 2016. As someone who has worked in online communities for close to 20 years, I couldn’t stand being a member of a community where the people in charge cared so very little for their users. We worked very hard at Flickr to make sure that people were safe. Your company isn’t the government and you can delete any account at any time for any reason. If you create a community, it’s your jobs to ensure that it’s safe for all.

Longtime mission finally accomplished: taught my children PRINT CHR$(7)

I wrote a tweetstorm over on the ol' birdsite about my early days on Twitter, and my early days on Mastodon, and how this place is giving me hope. I think it'll be interesting to some of you. https://twitter.com/waxpancake/status/1027793032676962305