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Justin Pot

My latest for WIRED: The Mastodon features Elon Musk should steal but won't because he hates you

wired.com/story/mastodon-featu

Posting this here tonight for you all. Will post on Twitter tomorrow. We'll see if I have a Twitter account still on Tuesday.

WIRED · Mastodon Features That Twitter Should Steal (but Won’t)By Justin Pot

@jhpot "I want somewhere to sip my beer and chat with friends, ideally with as few Nazis around as possible" 💯

@reedmideke I like beer and dislike Nazis and I don't care who knows it

@jhpot You might, but you may also be shadowbanned.

@singletona Honestly I don't care much at this point.

@jhpot I wouldn't care either except shadowbanned users still count as active users when it comes to the shareholders and investors reports.

At that point just leave so you count as another loss.

@jhpot

Thanks for sharing. Good luck on Twitter 🤣

@jhpot Mastodon exclusives are cool, too… I mean, to save your spot on Twitter until Elon gets “be more impressive” lessons.

@jhpot I had no idea he took a photo of his laptop screen with his phone. The man is just not smart.

@owlislost He deleted the tweet pretty quickly but it for sure happened.

@jhpot nice bit of information thanks for the knowledge I also read your piece on how to use this site working on it like all new things it will take a minute to get use to! Thanks 😊

@jhpot Great summary of some of the awesome features that you get on here and the best bit, they're free!

You have to hunt around a bit to find and use them but I'd rather that than be forced through multiple pricing tiers which is where the bird site is headed.

@jhpot Justin, the good news is that apparently Musk walked back the whole thing of "can't talk about competing services". He apologized and said he would do a poll next time. Well, you shouldn't need a poll to tell you it's a stupid policy to not let people talk about other services. lol

@neutrino78x @jhpot ohhhh, that’s what he was referring to with that tweet. It’s sometimes very confusing to follow what he’s tweeting about sometimes.

@the_zan_burdett @jhpot I know, I didn't figure it out until later either. He needs to be more clear about what's going on...major changes like that should be announced beforehand, that way you can get your twitter account in compliance, or lock it and step away from the platform 😀

@neutrino78x @the_zan_burdett @jhpot In the middle of his tantrums, Musk can’t see beyond his anger. Did he also suspend the rightwing fringe for linking their Parler & truth social accts?

@neutrino78x lol what a well run organization

@neutrino78x @jhpot you won’t be suspended but they still flag links as a safety risk.

@jhpot the best part about hanging out with Canadians is the hockey chatter

@lightyears I live in Oregon where the sport barely exists and I miss it

@jhpot that’s wild.. I’m the lone #Isles fan living in northern VT, which is like living on the inside of the #Bruins #Habs rivalry. Very rarely do I get comments on my Long Island paraphernalia.

@lightyears Yeah out here if you see someone else in any kind of hockey gear you're excited even if it's a rival team. At least you can talk about hockey!

@jhpot very I pressed at how quickly you amassed a following here!!!!

@tymwalker I'm just humbled so many people are interested in what I have to say! Hopefully they don't get too mad about my shitposting

@jhpot love this. Well written and highlighted a few features I didn’t know about yet!

@thejeqff I'm so glad people are enjoying the article and learning from it

@jhpot Content warnings are great. Some will call them woke nonsense but certain topics and people are triggering. I love that they’re being used thoughtfully by users here.

@doms Me too! I also find them useful for jokes.

@jhpot Thanks for that! It’s tough to adjust to a new platform.. hearing about a few features worth getting excited about helps!

@matlab Welcome! You'll like it here, I think.

@jhpot just learned from @viticci that I can follow a Pixelfed account here as well - if I can replace my Instagram at at the same time this is gold!

@jhpot
I enjoyed reading your article, well-done! I disagree with you in one area, I like having tweets, blog posts, or what have you archived. You can blame it on the historian/archaeologist/librarian/archivist in me. I love the edit feature at Mastodon. It makes things easier.

@SteveA I understand why some people like having an archive! I just want to have the choice.

@jhpot Good article though you will probably have to write something like Mast*d*n to get Twitter to post it at all. Facebook does have a "mute for 30 days" feature but they only give 30 days as an option (though you could unmute earlier if you choose to and remember to).

@jhpot

Minor typo in article. It should be rel=me not ref=me. Good article

@zzz I've passed this along! Thanks for the help

@jhpot
I mean, I have not said many nice things about him

I loved this piece btw!

@jhpot twitter only locked my account. Not suspended or banned. I tried to get suspended on purpose. I even posted that in my tweets.

Alas, I will try again in a few days.

@jhpot Great break down explaining how Mastodon works for those of us who understand layman's terms (no offense meant), it's a compliment. So many times I read articles that are a bit over my head when it comes to technology. Thank you

@MiaLis79 I really do try to explain things in a way where anyone can understand! I'm really glad it worked in this instance.

@jhpot Excellent article, Justin. I hope people read till the last paragraph.

@aral I hope so too! Thanks for highlighting that paragraph.

@jhpot thank you for this article! This is great for new users like me.

@jhpot Pretty sure that Twitter is going under. The only question is whether Elon will eat crow and sell it for pennies on the dollar to a rational actor, or accept the loss and move on. My recent posts detail why this is so.

@KraftTea I mean...AOL still exists. It takes a long time for a company to fully die. But I think it's the beginning of the end of Twitter being the center of online conversation.

@jhpot great article but can we like, not give Musk ideas pls

@Metamedia It's okay he won't do any of this

@jhpot "Actual Support For Third-Party Clients"

This is the real one, though isn't it? Everything else is just window dressing.

I'm both pleased and surprised how little trouble having the ability to edit has caused. I use it a great deal. I'm confused why none of the phone aps seem to support it. But tagging old posts? Love it.

I do wish there was a history of edits. And posts getting deleted will NEVER feel like a feature to me. It's a threat. I hate it. I'm trying to work around it.