When I joined #mastodon, I just wanted an open-source #twitter clone.

I got more than that. Subtle design differences made for healthier conversations in ways I wasn't expecting.

Here's a blog post to try to capture those differences and why they matter. scott.mn/2022/10/29/twitter_fe…

4 Twitter features Mastodon is better for not having

When less is more for healthy conversations

^scott.mn

REQUESTING URGENT HELP;

If you know me from #Twitter you've been informed that my mom is abusive & ableist...

I'm an Autistic person requesting help to secure safe housing & pay for a plane ticket. A year ago I was planning to move for college, but gradually my mom has been financially trapping me. I now have no solid income atm & I cannot work or drive!

•Click link for more detail;
gofund.me/50bec059

#mutualaid #ActuallyAutistic #disabled #RequestingAid #News #mastodon

@mutualaid

I give Musk a year, maybe two, before he wants out of #Twitter. This article from The Verge nails the reasons why, closing with:

"Anyhow, welcome to hell. This was your idea."

theverge.com/2022/10/28/234281…

Welcome to hell, Elon

Elon Musk now owns Twitter — and a huge number of impossible political problems around speech, content moderation, and trying to make money.

^{Nilay Patel (The Verge)}

You're not truly free until you're open source 😉

#Twitter #TwitterMigration

I’m basically only keeping my Twitter account around so as not to break over a decade and a half of links on the web but I thought it might be an idea to pop over there today and state the obvious:

twitter.com/aral/status/158590…

#elonMusk #twitter #mastodon #fediverse

#Twitter #BlueSky “federated” protocol. Private beta.

atproto.com/

Get bent.

#BigTech #appropriation

The AT Protocol

A social networking technology created by Bluesky.

^atproto.com

sup y'all - twitter addict here wanting to do an #introduction

I'm a comedian, writer, and actor, interests are #writing #comedy #funny #Twitter #stream #substack #boardgames #mountainbiking #film

also a #creator - I made my own digital series called Distance about a long distance relationship where you as the audience get to pick which side you want to watch first: www.distancetheseries.com

I'm also from #ukraine (born there, moved to US when I was seven) and live in #losangeles now.

#Twitter buyout puts #Mastodon into spotlight 👇

blog.joinmastodon.org/2022/04/…