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TNLNYC

@TNLNYC@mastodon.social

#Optimist #builder #instigator #entrepreneur #writer #father #NewYorker

I've contributed a few things, instigated others, and still believe in the positive potential of technology. If the internet is broken, I probably had a hand in it (mea culpa). I still believe we can fix it.

Believer in the good in people, in the power of communal action, in personal responsibility, and in reaching out to the other side to find common grounds.

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I've decided to ACTIVELY decouple from Twitter: Every day, I go back and DM at least 10 of my followers, telling them I've moved here and to follow me here instead (I remove them as followers after that DM). A number of them have set up accounts as a result.

Please do the same if you're more active here than on That's how you can help the

Boost if you agree.

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@danialZandi Honestly, I disagree. I find my few months on Mastodon have been more fullfilling than the last few years on Twitter recently.

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@gadgetboy Please do. It's not my individual action that will make a difference. However, if more people are doing the same thing, then we have a chance of building a better social media world.

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@thomas_klopf True but you can block particular words or topics, instead of people altogether. This allows you to customize your experience, which makes Mastodon vastly superior to other social media platforms.

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@britishtechguru I refuse to delete my account too (not giving someone else a chance to impersonate me) but I am looking to bring the value I contributed into Twitter down to 0 as I transfer that here.

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@Tsadiq ... or they don't know enough to figure out how to switch. A lot of my followers are not techies so...

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@FlotteBiene86 @harcel I suspect some of them follow large accounts (eg. musicians, sports players, actors) who haven't moved over to Mastodon. I suspect that's why they stay.

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@santiago @Gargron Wrote the blog a few months ago ( https://tnl.net/2022/11/12/gradually-then-suddenly/ ) The only thing that is changing is that my stance is moving from a passive move from Twitter to an active one to drive my audience here.

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@jahabof1794 I figure if enough of us do it, it will be the next wave of adopters who see that this is a less toxic and much better place.

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@CurryBoiiNZ Mastodon is an amazing place (and has proper verification). Follow @donmelton if you're missing the algorithm and need to find interesting people to follow.

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@reay I suspect people go there because that is still where a number of influential people (musicians, athletes, actors, politicians) and organizations are still hanging out.

It's a weird situation: the organizations/stars won't leave because that's where the audience is. And the audience won't leave because that's where the organizations/stars are.

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@harcel Not at all the assumption. The assumption is that if enough of the people you follow send out the same message, then it becomes clear that Mastodon is the place to be :)

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@marcelkoll I guess I'm just lazy and with thousands of followers, I assumed they would all migrate here without my push :)

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@irieger I'm just trying to help newbies evolve by giving them an extra reason to move here. If they follow me, I assume they find my stuff useful so I am just trying to redirect them :)

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@waterluvian Did that already. Some moved but there are still thousands who follow me over there. I just want to nudge them :)

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@arne well, it's a start :)

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@christmastree There are 3 dots on their profile. Click on those and the menu will include "remove follower"

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@christmastree there are 3 dots next to their name. One of the options there is remove follower

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@reay I did the whole announce publicly, delete all other tweets, and follow everyone you followed who moved over on here. But now getting to the laggards in my following by actively asking them to leave Twitter :)

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#Mastodon guide for newcomers

  1. Be Kind. This place thrives on kindness, unlike the other place
  2. CW stands for content warning. If you think it might upset someone, put a content warning on it. It allows people to click through.
  3. Follow, follow, follow. The more people you follow, the better the experience here.

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Please boost

#twittermigration
#mastodontips

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  1. Boost and favourite generously:
    a. Favorite: hey, this is interesting
    b. Boost: hey, this is interesting and other people should know
    c. Bookmark: hey, this is interesting and I should save it for later
  2. Please add descriptions to your images
  3. People are here to help. Don't hesitate to ask
  4. If you're with a large organization, consider advocating for it having its own instance

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  1. Use liberally. They are essential to discovery here. If you use a hashtag with multiple words, please use upper and lowercase to delineate the words so people with screen readers can get them too,

  2. Don't like someone? Don't scream at them. You can block them, either temporarily, or for longer. If they are truly abusive, report them to your local instance admin.

  3. Contribute to the instance's cost. It's volunteer run. Chip in to help.

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  1. Following people here is key to making the experience better. To find people you were following on Twitter, try https://fedifinder.glitch.me/

  2. Follow @lisamelton : she's like the unofficial girl-powered algorithm of the fediverse. You can thank me later ;)

  3. Have fun. Think of this place as a more fun/friendly version of the other place.

  4. Add a post with the tag in it to introduce yourself to the community here. We want to follow you.

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Took @TNLNYC advice and DM'd all tens of my followers on Melon Husk's vanity social media project.

The last straw was joking around with the CBC's status relative to our elected government. I mean, if the CBC, The Guardian (UK), and NPR are giving the bird the bird, it's the LEAST I can do.

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@iver @astroPug Love that hashtag

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