freediverx, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago)

@marcoarment
I get it. We all need, want, and deserve a feel-good place to escape the daily news cycle of our failing society.

But for better or worse, the Fediverse is one of the few remaining spaces we have to voice our concerns with like-minded people. And remember mastodon supports filters so you can mute topics or people you might find bothersome.

I say this as a huge fan and subscriber of your app and podcasts, and I consider your presence as one reason to be here on mastodon.

trump4prison2024, 5 months ago

@marcoarment the reason people talk about musky on threads or mastodon, they are looking for engagements I swear, those influencers r annoying af.

@dimillian feature request. is it possible to mute the words from screenshot? if they contain anything about elon or x

rjfaas, 5 months ago

@marcoarment I never fully understood what Google+ was all about by I find myself missing it.

lightninhopkins, 5 months ago

@marcoarment Then, like, don't.

matej_svancer, 5 months ago

@marcoarment
Yes! This is what I think about every day when using Open social..

takeitev, 5 months ago

@marcoarment @lisamelton well said Marco

ams, 5 months ago

@marcoarment And the great thing is that it really doesn't matter.

EshuMarneedi, 5 months ago

@marcoarment Which social network? iTunes Ping?

mdavis, 5 months ago

@marcoarment Agreed. The sooner we stop talking and thinking about ____, the sooner we forget about ____, the sooner ____ ceases to exist. It's going to happen eventually, so why not now? I was ready to stop over a year ago and wish the world would, too.

JKirkpatrick, 5 months ago

@marcoarment
I sifted thru all the SM sites when I was contemplating leaving twitX. I left Facebook years ago. Postnews is funky with the point system. Tribel is kinda lame . This site seems to have the best arrangement and I like that it's free, as they all should be. The engagement and interaction is what I like, and it's growing. That's why I'm here.

shantini, 5 months ago

@marcoarment you know what I've learned from this post, Marco? I'm not getting reply-guyed because of my gender. I'm getting reply-guyed because people just love doing that here.

marcoarment, 5 months ago

@shantini That’s definitely part of it, at least. I think that’s sadly a side effect of the types of people attracted to (and not subsequently turned off by or pushed out of) this sort of nerdy product.

khad, 5 months ago

@marcoarment I suspect I'm in the minority on this (apparently?), but you're the first person I follow that brought it up. 😂

RVLara23, 5 months ago

@marcoarment I can only assume you're talking about how much this site whines about Twitter. 😉

OrangeAndBlackk, 5 months ago

@RVLara23 It is a HUGE percentage of the very little legitimate discourse here.

aral, 5 months ago

@OrangeAndBlackk @RVLara23 Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

ismh, 5 months ago

@marcoarment Now that you mention it, I do miss MySpace.

cory, 5 months ago

@ismh @marcoarment Bebo had a moment there too

timClicks, 5 months ago

@cory @ismh @marcoarment Oof that hit a place in the cringe section of my memory

cory, 5 months ago

@timClicks @ismh @marcoarment I had to do Bebo designs during a record label internship in college. Those were the days.

onikaze, 5 months ago

@marcoarment oooh now. A bit of catharsis is good for the soul every now and then. ;P