Tag: mastodon

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blue cocoon

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An eight-minute spiel of blue-sky thinking:

  • Do I join BlueSky (the real McCoy – no bridges)?
  • Network effects: They explain how people move, but as to why, we need to dig a little deeper;
  • Why not both?: If you’re already on BlueSky, join Mastodon – it’s not perfect, but you’ll find a place for you.
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Rivals 2 character icons gathered around a circle. Each character is connected to every other character through a line; in the middle is the icon for the UK and Ireland's Rivals Discord guild.

A 9 minute read on:

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Four time-based charts Upper blue area: Number of Mastodon users Upper cyan area: Hourly increases of number of users Lower orange area: Number of active instances Lower yellow area: Thousand toots per hour For current figures please read the text of this post (i.e. https://geekdom.social/@mastodonusercount@mastodon.social/112116814836144770)

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  • Mastodon’s userbase milestone;
  • I am once again asking you to move to Mastodon.
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  • It’s finally time to talk about the one book that’s constantly been at the back of my mind since making this blog.
  • No summary this time – anyone with a pulse should read this book for themselves.
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A sponge being put through a wringer.
  • I bought Nick Brawl 2 on sale. It’s about time I got back in the saddle…
  • I am asking you once again to read my opinions on network effects
  • Playing to win is for losers.
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  • The most violent book I’ve read this year. Jenny Odell argues the unthinkable – why don’t we harness doing nothing as a form of political activism?
  • Lessons from the scrivener – you can’t say “no” to your boss, but to refuse, you don’t have to.
  • Published in 2019, it’s a product of its time – might the Fediverse make collective action and co-operation easier?
I would prefer not to.

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The Sulfuric Acid item from The Binding of Isaac, colour-corrected so the liquid inside of the bottle appears blue. The bottle is marked with a black 'X.'
  • A brief respite from editing posts on polemic books to bring you news about the ex-bird site – news about its ex-users, that is.
  • The migration from X (formerly known as Twitter) to Mastodon gave researchers a golden opportunity to record data on the collective action problem. Spoilers: it’s pretty good news.
TOOT TOOT