@dansup Nice! Being able to reliably find my own stuff is what makes a service feel more permanent/solid than ephemeral, which is one of the reasons I look at Flickr as a slowly building gallery and Instagram as something ephemeral (even though it really isn’t).
Category: Fediverse
I was already numb to any interest in reading Heroes in Crisis. Having read the …
I was already numb to any interest in reading Heroes in Crisis. Having read the list of confirmed deaths in the first issue alone, I’ve changed my decision from “maybe pick up the trade if reviews are good” to “nope.”
I’m tired of any character who isn’t currently headlining a book being one editorial decision away from cannon fodder.
And I’m tired of comics repeating story beats just to repeat them without looking at what made them work (or not) in the first place.
My understanding of SSB is that it’s *only* self-hosted instances. You host it …
@jusdepatate @switchingsocial My understanding of SSB is that it’s *only* self-hosted instances. You host it directly on your own computer or other device, and it will sync posts to/from your friends’ devices when you’re both online.
My take on GIF: Pronounce it however you want, but don’t claim that the other way has no precedent in a language that contains both “gift” and “gin.”
My take on GIF: Pronounce it however you want, but don’t claim that the other way has no precedent in a language that contains both “gift” and “gin.”
Oh, yeah, the support-your-admin model is definitely healthier!
@Satsuma Oh, yeah, the support-your-admin model is definitely healthier!
I’d like to see something other than the current attention-based-surveillance-and-advertising model become the norm.
But as long as that’s the business model, I’d prefer a world where they found it more profitable to make things better for the rest of us than continue to make things worse.
There’s some manipulation inherent in any structured interaction
@Satsuma Of course – that’s a large part of why a lot of us are here on Mastodon, after all.
But there’s some manipulation inherent in any structured interaction.
The fact that we can boost, favorite or reply, but not quote, is a deliberate choice on Gargron’s part.
The character limits, the number of images, visibility of CWs, the size of the edit box, column width, all of these things influence how people use the app.
@Satsuma I remember @anildash mentioning changing the size of the text box on (presumably) Movable Type & finding that people would write longer or shorter posts based on that, even though the length limit itself hadn’t changed. The UI influenced people’s choices.
I don’t normally post pictures of food, but when I do, there’s usually something odd about it.
I don’t normally post pictures of food, but when I do, there’s usually something odd about it.
The monster/human relationship in Monsters, Inc. is upended when it’s discovered that laughter produces more power…
The monster/human relationship in Monsters, Inc. is upended when it’s discovered that laughter produces more power than screams of fear.
It’s like the opposite of social media discovering that anger produces more engagement than cat pictures.
Imagine if social media discovered something *positive* that drove more engagement than anger?
Local Target’s Minecraft event is a bit disorganized, but the kiddo found all the stickers …
Local Target’s Minecraft event is a bit disorganized, but the kiddo found all the stickers for the scavenger hunt. And was willing to stop at 2 toys & leave, which was a nice surprise.
I found this old post I wrote on how Marvel or DC would have milked Lord of the Rings…
I found this old post I wrote on how Marvel or DC would have milked Lord of the Rings as an “event” comic book, with tie-ins, spin-offs, and character spotlights…
…and realized it’s not that far off from what the Hobbit movies actually *did*.
What If…Lord of the Rings had been an “Event” Comic?
New college courses by a neural net…
KelsonV shared a status by janellecshane:
New college courses by a neural net trained on the @UCSanDiego course catalog. I would at least read the syllabus for some of these.
http://aiweirdness.com/post/178311759162/college-courses-of-the-future-courtesy-of-a
@janellecshane Syllabus, nothing, I’d sign up for several of these!
@LOLspam I’d forgotten just how many of these quotes were weird euphemisms.
@LOLspam I’d forgotten just how many of these quotes were weird euphemisms.
Interesting: Plume authors and blogs both show up as profiles in Mastodon, but (so far, …
Interesting: Plume authors and blogs both show up as profiles in Mastodon, but (so far, anyway) I can only follow an author, not a blog.
Cloudflare is launching a gateway for IPFS…
Cloudflare is launching a gateway for IPFS.
On one hand, I’ve thought it was a cool idea since I first heard about it. (And now I’m thinking of that cache problem with HTTPS sites and high-latency connections.)
On the other hand…it’s a lot easier to remember and type ‘example.com/whatever’ than a hash value.
Whitney Frost cosplay by CasualCosplayKatie
Whitney Frost cosplay by @CasualCosplayKatie@Instagram.com.
Google Photos reminded me that it’s been exactly 2 years since she was going to debut the cosplay at Long Beach Comic Con, but ended up not being able to go. We did a photoshoot anyway that morning, and she’s worn the outfit at several conventions since then, including the following year’s #LBCC
#cosplay #longbeachcomiccon #LBCC2016 #LBCC2017 #WhitneyFrost #AgentCarter
@Virelai Yeah, that’s one reason I’m keeping mine around after moving to this one. I …
@Virelai Yeah, that’s one reason I’m keeping mine around after moving to this one. I also have it following my alts on smaller instances, to make sure their hashtagged posts will show up at least in mastodon.social
@Virelai I believe it searches posts that the instance you’re on knows about already, without …
@Virelai I believe it searches posts that the instance you’re on knows about already, without calling out to other instances. So it’ll show you hashtagged posts from:
– the local timeline
– remote users that local users are following.
– remote toots that have been boosted or searched by URL on this instance.
@VirelaiI’ve found that searching on a small instance like booktoot.club turns up fewer results than searching wandering.shop or mastodon.social, but if I search for a hashtag on a bigger instance, then copy the URL of a toot over to the search box on the smaller instance, the smaller instance will find it the next time I search for that hashtag.
Smart UI on Instagram: if you start to unfollow someone with a private account, it …
Smart UI on Instagram: if you start to unfollow someone with a private account, it reminds you that if you change your mind, you’ll need to request approval again.
Pixelfed boost test results
I know it’s not done yet, but when I saw I could boost from PixelFed, I had to try.
1. Follows, likes & replies don’t federate back to Pixelfed yet.
2. Replies do appear on my profile here & on the OP on Mastodon instances where I am following this account.
3. Neither the OP nor replies show up on Mastodon instances where I’m not following this account.
4. I can search the OP on another Masto instance, but it doesn’t see the replies.
It’s an understandable typo, but the “lethal level” and “legal level” of a substance are …
It’s an understandable typo, but the “lethal level” and “legal level” of a substance are *very* different things!
At least one hopes so…