I wish I could narrow down Facebook notifications to only those that actual people send me, and not things that Facebook wants me to do.
Then I might actually pay more attention to them.
Category: Wandering.Shop
And I just know half of them are going to be “So and so looked …
And I just know half of them are going to be “So and so looked at one of the posts on this page, you should ask them to subscribe!” and “We have a new friend suggestion for you!” (Who I’ve never heard of) and things like that. And I’ll have to go through all of those in a dropdown to find the 2 people who responded to something I cross-posted from Instagram last week.
An actual notification I received a few minutes ago. I had been planning to check …
An actual notification I received a few minutes ago. I had been planning to check in sometime this weekend, but now I wonder if I should just declare Facebook notification bankruptcy instead…
Public restroom tech/water use
I wonder if enough water-free urinals have been installed over the past decade to offset the water wasted by all the overzealous auto-flush toilets installed over the same time period.
I honestly do not undertstand the GOP’s obsession with Soros.
I honestly do not undertstand the GOP’s obsession with Soros.
@dansup I don’t use Twitter moments, so I’m not sure what that means. In Flickr …
@dansup I don’t use Twitter moments, so I’m not sure what that means. In Flickr terms, is it like albums (your photos), galleries (others’ photos), or a mix?
“Real Life Comics” on the Internet of Things….
“Real Life Comics” on the Internet of Things….
https://reallifecomics.com/comic.php?comic=october-1-2018
@pericat Oh, I can imagine! I drop my phone all the time at home, but …
@pericat Oh, I can imagine! I drop my phone all the time at home, but most of the floors are carpeted.
@dansup Nice! Glad to know that media descriptions are in the works, too. That was …
@dansup Nice! Glad to know that media descriptions are in the works, too. That was the last piece giving me reservations about posting photos Pixelfed-first & boosting here once federation’s ready.
Looking forward to all the new features!
*whew!* I dropped my phone in the parking lot this morning. It landed on …
*whew!*
I dropped my phone in the parking lot this morning. It landed on a corner, bounced, and tumbled under another car to rest face-down.
Fortunately the case did its job. The screen isn’t cracked or scratched as far as I can tell, and everything seems to be working still.
Still…that was close!
A 2-3-YO kid at Target pointed to the picture of Thanos wearing the Infinity Gauntlet …
A 2-3-YO kid at Target pointed to the picture of Thanos wearing the Infinity Gauntlet in the corner of the package for a Hulk Halloween costume and said, “there’s Iron Hulk, but he’s a bad guy” I figured it was a fair description.
@bethskw Totally agree. One of the first things I do when I set up a …
@bethskw Totally agree. One of the first things I do when I set up a new phone or install a new app is pare down the notifications to the bare minimum.
My list is similar to yours — direct messages from actual people get both visual and audio alerts — though I do allow visual-only notices on email and social media replies (but not likes or retweets).
Misread an email with the subject, “Are you fired up and ready to vote?” …
Misread an email with the subject, “Are you fired up and ready to vote?” as “Are you *fed* up and ready to vote?”
Yeah, that too.
Being able to reliably find my own stuff is what makes a service feel more permanent/solid
@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).
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.
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.