I've been goofing around with both toot and bti commandline tools. toot is the #Mastodon client and bti the #Twitter client. They're both in the #Debian repos. It's nice to be able to just shoot off a quick thought without opening the browser.
I'm so in love with everything about this site. The multiple columns, the toot privacy settings, the cw ability... a report button that actually works, all the different timelines. Everything is great. Goodbye #Twitter. Hello #Mastodon.
Thank you Mastodon.art for being such a kind and wonderful instance!!
@desvox I honestly think whomever is running the #Twitter account for #Mastodon is going to drive more people away than they attract. They’re really bad at it.
#Twitter has finally reinstated #Unity4J due to mounting outrage over censorship. Please follow the account again if you've been mysteriously removed from their followers list.
@schestowitz Incredible. The empire will attempt everything, violate every law and every rule, in order to attempt to silence #Assange and/or have him dead for the example...
Several months ago I protected my #Twitter account to protect myself from myself. I wasn’t a target of any harassment, but I often couldn’t help myself replying on random people’s replies on a tweet that was shared by my contacts. This regularly devolved into dragged-on, sleep-depriving, anxiety-inducing conversation that lead nowhere.
Today, I’m still sometimes disappointed that I can’t directly reply to my Twitter contacts that aren’t following me back, but I also remind myself that I can come across as annoying on Internet, so little of value is lost in that regard.
But on the other hand, I can’t remember the last time I had a night-long pointless conversation with a random Twitter user who ultimately doesn’t care about what I have to say. It doesn’t happen on #Friendica because I only receive the posts and replies from my direct contacts, which limits my exposure to toxic accounts.
Which means that I don’t have to protect my #Friendica account, and I’m grateful for it.