Notices by Mayel - sunny side punk (mayel@sunbeam.city), page 20

> Anarchism used to be bursting with utopian imagination. We need to get that visionary impulse back, and then get it to work creating things.

https://solarpunkanarchists.com/2018/05/02/social-anarchist-futures/

Is it just me who doesn't want this place to be full of celebs and brands? I don't follow them myself, but I don't want my timeline to just be full of people boosting the latest utterance from a Famous Person.

I like it because it's just full of regular people doing interesting things, rather than politicians and celebrities and footballers broadcasting to their huge "following".

I don't know what will happen if Masto gets full of the great and the good.

i'm realizing why i love this place so damn much

it's exactly like the atmosphere of radical openness and affirmation i've always tried to cultivate in every space i get to be a part of, even on a one on one basis. it's home!!

it's okay to not be comfortable yet, or even ever. set the boundaries you need, but know that acceptance, love, and affirmation will be there for you if/when you're ready.

if you're not comfortable in public you better know i'm here for y'all (insofar as i can be!!)

I'd love a community-driven Twitter replacement, but many fizz out. Mastodon may have hit a userbase tipping point, and I'm curious to see how its social and technological issues and limitations are addressed.

How better to embrace a community platform than by joining and contributing to a co-op instance? Thanks for welcoming me aboard.

I'm interested in most things (inc. #politics #philosophy #tv #music #hiking #commodore #c64).

#introduction #socialcoop

Mastodon isn't a website. It's software you use to connect to the fediverse.

Thinking of it as a website is kind of like thinking of your email client as an email address. "Are you on Gmail?" It doesn't matter; I can send email.

Fediverse. This is the important idea. I follow people who aren't Mastodon users, and I don't care.