Whoah, apparently Twitter suspended my account and then changed their mind. Seems a bit much. I missed it all because I was reading to 10 yo. Or rather alternately reading and listening to his ideas for new Pokemon.
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A lot of reporters want to talk about Elon and Twitter. Instead of responding to them, I'll just post something here and see if they can find it. It will be good practice for them in using Mastodon.
I think it will be a relief to Elon to go back to focusing on cars and rockets. Those are arguably more important problems anyway. And he could still do good things for Twitter too, if he hires the right CEO.
I'm in the middle of writing a new essay, and there was one awkward paragraph that I just couldn't seem to fix. Eventually I realized it was because the underlying idea was wrong, and that the real solution was to delete it.
This often happens. Trying to make the sentences perfect is not as shallow an undertaking as it sounds. It also exposes the bad ideas.
It's been interesting comparing Twitter and Mastodon. One of the big differences I notice is that the ratio of mockery to substantive replies is much lower on Mastodon. So if you're going to use both, maybe Mastodon is the place to try out novel ideas first.
One of the best features of Mastodon is the lack of quote-tweeting. I'd forgotten how great that was. And unfortunately for Twitter, it's a feature that they'll never be able to copy.
Among other things, Mastodon is methadone.
Can any mas.to user tell me how to turn off the notification beeps in the web app? I had a pretty thorough look before asking, but I can't find a way to control it.
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@spiritedpause There was one based on fire coral whose final evolution was a kind of giant reef that could be inhabited by other eel and fish Pokemon, and another based on a raccoon.
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@Balaji For sure the people here on Mastodon are different. But I think Twitter's design also encourages a culture of mockery. Especially quote-tweeting.
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@awol Jennings's Diary. It's one of a series of English children's books begun in the 1950s, but surprisingly not totally out of date.
@javohir @sheldonrampton@mas.to Another novelty introduced by AI: a new form of distinctly backhanded compliment.
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@firstadopter The reason I asked about how to escape text is that mas.to turns one of those two forms into just @paulg.