Steven Ovadia @steven_ovadia@writing.exchange

"Part of the process of writing is not so much to explain your vision but to discover it. I think that’s what you do when you write: You find out what you think." ―Robert Towne

#amwriting #writerslife #discovery

Social media should just skip all this "oh is this account a bot?" confusion & go straight to the endgame: have every single post be an unedited video of the author delivering their message while holding a copy of today's newspaper.

#sarcasm

sometimes I go to my spam folder and imagine I'm the luckiest person in the world.

your company might contribute to foss but

- are you unionized?
- why not?

So, if for nothing else than to help people learn from our mistakes, I'd like to start compiling accounts of the unravelling/failure of social.coop.

I will be reaching out to particular people over the next few days, but if anyone out there left/chose not to join social.coop for Reasons and would be willing to talk about it (anonymously if you want), please DM.

Please boost for visibility.

#meta #socialcoop

@bowers And if anybody answering this call feels like volunteering for a public list, I'd love to see the list on #Trunk grow. https://communitywiki.org/trunk

@steven_ovadia

Hi!

Welcome to the Fediverse!

https://communitywiki.org/trunk is a community project to help people find others with common interests.

GIve it a try?

Finally finished my two blog posts on why I’m weaning myself away from Twitter in favour of Mastodon:

What’s wrong with Twitter?
https://laurakalbag.com/what-is-wrong-with-twitter/

What is Mastodon and why should I use it?
https://laurakalbag.com/what-is-mastodon-and-why-should-i-use-it/

if you're new and worried about your follower numbers, don't! mastodon is more about the community and having fun with your friends. you can drop the toxic thought process where you viewed yourself as a brand on Twitter.

Use your local and federated timelines! Talk to people if something catches your eye! Don't gamify the experience here, be considerate. Think about being part of the local & federated community instead of figuring out how to go viral. Mastodon is super fun without those habits.

LIBRARIANS OF MASTODON (freakin' killer punk band name, by the way):

Check out Trunk, a list of Mastodon lists on Community Wiki! They've got lists of different people to follow on Mastodon but the GLAM lists are either pretty short or non-existent. Hit up the Wiki and get added to the list(s) of your choice!

https://communitywiki.org/trunk

#librarylife #libraries #GLAM #mastodon #lists