{"id":3138,"date":"2022-11-29T04:49:51","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T04:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/?p=3138"},"modified":"2022-12-03T20:17:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T20:17:31","slug":"you-say-tweeter-i-say-tooter-lets-call-the-whole-thing-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geoffcain.com\/blog\/you-say-tweeter-i-say-tooter-lets-call-the-whole-thing-off\/","title":{"rendered":"You Say Tweeter, I Say Tooter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You say Tweeter, I say Tooter – let’s call the whole thing off!<\/p><\/div>\n

This is just a quick note to mention my move from Twitter to Mastodon<\/a>. I had pretty much had enough of Twitter years ago but I kept believing that somehow all the chaos, nonsense, open washing, all of the iterations of Course Hero, corporate-racist-antisemitic echo chambers were all going to be worth it. And I hated how much everyone just accepts that as the culture. I got tired of it. And that was before<\/em> Twitter was Elon-gated. I remembered that I missed the spirit of community, experimentation, and collegiality that I found in social media in the early days. I am not saying that Mastodon is the answer but it certainly is a non-corporate jumping off point. The point of this post is to point to some articles and tools that I found helpful in understanding this space.<\/p>\n

Amanda Siberling’s article on Tech Crunch, “A beginner\u2019s guide to Mastodon, the open source Twitter alternative<\/a>” capsulized a lot of the information I needed to understand Mastodon and to share it with my faculty. Clive Thompson’s article is also quite useful.<\/p>\n

Chris Aldrich’s article “Your Twitter ‘Go Bag’<\/a>” reminded me to download all of my information from Twitter (and how to do it), and how to find your people in Mastodon.<\/p>\n

The way I used to use Twitter (when I was really engaged) was to link up Twitter and this blog. Could I do that with Mastodon? Frankly, I couldn’t care less – I was leaving Twitter one way or another, but Andy Piper’s Glitch page “Examples of different ways to embed Mastodon timelines (and toots) in HTML<\/a>” has a link to Mastofeed which allows me to create some HTML that I can use in a WordPress widget that lets me put my Mastodon feed on this blog.<\/p>\n

Per Axbom’s article “10 Quick Mastodon Tips<\/a>” was helpful in orienting myself to the space, and I think I will be using this with other new immigrants.<\/p>\n

I know there were others. I went to Mastodon earlier but never really did anything with it. I will let you know in this space how things fare. In the meantime, feel free to leave a comment below with any resources you found useful. If you decide to stay and remain a Musketeer, I highly recommend Geshe Langri Tangpa’s “Eight Verses for Training the Mind<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

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