in reply to Crab Computer/SOB_II

@SOB2 Hey, sorry if the reading of my comic strip is "superiority". That wasn't my intent. 😔
In fact, this morning, my TL on Tw was full of threads crypto/nfts/AI/web3 influencer against "mastodon complexity". An irony in regards of their topic.
So, that's why I sketched this strip, mostly about people not doing the effort or low effort and then using a pretext of "bad UX" , "Complexity" or anything else to justify their final behavior: keep Twitter and trying to influence other to do so too.
in reply to David Revoy

I see a correlation between shilling crypto (a scam) and stupidity, so they probably struggling not with just Mastodon, but can be expected that they couldn't use email.

And if cryptobro is also fan of Elon Musk (98% propability), then it's sure not about "complexity", they will find a reason to hate Mastodon and praise Twitter under new management. I've seen a post, where Mastodon is bad because... it's created by russian german (since racism on twitter is now a "freedom of speech", you can make that shitty takes)

@davidrevoy @SOB2

in reply to David Revoy

@lanodan @SOB2 I dunno, the bird leaping futilely is v relatable right now and I have been making a sincere effort.

Do I need to find and follow a bunch of huge accounts I'm not interested in just to unlock access to see simple things like posts from other servers with hashtags? Or do I have to have followers before I can see any content? Dozens of searches with zero results so far.

in reply to erinsnarks

@erinsnarks

Ha, I guess the search box of your instance has difficulties but I met the issue sometimes and it can be just a simple 'hiccup of the network' due to the unprecedented very large incoming of new subscriptions.

Maybe you can use an external tool temporary like Fedisearch fedisearch.skorpil.cz , enter a keyword and you'll have a lot of URL (formated like email, name@instance.com) to follow. Copy/paste this URL address and enter them on your search bar. Goodluck

@lanodan @SOB2

in reply to Crab Computer/SOB_II

@SOB2 I just made a test here, and on the search box of my instance, if I enter 'cherry' I'll have: 1 user named cherry recommended on top, then two toots of replies from myself where I use the idiom 'cherry-picking', then only hashtag recommended using prefix or suffix around the keywords cherry.
So, true, it doesn't scan all the toots of the local server, and less the toots/posts from the fediverse at large. Probably because it would be very server intensive to request that.

@erinsnarks

in reply to David Revoy

@SOB2 @erinsnarks Just a follow-up for something I just learnt even if I use Mastodon since 2017:

"There's no direct word-search here either; that means you want to use hashtags to make posts more searchable. This is also intended, since word-searching posts was often used to harass/stalk on the birdsite and elsewhere, so that was left by the wayside here. This also means hashtags are much more a thing here than any of the algorithm-powered sites."
a quote from infosec.exchange/@chrisabides/…

in reply to David Revoy

I've never had a Twitter account, but I left Facebook, last year, and never looked back.

I was introduced to Mastodon through StartPage. It took some time to adjust, but I'm enjoying my time here.

The benefits of community and no algorithm very much outweigh the cost of time taken to adapt. I'm certainly happy to donate to Mastodon versus having my data and habits sold for Facebook's "free" services.

Most of all, I would have never known about Pepper & Carrot without Mastodon!

in reply to Baltimore Lili

@baltimorelili

I'm not sure. The interface to post a new toot might be, the settings a little bit too, but here the global rules are far less complex.

I mean; they are consistent: the TL shows toots by date, no ranking algorithm to please with mystic tendency keywords, no random post from what your subscriptions "liked" or "replied", no adv in the TL.

These things are what I find complex to explain to a beginner. Here, it feels fairer for interactions, imo, and so, easier to get.

in reply to David Revoy

Un corbeau, ayant volé un morceau de viande, s’était perché sur un arbre. Un renard l’aperçut, se posta devant lui et loua sa beauté, ajoutant qu'il serait sûrement le meilleur roi des oiseaux, si seulement il avait de la voix. Le corbeau, voulant lui montrer que la voix ne lui manquait pas, lâcha la viande et poussa de grands cris. Le renard, saisissant le morceau, dit : "Ô corbeau, si tu avais aussi du jugement, il ne te manquerait rien pour devenir le roi des oiseaux".
in reply to gofoss

@don_atoms 👍 👍 👍 Et en plus que du remix un millénaire plus tard de Jean de La Fontaine, sa version est toujours plus courte, directe, et la viande à plus de sens qu'un renard qui veux du fromage.
Et la morale... "Tout flatteur vit aux dépens de celui qui l’écoute." de JdLF est quand même la pour accuser le Renard de parasitage, pour devaluer la faltterie, alors que chez Ésope le manque de jugement du Corbeaux est l'atout qui lui fait défaut pour devenir roi. BREF... 🤣 Ésope FTW.
in reply to Damien Goutte-Gattat

@dgouttegattat @ScoutFinch You are doing great ScoutFinch! Thanks for your first message and welcome here.
Yes, "fav" was also used on Tw in the past before they replaced it by 'heart/like'. I prefer the nuance of 'favorite' as it can be a way to collect something, or give it a star. "Like" can have deeper implications and personal engagement.

On the web interface, I also have the "bookmark" option under the three dots (under the toot). This is precious for keeping docs for later.

in reply to David Revoy

There are definitely pain points to work out with the onboarding process (although the decentralized nature of the fediverse might just be a thing that is tough to explain) so I don't think it's entirely their fault. Lots of people get stuck when they try join a server, and it's full because everyone is trying to join that server, and then they don't know what other server to sign up with.

I think there's room for improvement.

in reply to tusooa 西风

@tusooa Oh right, I have no idea about Mastodon v4; I just had a check on my instance framapiaf.org/about/more and it looks like I run on v3.5.3 .
Thanks for this precious info! @reido
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David Revoy

@sho_ishto
Ha, sure, from the perspective of the user with app on mobile, I can see the extra difficulties if you have to go first with a browser to signup for a server, do all the confirmation/email things, then later take an app and setup the app to work with the server. I'm using it mainly with a computer, so I just had to signup on a server and everything was ready to use via the browser. It was an easier first impression for sure.

@reido

in reply to David Revoy

Thanks for looking! I appreciate you trying to help, truly. I’ve actually followed a bunch of people, but it still says I’m following no one. If I search them out though, and open their profile, it says I’m already following them, even though according to my profile following count I’m not. Also, there are accounts showing up in the “Post” timeline on the Mastodon app, none of whom I actually follow. But even the “Post” timeline stopped updating a few days ago.
in reply to David Revoy

most of the people I have seen talking about the complexity made me think more it was about their preference for a centralised system which more easily allows reaching a wider audience rather than genuinely finding Mastodon complex.

It might make it easier to promote a podcast but it's what has enabled most of the toxic content on Twitter. I'm sure there's toxic content on mastodon but I don't see it and it makes a nicer experience.

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