when I look at mastodon, no matter how much I tune the filter, 20-40% of the feed is tech posts I don’t understand
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wet forest moon folkloristreplied to wet forest moon folklorist last edited by
Many replies saying “I am a tech person and don’t seem to have this problem” and then offering me advice on how to use Mastodon
These are not compelling
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L'égrégore André ꕭꕬreplied to wet forest moon folklorist last edited by
@seachanger Hmm, I wonder what drove so many non-techies away?
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@ralfmaximus @impermanen_ @seachanger It's not just because it's relatively new; it specifically and for specific reasons attracts FLOSS types, who are also a specific band within "tech"
It currently looks as though more mainstream adoption is relatively off the table, but things are obviously in flux...
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d@nny "disc@" mcClanahanreplied to inquiline last edited by
@inquiline @ralfmaximus @impermanen_ @seachanger the term F(L)/OSS is hotly debated and i think it obscures more than it enlightens since most programmers contribute to or use "open source" software at this point. it used to be a much more radical banner but it is largely misused as stolen valor to advance flatly libertarian objectives at this point. free software used to mean categorical divestment from corporate tech stacks but it has been almost completely diverted into "open source" to serve corporate objectives, while the remaining free software advocates are widely derided for making their code "inaccessible" via license restrictions. the result is a lot of libertarian posturing which still just serves the purposes of capital
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d@nny "disc@" mcClanahanreplied to d@nny "disc@" mcClanahan last edited by
@inquiline @ralfmaximus @impermanen_ @seachanger i think we can do better but i've been extremely surprised to find that most techies on here are actively not interested in building local power. the non-tech people on here have been much more receptive. this is to your point that self-proclaimed FLOSS forms a highly insular group https://circumstances.run/@hipsterelectron/112537399927201661
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infinite love ⴳreplied to wet forest moon folklorist last edited by
@seachanger oh gee i sure wish we could have multiple streams we could post to without having to make multiple accounts
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@Moss @inquiline @seachanger I have say that as a person who works in computers, I feel much the same way except I know what all those things listed in their bios are (and sometimes wish I didn’t)
I’ll see if I can do better at cwing my work posts.
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wet forest moon folkloristreplied to nein09 last edited by
@nein09 @Moss @inquiline you know tagging them with a unique term would be more functional, because then we could just filter them. Idk if cw is really helpful?
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Marco Rogersreplied to infinite love ⴳ last edited by
@trwnh @seachanger we can have whatever we want. We just have to build it.
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Marco Rogersreplied to wet forest moon folklorist last edited by
@seachanger every single time.
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infinite love ⴳreplied to Marco Rogers last edited by
@polotek @seachanger i wish i could code better
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nein09replied to wet forest moon folklorist last edited by
@inquiline @Moss @seachanger #computertouching perhaps?
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nein09replied to wet forest moon folklorist last edited by
@seachanger @inquiline @Moss oh like “techposting”?
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wet forest moon folkloristreplied to nein09 last edited by
@nein09 @inquiline @Moss was trying to think of a short thing that’s easy to add and doesn’t take up character limit
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nein09replied to wet forest moon folklorist last edited by
@Moss @seachanger @inquiline oh yeah! I tend towards the pithy side so I don’t worry much about that angle.
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@nein09 @seachanger @inquiline All of us are being a little pithy in this thread
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wet forest moon folkloristreplied to Mage Moss last edited by
@Moss @nein09 @inquiline I’m chronically serious and have arrived at #techToot
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wet forest moon folkloristreplied to wet forest moon folklorist last edited by
@Moss @nein09 @inquiline oh actually I see #techtooters actually already exists!
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Asta [AMP]replied to wet forest moon folklorist last edited by [email protected]
@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] ooof of course it does. I have to say, the whole "not calling them posts/tweets/notes" thing is a weirdly puritanical style hangup I have and I just can't bring myself to ever use that term. I can't even fucking type it, my brain is goddamn ridiculous, but there it is.
Which is to say, if I use another one, would that also be okay?
#techPosters ?