yesterday i was talking about mastodon and someone was like "what the fuck is that" and without thinking i said "linux twitter"

[stevenv3r@mastodon.social]

@theodoraward I recently tried to explain Mastodon and Bluesky to a friend, and came very close to a brain-shutdown of my companion

[kerrymitchell@mastodon.social]

@theodoraward “anarchist bluesky” “elderly discord” “academic TikTok” “instagram for the average looking”

[phalzu@kolektiva.social]

@theodoraward accurate

[xela@troet.cafe]

@KerryMitchell also brilliant! @theodoraward

[halaana@mastodon.social]

@theodoraward Open source Tumblr with a word limit?
And fewer death threats.

[chgowiz@dice.camp]

@theodoraward Well, I mean, that's not a lie...

[carl@chaos.social]

@theodoraward Right you were! Thinking causes damages.

[bdf2121cc3334b35b6ecda66e471@mastodon.social]

@theodoraward Twitter if Twitter worked like E-mail

[me@mastodon.cysioland.pl]

@theodoraward sister saw Masto on my phone and asked me whether I'm on the "German Twitter"

[zombierasputin@fosstodon.org]

@KerryMitchell @theodoraward oh man, Anarchist Bluesky got me

[maitre@mastodon.online]

@theodoraward Oof, I hate this.
Thank you for your service.

[songxisto@icosahedron.website]

@theodoraward Furry twitter

[gael_rostang@mastodon.social]

@theodoraward somewhere between twitter and the LKML

[davey_cakes@mastodon.ie]

@codeofamor @theodoraward

I remember in 22 describing people cross because they thought it was Twitter 2 but it was really gay nerds club more than anything else.

[gins@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@theodoraward I used to scoff at social media but fedi makes it finally click for me. no ads, no central owner, and only cool people. Being a part of this community makes me feel the joy of a 2000s forum again ️

[jmarkockerbloom@mastodon.social]

@theodoraward I've called it "social media for nerds" when talking about it to the chorus I sing with, which I think both caused some people to chuckle and some people to get an interested look on their faces.

[frequencyfault@mastodon.social]

@theodoraward Did they then ask "what's Linux?"

[manwhotalkstohishand@mastodon.social]

@theodoraward I like that! From what I'm seeing, it's been a relaxing place that isn't infested with liberals and conservatives projecting and regurgitating whatever their corporate paymasters have instructed them on what the messaging for the day is. That alone is worth it. I was on threads for a wee bit, and it was nice until it got flooded with bots, and debatemebros. I'm sure at some point, money will infest this place too, but time will tell.

[comradecrow@tilde.zone]

@Halaana @theodoraward think that might specifically be wafrn

[tezoatlipoca@mas.to]

@theodoraward queer friendly linux twitter that isn't run by psychopathic techbros.