@eniko You're just a left-behind hater. /s

@dome @jargoggles @eniko Why do you think code slop is any different from art slop? It's the same LLM technology under all this crap about productivity no one asked for.

@dome @jargoggles @eniko (Non-ethical) problem with vibe code is that while you might find ai useful for _producing_ code, it's not useful for _supporting_ it.

Just like ai "artist" can't fix slop because they have no idea how light works, how clothes works, and fixing ai "art" with ai just makes a new image leaving nothing from the old iteration.

@dome @jargoggles @eniko Your problem is that it's "good enough" in your non-programmer eyes. For now.

And then you'll find yourself wondering why it 100%s your GPU in idle.

And then starts the "burning through tokens trying to add more features or fix old stuff that suddenly was overwritten during ai hiccup" dance.

@eniko

9) Some instances have increased symbol limits, some instances have markdown formatting

10) ALT text is important

11) Sometimes admins of your instance might block the other instance. Be it for the good will (there are some wild instances around here) or just a result of a pissing match, you can't follow anyone on the blocked instance. If that's important, might as well move to the less strict instance.

@eniko

4) Use tags

5) Please, for the love of any entity you worship, u s e t a g s

6) Like, seriously, find out good tags to follow: gamedev, art, 3d, blender, gaming and just follow them

7) Tag your posts to reach people interested in the same things you do

Blocks are free. But be aware that technically they are public (instances exchange this among each other). Mutes however are not public. And they are also free.

@eniko

2) Get ready that there is NO algorithm to bring you "content" to consume like a good consumer. Mastodon is more akin to the old Twitter, where you needed to follow people to get your feed filled with cool posts.

3) There IS a centralized feed, filled with posts from the whole federation and your instance, but what's more important is you need to follow people and follow hashtags to shape your feed to be more of what you want to see than to what's hot right now on your instance

@eniko

1). Don't worry TOO much about choosing the instance:
1a). if you are interested in gamedev, mastodon.gamedev.place is the best place to start
1b). art? maybe mastodon.art then?
1c). have no idea? mastodon.social could be an entrance point in this case
1d). try to search for your interests/see where your friends are and join it

1 EX). Even if you feel like you made a mistake with choosing the instance, you can later move to another one keeping as much followers/followings as possible

@eniko How... how is that a right wing pipeline.