RealityTC π @RealityTC@social.targaryen.house
Tara Cole. Writer. Creator. Wonderer. Head Case. Former musician, Ad biz. Coffee & Humor: Black. INTJ. Up late. #nobot
Loving the customization on https://social.targaryen.house! Nice!
Wish posting to just a local instance was an option, rather than just followers! Need!
The Federated infrastructure looks like thisβin my head. Please don't ruin my fantasy smartypants people. π
I'm feeling that fresh failure of never really mastering French after four years of college. I can understand most of what I see but I can't write back confidently.
My Harry Potter federation explainer:
Your instance is your House at Hogwarts. The local timeline is a common room shared with the other wizards in your instance.
The federated timeline is the dining hall, your instance + people from other instances, but not the whole wizarding world.
Then the dark Memelord rises & Shitposter.club* dogpiles the Hufflepuffs & @gargron@mastadon.social has to die & resurrect in an overt Christ analogy to save Mastodon.
It kind of got away from me at the end.
This week on Mastodon...
This is the true story... of a couple hundred thousand strangers... who decided to engage in a Federation...(work together) and have their lives Tooted... to find out what happens... when people stop being impolite and start being cool... :alien: https://social.targaryen.house/media/MjkMwxAoszwvncEFmCM
Successfully avoided Jehovah's Witnesses by casually pretending I was just dog walking by my own house.
Another factor to consider is that the demographic of fediverse folks probably includes a higher proportion of non-normative views and lifestyles than you might find in the silos. These non-normative people are precisely the groups which the really bad guys always seek to target. So as maintainer you should be concerned with your user's interests and practice metadata minimization which can limit any potential damage.
Signing off 6:18 GMT. (Or FTβFederation time?) βπΌ
I feel like I should buy the new Mastodon album because those poor dudes are like 'Why is everyone talking about us?'
Already having fantasies about Mastodon instance meet ups in Amsterdam with Mastodon the band headlining. I have this thing where I'm already thinking about the thing before I've fully enjoyed the thing. KWIM?
Resisting the temptation to overtoot, but I'm keeping one eye on the place, and following other houses so we can up our #tootitude quotient. :v:
kΙ:Κ³ 
INTRO TO FEDERATION:
1. "mastodon" is a piece of software that runs on a server. There's a lot of servers that run it & u can follow ppl on other servers.
2. When u follow someone from another server, your server receives their toots.
3. The federated TL is all public toots that the server receives, ie all of the toots from everyone that ppl on your server follow.
4. ERGO: if u want to see more toots in the fed TL, follow + get other ppl on your server to follow ppl from other servers!
Great idea from @HedgeMage
"Let's play a game, to help some of the newcomers make connections: name 5-7 things that interest you but aren't in your profile, as tags so they are searchable. Then boost this post or repeat its instructions so others know to do the same."
Doing some experimenting with different instances. House of Targaryen is the cheetah of Mastodon! https://social.targaryen.house/media/ruzEEoeac1dCDMG9VPU
NASA's Cassini Mission Prepares for Grand Finale at Saturn https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/3013/nasas-cassini-mission-prepares-for-grand-finale-at-saturn/ https://youtu.be/xrGAQCq9BMU
First time I've felt hopeful about a platform in a long time. Interesting people who are awake in my insomnia hours. βοΈ Tons of rabbit holes to fall into.βοΈ π³π
If you're looking for an iOS app #amaroq looks good so farβdeveloped by @eurasierboy
Making ur Mastodon entrance & then hanging back... https://social.targaryen.house/media/lYufvDsIzQAHddhPr4o
Blank page. So much pressure. #firsttoot
