Mastodon links are still blocked.
Also removing a page is not a solution, they need to come up with an explicit policy at this point.
I signed up to Mastodon yesterday just in case.
Also removing a page is not a solution, they need to come up with an explicit policy at this point.
I signed up to Mastodon yesterday just in case.
But it is true that it depends on the buyer. But there is new hope at least, if the ownership changes.
Give it 24 hours.
For example Valve is a great example, how a private company can be successful and respect it's customers.
But the problem is, that the price is still going to be high for Twitter when it will sold again, even if the price is just a fraction. Not many are willing to buy it and then reduce profits by thinking the best of its users.
It's in Twitter's interest to say those links are now allowed, while still actually blocking them for at least another 24 hours to stem the outflow.
When they introduced the no-links-in-bio policy I imagine they had not actually written the code to scan 1 billion Twitter accounts for bios and tweets in violation of that policy.
Since they introduced the link blocking silently, they will just leave it in place silently. Maybe they’ll get sued by a competition regulator in one of the dozen jurisdictions that this kind of thing is illegal in.
(Edit, the rule list was not comprehensive, so you will find plenty of counter-examples. Possibly by design to make people think it isn’t happening.)
It's got a long, long way to become anything close to Twitter.
- I click "Follow."
- Servers talk to each other.
- I get redirected to a URL with a unique hash on the other server. It tells me what I'm agreeing to and I agree.
- I get redirected back to a URL with a unique hash on the original server.
There are a lot of other protocols possible. This one doesn't rely on CSRF or other features, so it should continue working even with security features of future browsers.
In that case, you can do it by selecting your home server. That's a search drop-down. Something like mastodon.social is there by default, and for historians.social, you might need to type in 'his' <click>.
I don't feel too bad about that either. It's like oauth, only instead of just having two options (Google and Facebook, typically), you have an unlimited options if you're willing to type a little bit more.
Or like SSO on many Microsoft web sites, where I type in my work domain or email, and it redirects through my work.
So if you feel like it is dead, or only football, spend a while looking for things and people that interest you.
To follow people from other instances, just search or follow the link through the instance you are already logged into, and all you have to do is click a follow button.
I would recommend looking for an instance that has some sort of similarity with what you are interested in. For example, I joined the Irish instance mastodon.ie so I know there will always be a stream of slightly humourous shite talk in the local time line. But there is also a good infosec instance, and a good quantum research instance.
But look, I never liked twitter in the first place, so maybe, yes for twitter people, Mastodon just won't scratch that itch!
I see like three trends that all seem to be dead, so I have no idea what people in the world are actually talking about. All I see is that about 500 people talked about the FIFA World Cup final game during the past 48 hours, since that's taking two out of three top trends.
"Tweets" are much longer, so it no longer feels like microblogging. Sensitive content feels even dumber, I don't want to click "Read more" in order to view a tweet like it was some kind of a ad-bait blog post.
If someone sends me their profile link that's not on my instance, I can't actually reply to it. Instead, I need to go to my Mastodon instance and then search for that link in order to actually have an interactable version of that "tweet".
Everything also feels slower, possibly because it's having to juggle between so many different instances.
And I have no idea if I chose the right Mastodon instance with the right hall admins that won't read my private messages and ban me for having the wrong opinion.
I'd much, much rather stay on Twitter. It's just that no one has any idea if it's going to be a viable platform in the future and who are going to stick around there.
Actually, you have options:
https://mstdn.social/@feditips/109507990803168318
> And I have no idea if I chose the right Mastodon instance with the right hall admins that won't read my private messages and ban me for having the wrong opinion.
I'm working on that.
I heard other folks who're more in the security mindset explain it that you shouldn't just trust your particular fediverse/mastodon instance not to read your private messages. If you have something truly private, exchange contact details for some other secure thing and have that conversation there. For instance, Signal.
While messages can be longer, IME they tend to be about Tweet length.
Content Warnings are optional and can be expanded automatically by your client.
> And I have no idea if I chose the right Mastodon instance with the right hall admins that won't read my private messages and ban me for having the wrong opinion.
Valid. But I'm not sure this is much different at Twitter. And at least with Mastodon, you can leave and take your data with you. If you're concerned about this, you have the option of hosting yourself. I know a lot of people rankle at that suggestion but Twitter doesn't even give you that option.
Can I? Because if I go to Import settings, I can see options to import my "Following list", "Blocking list", "Muting list", "Domain blocking list" and "Bookmarks". How do I move my posts and media?
Also, are these export options still accessible to me if the local hall monitor bans me? With Twitter, they are required to allow me to export my data under the GDPR and I feel like my local Data Protection Ombudsman might actually have some power to compel Twitter to do so. With Mastodon, I have less confidence.
Mastodon requires engagement to get your network established, and if you don't bother engaging, you'll get much less from it. If all you want is entertainment and amusement, maybe staying on Twitter is your best bet.