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   Chris Kendall (ottocrat@eupolicy.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Jul-2023 21:58:10 JST Chris Kendall

   • Ivory by Tapbots :emoji_wink:

   When I moved here from Twitter in November last year, four things were key to keeping me here: (1) following decent accounts to keep my timeline worth checking, (2) finding the right client to keep the experience high quality (in my case @ivory), (3) building new muscle memory (ie getting used to and accepting the differences), and (4) flat refusing to give Musk my custom. (1/2)

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     Chris Kendall (ottocrat@eupolicy.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Jul-2023 21:58:05 JST Chris Kendall

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     One more… We really *need* this to work. It is worth investing time and effort and patience in this platform. Our experience over at Twitter showed us how important and useful a ‘global town hall’ 🤢 is but also how we can’t afford to leave it in the hands of individuals. The #Fediverse is a genuine global commons. If we believe in public ownership of essential utilities then we have to make this work. And it’s easy: all that’s required is for us to turn up and use it.

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     Chris Kendall (ottocrat@eupolicy.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Jul-2023 21:58:06 JST Chris Kendall

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     As usual at this point in the cycle, 90% of Mastodon content is a navel-gazing circle jerk (this thread included) but that will settle.

     Betsy Bee repeated this.
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     Chris Kendall (ottocrat@eupolicy.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Jul-2023 21:58:08 JST Chris Kendall

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     In case I’m not making myself clear here, please don’t come (back) here and complain about the content (or lack of it). WE ARE the content. YOU are the content. Be the Mastodon you want Mastodon to be.

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     Chris Kendall (ottocrat@eupolicy.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Jul-2023 21:58:09 JST Chris Kendall

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     The single biggest obstacle to keeping me here was the absence of certain people I followed on Twitter and who hadn’t crossed over, or who had but then didn’t stick around. Ultimately, my reasons for staying outweighed the reasons to go back, and the more of you who come, stay, and participate, the more that equation tilts in favour of staying as part of this (imo) fundamentally better platform. (2/2)