Notices by Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@calckey.social), page 8

@wiredfire@mas.to It’s not even just that they’re gatekeepers. It’s that they arrive in threads without context, and opine on matters they don’t know about.

Honestly, I blame the fact Mastodon has such piss poor social discovery for all these reply guys.

If people just read the entirety of a thread before commenting, it would probably save us a lot of grief.

@GrahamDowns@c.im All good.

@GrahamDowns@c.im *key apps have existed since 2014, two years before Mastodon arrived on the scene. And they haven't affected your use of Mastodon one bit.

Rather, the entire time you've been convinced that no "algorithms" exist on the Fediverse when this is simply not the case, and hasn't been for some time.

Stick to your preferences. There's no reason to inquire about someone else's.

@GrahamDowns@c.im Then why do you care about apps that you don't use?

Me: Hey, wouldn't it be cool if we tweaked this #Calckey feature to do this thing?

Reply Guy: I don't want #Mastodon to do that.

Me: Okay, I'm talking about --

Reply Guy: I SAID I DON'T WANT MASTODON TO DO THAT!!!

Me: I'm not using Mastodon.

Reply Guy: My personal preferences should apply to the entirety of the Fediverse 😠

@GrahamDowns@c.im Too late. *key apps have had antennas forever, and people love them.

You can't push your preferences onto the rest of the Fediverse.

@GrahamDowns@c.im I'm not talking about Mastodon.

This might be the most popular post ever sent through https://calckey.social.

RE: https://calckey.social/notes/9fcawc5cuh

@e_ardincaple@me.dm Too many to mention.

@steve@social.technoetic.com For trending posts, Mastodon uses a combination of likes and boosts.

A couple months ago, I bought a 1996 Toyota Camry.

Let me tell you, I love this car. It’s comfortable. It’s got a sweet cassette deck. It’s got grey carpeting.

I plan on blasting some shoegaze tapes at 12AM while cruising down the beach.

@smallpatatas@mstdn.patatas.ca The original post wasn't written regarding your comments. It was written in response to a reply guy who I've blocked. You may want to read my following post.

@jynersolives@mastodon.social @NaN@social.aunaturel.club If that’s the case, it’s worth investigating why. I’m curious why an unlisted post wound up in a global feed.

@jdp23 @supakaity@blahaj.zone @Uwu

One more time. There’s no dev discussions that I know about regarding shared antennas. There’s just a poll that I put out asking for an opinion.

In terms of how search (and thus antennas) work, that’s an ongoing discussion with lots of feedback, and I’m looking forward to how that gets implemented.

That’s all I have to say further about this subject.

I’m autistic.

Most people are surprised by this. This is because I’m generally good at communication, and I generally know when to display empathy when called upon it.

These skips weren’t easy to acquire. They took a lot of effort. But the net effect is that I’ve largely built a career on communications, being able to relate to technical and non-technical people alike.

But there’s certain things I’m not good at.

For example, stuff pertaining to social status. Last night, I said that I wanted to use certain software but was leery about the price of data.

The dev replied back, saying I was talking down his project to 16,000 people, and felt that I was somehow angry or upset about something I don’t have a clue about.

And stuff like this happens quite often. I say something I think is innocuous. I unexpectedly piss someone off. People assign to me motivations where there is none.

So I know this is hard to believe but there’s no subtext with me. There’s no “read between the lines”. I’m generally a literal person who tends to mean things literally—unless specified otherwise.

I have no axe to grind. I try not to get involved in personal Fedi drama. I’m not trying to make life difficult for anyone because life can be difficult as it is.

Cheers 🍻

@rrgeorge@raphus.social @fediversenews@venera.social Yes, that could be it.

On the #Fediverse, there was a big spike in MAUs during the past few days, and I have no idea why. I've also confirmed this spike on Fediverse Observer.

I did see some correlation for https://calckey.social's Fediverse requests, as you can see with the second chart.

Anyone have some guesses on what went on?

@fediversenews@venera.social

@jdp23 @supakaity @Uwu There is no “announcement” on shared antennas and that doesn’t even exist right now. I put up a poll asking for an opinion, and that’s as far as the conversation goes.

@admin@mastodon.ai8w.ddns.net @sub_o@mastodon.social Are you really not aware that *key apps have had search capabilities for years, and that *key is older than Mastodon by two years?

Literally everyone who’s aware of the Fediverse beyond Mastodon knows that indexing has been here for ages.

@jdp23 @Uwu We’re not doing “nothing”. We’re doing something. In fact, the devs who are doing something are trans.

You may want to read more dev discussions on this before jumping to conclusions.