kennon @Kennon@mastodon.cloud
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Podcaster on The White Book and game designer at Gamenomicon still trying to find the perfect Mastodon instance.
Joined Apr 2017
@SymbolicCity absolutely!
@SymbolicCity it did not. Trying to set an alias from this new account so that the old can point there seems to crash out. Looks like it's a known bug with a fix hopefully coming in the next update.
Ok, I seem to be having some trouble with creating an alias so that I can do the redirect thing, but I've moved and set up shop on my own instance. Give me a follow there! @kennon@tabletop.vip
@JacksonBates absolutely a good point.
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One of the unexpected joys of the fediverse over other places is the addition of weird domains appended on to everyone's usernames.
It makes the web feel like more than just four websites again.
It's both a signal of a smaller more intimate internet and also a larger and far more diverse internet at the same time!
@GreatBigTable right. I'll hopefully be testing that tomorrow!
@midway @atomicpoet oh damn, that's great! Our old one got destroyed in a flood a few years back.
@GreatBigTable fingers crossed it goes smoothly. I was reading about it a bit earlier tonight. I'm a bit sad that it doesn't transfer your existing posts. 😓
@atomicpoet damn I miss the C64. First and arguably best computer I ever had!
@matthewguy the word is.... Unfortunate.
Fair warning to folks who've started following me in the last couple days- I think I'm going to set up my own instance. Nothing wrong with this one, just like the idea of having my own.
So keep your eyes peeled for Tabletop.vip coming soon!
@PercyPropa just recently tried something similar. Have an alpha version of something kind of journaling/dungeon crawl hybrid at the moment.
@PercyPropa I'm all about solo games!
@scalzi oh that sounds fantastic!
@binarytango Forums for sure.
@SymbolicCity I just recently discovered birdsite.live as a way to mirror news accounts I want to follow from Twitter. Seems like a decent plan at the moment.
@milesbelli That's the way to do it!
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Get enough rest tonight.
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Sooo... wow... okay a lot of people shared the previous post! Welcome again to all the new members!
It might be good if I clarified how Mastodon works, as some people think they need to sign up on multiple servers etc.
Short version: You do not need to sign up on multiple servers! Don't have FOMO! One server works fine!
Longer version:
Mastodon is a federated network, which means it's made of lots of independent servers that talk to each other.
And... everyone uses federated networks all the time! You probably use them so much you never even think about it 😮
Telephones use a federated network, so does email.
You only need one phone to call anyone anywhere. It doesn't matter if they're on another phone company or in another country, because all phone companies are federated together into a single network.
That's how Mastodon works. You get an account, and you follow people you're interested in, and they appear in your timeline. It doesn't matter if they're on another server.
@darius That is amazing.
- Gamenomicon
- www.gamenomicon.com
- The White Book
- www.whitebookpodcast.com
Podcaster on The White Book and game designer at Gamenomicon still trying to find the perfect Mastodon instance.
Joined Apr 2017
