Christopher S @crscheid@mastodon.cloud

We're planning our next #release. What features are important to you? We've heard from the vision-impaired community and are considering new features to give page readers easier cues to navigate our site. Don't forget our #mastodon integration works great if you #read the #web frequently. #texttospeech #text2speech

Do you #read the #web a lot? If so, why not give us a spin? We'll read it for you and stick it in a #podcast feed as well. Sign up for #free and help us improve our service. #texttospeech #voice https://speakitto.me

The great thing about the Internet is that it allows you to interact with practically every other person on the planet.

This is also the worst thing about the Internet.

@megan_nicolett Wrote a sane article about current state of Mastodon.
https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/22/15535374/mastodon-spotlight-aftermath

i say unto thee, good tooters,

be thou not stingy with thine boosts

About risk profile:

- Mastodon is like email because you can't delete federated toots
- Mastodon is like twitter in that Google's search bots index it, unless your admins robot.txt it away
- Mastodon is like being a teenager because the people that own your instance can see all your private stuff

Have a talk with your admin about their policies.

By default, assume everyone will be able to read your toots forever.

#WanaCry https://mastodon.cloud/media/a0vmmm8lZUyw2u9Wd_M

We've launched our new release today! Easier settings management and language detection in preparation for rolling out #japanese 🇯🇵 and #french 🇫🇷 support in the next few weeks for our #mastodon users. Long live the #fedeverse 🐘 🎺 #mastodev

"Facebook isn't satisfied with owning the most attractive distractions on your phone. It would rather be the place where the most meaningful parts of your life actually happen. [...] Hegemonic tech companies succeed by being the interaction layer -- the 'operating system' for a particular aspect of life. [...] As Google's partner in the near-duopoly of digital advertising, Facebook is an operating system for social connection."

https://www.inc.com/sonya-mann/future-facebook-vr.html

#Mastodon instances are like towns.

There are those that are more populated, like densely populated areas. There are those that are highly interconnected to each other (like districts of a large city), there are those that are more insular like rural towns.

You can live in one place, but can still travel elsewhere regularly, or have friends who live in other towns (remote follow). Similarly you can have your main residence in a city, but have a summer home somewhere else (side accounts).

This should be taught in schools along with other ways our brains are flawed—like optical illusions, cognitive biases, etc. Maintaining a level of discomfort is good & healthy http://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe

black watermelon...

Black Watermelon: The Dansuke watermelon is the most expensive watermelon in the world. It’s harder and more crisp than the American watermelon. It’s said to be sweeter as well. One watermelon can cost as much as $6,100. They grow only on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido and are usually given as rare gifts.

#black #watermelon #hokkaido #japan #most #expensive