My latest for WIRED: The Mastodon features Elon Musk should steal but won't because he hates you
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Posting this here tonight for you all. Will post on Twitter tomorrow. We'll see if I have a Twitter account still on Tuesday. #TwitterMigration #MastodonMigration
Mastodon Features That Twitter Should Steal (but Won’t)
Elon Musk's platform could learn a thing or two from its most popular alternative—like how to build a social platform people actually want to be on.Justin Pot (WIRED)
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in reply to Justin Pot • • •See indieweb.org/rel-me for more
rel-me - IndieWeb
indieweb.orgJustin Pot
in reply to Kevin Marks • • •legraLeGra
in reply to Justin Pot • • •are you seeing lots of verified government accounts?
I did not do the hidden rel=me because I would undoubtedly need to get legals opinion plus official sign off for that. Which I am not sure I even want to do as it would blur the line between ‘personal opinion’ (which is allowed) versus official representation (definitely not allowed without plenty of oversight).
I’d rather a code to my email or call to my phone to verify.
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in reply to Justin Pot • • •"Actual Support For Third-Party Clients"
This is the real one, though isn't it? Everything else is just window dressing.
I'm both pleased and surprised how little trouble having the ability to edit has caused. I use it a great deal. I'm confused why none of the phone aps seem to support it. But tagging old posts? Love it.
I do wish there was a history of edits. And posts getting deleted will NEVER feel like a feature to me. It's a threat. I hate it. I'm trying to work around it.
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in reply to Justin Pot • • •twitter only locked my account. Not suspended or banned. I tried to get suspended on purpose. I even posted that in my tweets.
Alas, I will try again in a few days.
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in reply to Killian Red • • •ACAB for Cutie :stl_cards:
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in reply to Justin Pot • • •I mean, I have not said many nice things about him
I loved this piece btw!
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in reply to Justin Pot • • •I wouldn't care either except shadowbanned users still count as active users when it comes to the shareholders and investors reports.
At that point just leave so you count as another loss.
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in reply to Justin Pot • • •WA MARTS
in reply to Justin Pot • • •WOW what an amazing work of art! You were so on point in every area. I will share!
I look forward to being an active part of the future of the #Mastodon community growth as I make more friends and Followers on here each day!
#ByeByeTwitter
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in reply to Justin Pot • • •sparseMatrix ✅✅✅ 📻
in reply to Justin Pot • • •It’s useful to mention that most of us, not unlike yourself, assume that Musk wants anything other than an avenue of expression that caters to the right wing simp, and diminishes or preferably excludes all other voices.
He has no interest in improving the platform by any metric that any of the rest of us would recognize.
Failing to recognize this actually feeds the beast.
Justin Pot
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in reply to Justin Pot • • •Hahaha haha! 😆
This article has made me very happy! You definitely get this place and I love that for you!
Ah... I'm still laughing. :D
#JustinPot #Wired #Journalists
Raccoon🇺🇸🏳️🌈
in reply to Justin Pot • • •> Mastodon, meanwhile, has a system that allows for quick verification without any overhead. Basically, if you link to your Mastodon account with the tag “rel=me” on your website, Mastodon will highlight that you control the site on your profile.
WHAT!? I'M TOTALLY TELLING MY STUDENTS ABOUT THIS WHEN WE TALK META-TAGS TODAY!!
Justin Pot
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in reply to Justin Pot • • •LOL, I hope so!
Part of the point of today's class is that I want the students to learn how to make a web-portfolio from scratch in HTML/CSS/JVS. I needed to talk about how Meta tags can give you some inter-site interaction, and I'd love an excuse to plug Mastodon with a Mastodon-exclusive feature!
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •cuddly but deadly!
in reply to Justin Pot • • •“I'm not sure if Elon Musk has ever been in a town square.”
Solid burn.
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TY! Awesome article that emperor Elonus won’t read!
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in reply to Justin Pot • • •unfortunately many actual town squares move in a slightly different direction, where there is no free bit left, and you can only have a drink with friends in one of the designated bars. Chatting without consumption is no longer allowed.
It's not exactly what Musk is doing, but it's also not completely unlike gentrification.
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