=== ANCHOR POEM === ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── I have this friend who's in a different mastodon ecosystem and apparently he tried commenting on some of my posts but like, they didn't show up on my end? how weird. Kinda shattered my perception of this place as a free and open society where everyone could rely on everyone else to be who they said they were based on publically available accounts that they share with their friends who know them by their face and name ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/2623 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── have you ever noticed the people on Mastodon who used to have cool and interesting ideas but now just kinda repeat the same basic things over and over again? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/2044 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── honestly I think everyone should have two mastodon accounts - one for people you like, and one for people you trust (I have one) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/676 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── would be nice if the Fediverse wouldn't let you post something on Mastodon unless you filled out a content warning for it. sorta like a post title on Reddit, allowing people to say "nah I don't feel like reading something from X perspective right now" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/3018 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── I think it'd be neat if Mastodon boosted posts that someone had personally seen. like, adding a degree of separation to knowing people - if you follow someone, you'll hear what their friends are saying. so, like, if you subscribe to someone, you will see them boosting the posts that their friends made. or at least the people they're following. in doing so, you can always know everyone that someone is connected to. which is more than enough to determine how true and honest they are. (ideally with a way to filter out duplicates - like perhaps an icon of the persons face at the bottom to show they also saw it? and so they have mutual friends, which are fully known and displayed to all others. could be an interesting experiment at least, especially if it federated with NO other servers. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/1906 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── I like Mastodon because it feels like I'm contributing to something larger than myself even though like, 30 people read each of my posts ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/5374 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── @user-138 me neither... guess it's in-person for me. [a mysterious "they" then proceeds to set up microphones everywhere I might go] ah nuts why are all these people carrying phones around [they already know who I am, and I don't really want to be someone else, so] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #7 messages/1241 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── here's my opinion: life on earth evolved when combinations of matter were forced into increasingly difficult-to-solve maze-like environments. this was due to the strange, honeycomb structure of their rock-like crust. [water pushed through soil ] -- stack overflow -- what if we raised more of the surface of the earth (from the oceans) and built a distant aquifer? ah, because most of the ocean is sand. (make sure you know the environment you're modifying before you modify it) how rapid is 10,000 years? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #8 fediverse/1612 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── @user-1040 also, I miss most of the names and faces in this archive and I think it'd be neat to say "oh yeah I remember them because it wasn't so long ago and it's weird how they're not around these days but I forgot about them because their profile pic changed or maybe they stopped using mastodon or whatever" - idk it feels empty sometimes because your follow list is always growing, but the number of people who post seems to always go down. Or maybe I just read Mastodon at unfortunate times when there's nothing going on. Who can say ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/4716 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── "hey you're cool, can I get your socials?" sure, I mostly post on the fediverse "what's that" oh, like... Mastodon "oh, no haha I meant like a real social media" ah. well I make comments on Reddit sometimes. you make them sound like a jerk no they're cool they're just misinformed. the fediverse is the future, or like, something like it, I'm sure. who wants to go back to capitalism? not me hehe ... I'm getting silly, gonna go to sleep. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/2051 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── @user-883 i've never heard of most of these but I think I might belong on eldritch.cafe ... maybe void.rehab well actually I'm a lot of tech.lgbt hmmmmm on Reddit it's nice because you can subscribe to various communities I wish you could do that with Mastodon, to express your particular affiliation. ... or perhaps we should not be building scenes, but rather communities. (just based on the name) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/1617 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── daydreaming about a gang of tough guys who goes around knocking down the internal fence walls in suburbia and throwing potlucks for all the neighbors for a month or two so they have social opportunities to meet each other and make friends ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/2276 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: pol │ └──────────────────────┘ A good way to get people talking is to meet with a stranger and share your feelings. Or, if you're scared of strangers, then try talking with a friend. "something something SUPREME COURT something whatever CRIMINALIZED PEOPLE blah blah blah I WON'T STAND FOR IT" that kind of thing. Make sure you look at your friend for the loud bits, and maybe look at someone else nearby when it's your friend's turn to speak. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/3253 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── it's so weird how these days if you don't like someone you can exclude them from your social life entirely - like, wow... that hurts ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/6029 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── spilled water on my keyboard by living with a cat. it might be broken so I'm using a spare that my girlfriend lent me. if you're wondering why my password sounds different... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #15 fediverse/4828 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── whenever you have the opportunity to "translate" a post on Mastodon, try reading it in the native language first. Then re-read it after translating and see how much you picked up. unless it's in a language where you don't recognize the characters. That makes it more difficult to practice. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/3575 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: leftist "talk to ur neighbours" thing │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-1567 that's totally fine, a fish does not do well in a tree, and so too does a leftist not do well in an environment without the potential for stable bonds. Essentially all you'd be able to do is "hey leftism right?" "oh yes I also leftism" "neat" which isn't very productive. I also live in an environment like that. I do my best to identify people who stay, because in my experience there are often people who stay. I do this by walking around the neighborhood when I can, making up excuses to walk to the dumpster or mailbox at random hours, riding my bike around the area, using the communal spaces like gyms, swimming pools, and picnic tables, and sitting in my hammock on my porch lazily noting people who walk past. People who stay will tend to remain in your mind the more times you see them. They are better people to talk to than the renters who disappear after 3 months or whatever. I don't always do all that stuff at once. I take breaks. I do one at a time. etc ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/4554 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: political-violence-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────┘ can't fucking wait till we're done eating the rich and I can go back to a simple life of playing with my cat, making video games, writing poetry (bad poetry, but I like it) and hanging out with my friends. gotta build the social infrastructure to get through this phase first, though. something something echo chambers exist IRL too ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/5834 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── would you feet a cat at your door? how about a crow? would you water a dying plant? (don't, they get waterlogged if the soil is already moist) what if a dear what if dear food what if bear what if bear food what if dogpack what if dogpackfoodtearchompbitepullsavor I'd feeeed my self but dollars and errands are hard : ( ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/376 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── @user-281 I'm just a rando but my understanding is that posting on the fediverse is sorta like writing on the sky, and anyone that wants can read it. I could be wrong though ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/164 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: recreational slash medicinal drugs and neurodiversity musing │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-141 when I smoke cannabis it's like my ADHD symptoms drop to zero and my autism symptoms go from 50% to 100% I can't understand what other people are saying unless I ask for clarification, but I sure as shit know the shape of the universe and can fathom the chaotic ripples of causality and eternity. Too bad when I try and talk about it all that comes out is "desu desu" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ |