I was never really a #twitter user I think by the time I even started an account #hashtags had basically become redundant, so I've been having a lot of fun messing with hashtags recently

There is a certain utility that twitter had compared to Facebook and reddit in terms of just shouting into a void on a central server which is very useful for following current events, so for example when the various #blm protests broke out you could see things going on in the streets in #furguson which was cool

Likewise there's a utility In having politicians and governments and corporstions on the site because you can see what bullshit theyre on or what embarrassing interests they have and on #TheFederation ya know, no one is gonna host the Russian or Saudi gov -- so just maybe #bluesky can serve that function

But see this shit has nothing to do with "social media" in the sense of making friends and having healthy communities, and such an environment is going to be inherently antagonistic because its full of evil fucked up people and institutions, twitter was always the worst people you can imagine

So IMO bluesky is never going to be a threat to the fediverse because its target audience are complete scumbags

Was listening to #behindTheBastards
They mention #threads and #bluesky but not #TheFederation Robert is like "there are no good places on the internet"

Someone needs to tell him

Why do we call it the #fediverse, when clearly we should be #theFederation or the #FederationOfSystems

Happy #FirstContactDay to my fellow Trekkers! Don’t forget to tweet your support for #StarTrekLegacy as much as possible and show how much we want it!😀🖖 #StarTrek #TheFederation #Starfleet #Vulcans

🔊 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix

The Federation:
🎵 I Wear My Stunna Glasses at Nite

#TheFederation

#fediVerseHistoryMonth

The Q and A game for the community and people who are interested on how this federated space came to be and what it is in this moment of our journey.

Who was responsible for the first role out of a blocking feature for individual members of the community in the #fediVerse or #theFederation?

Did a blocking feature for instances/nodes/pods exist at that moment in time?

#fediVerse #journalism

#Following #hashtags has led to the very best feed in the history of feeds. According to a recent survey of me, I found that I like it a lot. So many meaningful #conversations. Plus #art, #writing tips, cats, fungi, insects, birds, and of course #SciFiFantasy like #DoctorWho
Learned #hashtag and #thread following so I can keep up. And set up #autodelete of #toots so I can #LetGo
I love #TheFederation and my #instance run by @stux

Continuing to boost #Introductions when I find them and, wow, there are soooo many awesome people on here.

I really do feel like I'm a meeting of #TheFederation's top thinkers and I'm at the side, doing my best to keep up!

😆

@mauriejmanning I guess #TheFederation is more the PBS here, and #Mastodon is my local PBS station (thanks to viewers like us!)

@ChrisRawlins @KeithDevlin Oooh I tried that my first day on #TheFederation and it was way too much for me. I remember those days, but can't go back there.
#GenX

@hans based on recent threads i think for #mastodon it's likely to remain no #qt but that is *not* the case at many other #servers in #TheFederation
🖖 I am confident this will sort out as long as everyone is sincere and genuine in their #communication even if it is messy somet... always. Good communicating is always messy till it works.

@evan

Look, it's late and I'm a silly old fool but...

... my entire life, I have worked in one way or another to try and make the Trek / Culture future come true. And now I'm chatting to you, on a platform based on something *you* created that is a seed of that future. I find that incredible.

#TheFederation / #Fediverse / #Culture is sooo close, so damned close. The free association of sentients as equals, beyond all our ridiculous, pernicious -isms.

We need our dreams!

@Nimrod @486timetable @futurebird LOL we literally are saying the same thing at the same time. I think #TheFederation will be fine.

Dismal Manor gang wishes to thank all our new subscribers who signed on. #greyhounds #DogsOfMastodon #cats and #plushies.

We’re #Agile publishes. Any family-safe story that fits on a post card. Paired with hashtags, Camp Dismal and Dismal Manor foolishness is spreading throughout #TheFederation. UFP SV Enterprise 1701C will be by to collect our “piece of the action” :)

Not to say public infrastructure is bad. It's very very good. But we don't have PUBLIC anything for real in the USA and probably little exists anymore, anywhere. As long as #Corporate can make a buck screwing with us, anything touched by 'official hands' is really just owned by a few billionaires, with tax dollars they didn't need to chip in because they Create Wealth.
Til we fix Public Utilities, #TheFederation is safest out of the hands of those who would 'help it grow.'

I understand temporaryconfusion at joining a new #instance learning new #hashtags being #patient while your #HomeFeed starts to fill.
Please don't assume #Mastodon is ever going to be just like twitter because it was created to be NOT like twitter, and #TheFederation isn't going to be ONE BIG INSTANCE so billions and can scream at each other and #influence each other and #sell each other and #SelfPromote until a billionaire buys it for his private plaything or a govt turns it into Ma Bell.
Yay!

@chuckadams I will #follow you!
Just a heads up: follow follow follow. You don't have to follow back unless you want to see more of the stuff I #toot
The more people and interests you #follow and use #hashtags to share, the more quickly your home feed will be overflowing with things *you* want to see!
No hurt feelings over #FollowBack because total numbers of followers is not the point here. #WelcomeHome to #TheFederation

@ChristyCeeCK It's been really nice to have a place to go where you can create #community without ads, and algorithms and manipulation. It's easy to #curate a meaningful experience and #support and #Raise up the voices who have been stifled by #Corporate all this time.
it's different here on purpose. And hopefully everyone finds the #instance that works best for them, then does their part to make #TheFederation #Awesome for all

@baratunde #TheFederation? Is it finally starting? #StarTrek

As developers and maintainers of such services, maybe you could shine some light on the matter.

@dansup @smallcircles @mastodonusercount @thefederation @ayushsharma22 @lightone @minoru @strypey

Why don’t you convey all of the efforts you put in creating and maintaining your service into a consolidated, feature-packed, and great looking unique one?

In other words: why don’t you all work together?

#ActivityPub #FediverseStats #Fedivese #TheFederation #FediverseParty #FediverseObserver