My least favorite thing about Mastodon has always been the unnecessary and snide convention of using “birdsite” when referring to Twitter. I’m not a fan of this sort of winky insider nonsense.
My least favorite thing about Mastodon has always been the unnecessary and snide convention of using “birdsite” when referring to Twitter. I’m not a fan of this sort of winky insider nonsense.
@adamprocter being silly is the point. Mastodon, has an established culture of being silly. Mastodon . Social spent the last few days obsessed with Fat Yoshi emoji. It a way to make something that can be a touchy subject fun.
@12ozbeehouse fair enough, I like silly but I think the comment was about in-jokes. Which I am not a big fan of.
@12ozbeehouse Silly is fine, but I worry that this particular bit of silliness can be a turn-off for new users. I know it was for me (although apparently I got past it :) ).
@jack I can understand that. But I think it is also instructive to see why. I think of birdsite as less of a inside joke and more of an extension of the community’s commitment to content warnings. Lots of the people who shaped mastodon’s culture were run off twitter by hate mobs
@12ozbeehouse Of course that makes sense, and can I understand why it's used that way, but I'd still prefer that it wasn't. Without enough context, it risks coming across the wrong way, and anything off-putting to new users should be avoided. That's the effect it had (and still does) on me, personally.