INTRO TO FEDERATION:
1. "mastodon" is a piece of software that runs on a server. There's a lot of servers that run it & u can follow ppl on other servers.
2. When u follow someone from another server, your server receives their toots.
3. The federated TL is all public toots that the server receives, ie all of the toots from everyone that ppl on your server follow.
4. ERGO: if u want to see more toots in the fed TL, follow + get other ppl on your server to follow ppl from other servers!
So where are the cryptocurrency traders in the house? #altcoins
feature suggestion - have my Home panel showing the last share (I'm not calling it a 'toot') I read so I can catch up in chronological order
Coke: "I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony. I'd like to buy the world a coke"
Pepsi: "Placate those who wish to destroy you by giving them sugar water"
Do you think the people who started discord, a communication platform, know what the word discord means? Their name is the antithesis of the service they provide. I can't help but think they meant to name it 'Discourse' but had a public school education.
Reminder: "public timeline" refers to any and all toots by people using accounts on your instance/domain
"federated timeline" is all instances not blocked
Want it to start with a 'T?' Call it a 'Tell' #fixtoot
Or hell call it a 'Bark' if this is really twitter-but-not-twitter #fixtoot
How about 'Cast' like broadcast or casting a line out #fixtoot
There has to be something better to call it than a 'toot' #fixtoot Let's get some ideas going.
How do people get the 'verified' icon?
Was it this hard to take in the public stream and decide who to follow when I started on twitter?
Is there a language filter here? I really don't need to see a bunch of posts I can't read.
Any cryptocurrency fans in the house yet? Altcoins are on fire.
Well, I guess this is my first toot... Kinda wish they'd named that action something different.