Made a Mastodon Account!

[alias_sqbr]

There was some discussion on twitter about how appalling twitter is, and since Mastodon seems to be the most popular alternative I decided to check it out. And then the helper tool led me to an instance that let me be sqbr@im-in.space and I had to join.

Anyway, if you have an account add me so I have someone to follow! I can't really speak to whether it's a good social network since my network right now is just me and the status account, but it seems ok for posting and stuff. And I know I have seen interesting looking people mention having accounts, so next time that happens I can follow them.

Comments

[wolfpurplemoon]

I've just followed you from wolfpurplemoon@mastodon.social! im-in-space is an awesome sounding instance ^^

[alias_sqbr]

waves and follows you back I'm up to THREE now!! (...including the status account)

[wolfpurplemoon]

yay! :D

[fred_mouse]

I had a look at the helper tool, but I don't think I get what it is suggesting to me -- does it require that you pick a group to join, and go from there?

[alias_sqbr]

Yes. You pick a group, which sets your url. You can follow and tweet to etc people in other groups, so the group you choose doesn't affect a whole lot.

[fred_mouse]

Thank you.

At this point, I don't think I have the oomph to add something else to the list, but it was interesting to look at. I'd be interested in hearing how it goes when it gets a greater following, if it occurs to you to post on it again.

[alias_sqbr]

So far it VERY DEAD but if it ever picks up I will definitely post an update.

[fred_mouse]

Sad to hear VERY DEAD. :{

May it gain momentum at some point.