I suppose itβs my own neurosis or something, but I think:
Private messages on Mastodon are really creepy. <<<
There are pretty rare occasions when it is justified for a very good reason. For example, though itβs not a very good idea to toot passwords in the first place, donβt send someone a password in a public toot. Journalists, lawyers & others may accept tips or other sorts of contact that should not be public. There are very few such reasons, as far as Iβm concerned. And most of them are probably better suited to Signal. (Mastodon private replies are not end-to-end encrypted.)
Private replies to an account that doesnβt follow you show up in the sketchy notifications area, which isnβt the best way to get to know someone. Youβre in the dubious company of Fediverse Chick & Mastodon Support. I donβt see those notifications right away, if at all.
It amounts to someone I donβt know sidling up and whispering in my ear. On Twitter it was, βsliding into my DMs.β Ew. Thereβs no need for it. If I could disable it with a setting, I would. Maybe I just havenβt found it yet.
Please donβt send me private messages here. For the most part, you can expect them to be entirely ignored. That particularly goes for HangTrek & SarlaccPit guesses.
Iβll pin this on my profile & otherwise try to keep my antisocial vibe to myself. Thank you, as someone often says, for your attention to this matter. We now return to our regularly-scheduled horseshit.
Iβve been experiencing a number of symptoms on this account for several weeks, at least.
Outbound toots are delayed by a great deal (~1h). They donβt show up on othersβ TLs until long after Iβve posted. I suspect this varies by the other instance. I sometimes get much faster responses from certain users despite a general, overall delay of about an hour.
When there is a reaction or response to a post, I first see it on the Notifications tab in the UI (web or app) & often more or less right away. Then much later (typically an hour or so), a push notification shows up.
I suspect this has something to do with my instance, c.im, though the status page is always green. I wonder if it involves versions of #Mastodon or something (currently 4.4.3 on c.im). Iβve always assumed it would eventually clear up, but no sign of that yet.
So I think before long I may start another account. Idk if Iβll migrate this one or just have a second account. At least, maybe I can prove that the delay doesnβt follow the change of instance. Not sure what else it could be.
So Iβll go digging again, but in case anyone has opinions, any recommendations for new instances? I want to avoid the big, populous ones like mastodon.social. I chose c.im in part for high limits on posts (8 poll options, 5k char limit, etc). I also use the search function extensively. I think itβs not available by default, so not every instance has it. (Not sure if thatβs right.)
#Fediverse
Operator!
Can you help me make thisβ
What? Yes, Iβll hold.
#HelpMeASongOrPoem #HashtagGames
Raspberry Valet
#HelpMeASongOrPoem #HashtagGames
Spock binges Hee Haw reruns
#LazyDayForCharacters #HashtagGames #StarTrek
Rikki Donβt Lose the Book of Numbers
#LoveABookASong #HashtagGames
Baby Got Paperback
#LoveABookASong #HashtagGames
Get Out of My Dreams & into My Library
#LoveABookASong #HashtagGames
βBarkeep, make it a double.β
βSir, this is a Wendyβs.β
#BartenderTales #HashtagGames
I suppose itβs my own neurosis or something, but I think:
Private messages on Mastodon are really creepy. <<<
There are pretty rare occasions when it is justified for a very good reason. For example, though itβs not a very good idea to toot passwords in the first place, donβt send someone a password in a public toot. Journalists, lawyers & others may accept tips or other sorts of contact that should not be public. There are very few such reasons, as far as Iβm concerned. And most of them are probably better suited to Signal. (Mastodon private replies are not end-to-end encrypted.)
Private replies to an account that doesnβt follow you show up in the sketchy notifications area, which isnβt the best way to get to know someone. Youβre in the dubious company of Fediverse Chick & Mastodon Support. I donβt see those notifications right away, if at all.
It amounts to someone I donβt know sidling up and whispering in my ear. On Twitter it was, βsliding into my DMs.β Ew. Thereβs no need for it. If I could disable it with a setting, I would. Maybe I just havenβt found it yet.
Please donβt send me private messages here. For the most part, you can expect them to be entirely ignored. That particularly goes for HangTrek & SarlaccPit guesses.
Iβll pin this on my profile & otherwise try to keep my antisocial vibe to myself. Thank you, as someone often says, for your attention to this matter. We now return to our regularly-scheduled horseshit.
#SarlaccPit is a word #game similar to the classic #Hangman & also inspired by #HangTrek as played here on #Mastodon. One user hosts by choosing a word or phrase from #StarWars & then runs polls with choices of letters. The winner of each poll is used as a collective guess from those playing. The results are revealed & then a new poll is run until someone guesses the result.
Suppose the host chooses βThe Forceβ as the answer to the puzzle. The puzzle would initially start as:
_ / _
Choices might be:
A as in Alderaan
E as in Endor
O as in Onderon
U as in Utapau
If E wins the poll, the result would be:
E / E
Then a new poll would run. This repeats until someone guesses. Then that person runs the next puzzle.
1/3
Darth Hideout π³οΈβπ