Zauberin Stardreamer [4" tall] @Zauberin@awoo.space

If I were to run a Mastodon (or equivalent) instance just for hosting comic artists and their series, would you join it? And if so, what could you pay to support it? Multiple tiers, of course.

Expect special features just for comic artists, such as a specialized posting UX.

Boosts appreciated!

Welcome to Mastodon: the decentralised federated transing machine that transes your gender

DeviantArt concedes and switches to having works opted out of their AI training pool by default. #deviantart

https://www.deviantart.com/team/journal/UPDATE-All-Deviations-Are-Opted-Out-of-AI-Datasets-934500371

Valve's very clear patch notes for Steam Deck / SteamOS updates put other vendors to shame who put things like "improves system performance" or "system stability improvements" with no actual details on what changed.

it's my #birthday can i get some #boosts

#vantabirthday

hey, post Renamons at me

kobold can do little a violence ✨

What a time to be alive

#punk

i've seen it going around, mostly from one user who came here in the last ten days, that #fediblock is "not to be used for individual users" and that it is "only for admins"

don't listen to that person, they are *wrong.* #fediblock was started by @CaribenxMarciaX as a way of letting communities protect themselves from bad actors and instances.

i repeat: #fediblock is EXPLICITLY open to everyone to report red flag users AND instances, and it has been for YEARS

It is especially important to work with states where wolves have been successfully reintroduced and now are considering or have delisted wolves, like Montana. They do, admittedly validly, criticize that those most passionate about it tend not to live there, but let us look at another state: Wisconsin. They tried delisting wolves and opening a season for hunting and trapping wolves. In one weekend, they managed to kill a third of all wolves living in their state. At the very least, the Wisconsin wildlife management teams realized their fuckup and promptly relisted wolves, but this could and should have been avoided.

In Montana, at least once a year we have to read stories of someone's dog being shot because an overzealous and unstewardly hunter mistook it for a wolf. Given those are incidents that make national news, it likely happens much more.

Mastodon isn’t twitter. And that’s what’s great about it.

It’s not facebook or Tumblr or Reddit either.

Doesn’t have to be and shouldn’t be. It can be better. There’s no need to chase clout or start fights, and if that’s what you’re after, there’s a little website that’s struggling right now that’s perfect for you, it’s called “twitter”

If you are not an #admin

please use #fediblock even though you were told not to

I created the tag
and it is for all of us to use

Yes, still report, block silence and or suspend

still talk to your mods and admin

but if you feel like you gotta warn the whole neighborhood, use #fediblock

I have been written out #fediblock as a tool way too many times now

between the account that was made

the external website that was made

and now ppl rewriting how it's used and for whom

ppl use it constantly yet @gingerrroot and I aren't getting tips but ppl wanna decide who and what its for

Stop the erasure

Look, say what you will about trans people seeking out hormone therapy.

But I'm a cis dude and as soon as I turned 40, my entire Facebook feed became 50% testosterone ads.

Gender affirming treatment is a thing for everybody, you're only bothered when some people do it in a way you don't agree with.