even birds awoo
@dog we already have a new scotland! which reminds me, i often wonder why nova scotia has a latin name
self promotion
this is bleak, a member and co-founder of a bay area photography worker co-op.
i capture light to show the world soulful places, people, ideas, moods, hopes, thoughts, and feelings.
silence is my canvas in making music, voices, sound effects, and audiobooks
important thoughts and observations come out of me sometimes, like today
i give all these things away freely, asking only for contributions from the most capable
@candle yeah i was just wondering that 🤔
@TovarishchLisa hiii awoooooooo
@ok yeah it's a big issue imho. default mastodon install just encourages signup without reading
one small thing icosahedron.website does is making the default landing page the 'about' page instead, which talks about that specific instance, with link to its 'rules' page upfront, rather than buried
@lilybunny yeah thank goodness the esc key will dismiss the large image at least haha. that's easy to hit fast
❕ Hey, new folks, noiob here, I am (currently the only) mod here on awoo (we're pretty smol). There's been concern about influx due to the #mastodown stuff. I'd like to remind you that we are not "yet another instance" but an experiment to provide a safer space than the mastoverse currently is.
That includes us having a stricter federation policy: You will only see posts from whitelisted instances here (currently only mastodon.social iirc).
one mistake i keep making: i click on a 'sensitive content' image, realize it really is too sensitive to show at the office, so in order to undo it, i reflexively click it again, which actually blows it up to full size 🤣
maybe i should make a habit of clicking the 'eye' icon to reveal rather than the image itself, heh
@Firstaide this is what i'm leaning toward
Hey there new awoo.space friends. We have a nice peaceful instance here, and in order to keep in that way, please bear this in mind:
While queer furries are the 'old guard' of mastodon.social... here we run the joint. You are in our house, and we expect safety and calm to be the order of the day here. If you want something more lively or tech-y, find another instance.
Still wanna stay? If you behave and respect us, you're welcome.
awoo.space is explicitly a safe space. If that phrase makes you scoff, please show yourself the door. If it sounds kinda nice? Well, maybe you belong here.
to all new awooligans: this instance is supposed to federate with mastodon.social but i think something isn't working properly at the moment. they're (usually) getting posts from here but we're not getting anything from there.
it should be a temporary problem? i think our benevolent overlord vahnj is gonna look into it
i like bunnies and godzilla. he/him. alt account of @bunnyhero in this cozier, safer space. warning: i will vent here