So. Thought exercise.
Most of the previous postfurry worldbuilding attempts I've been a part of have been designed at least in part to mimic the medium they were designed for.
PBX and 12Fold incorporated the weird topology, immortality, and metaphysical consent rules of a MUCK. Fluorocrash is supposed to be a world that's somewhat aware it comes in "splatbooks", and shopping for new equipment and powers upgrades is an innate acknowledged part of the culture (kinda like Finn's swords in AT).
Based on the above principles, if we ever do put together any kind of IC-only Mastodon instance, I think it'd be good to continue this tradition, and knowingly model it after the Mastodon "reality."
So let's start the brainstorming here and now, even if it never goes anywhere. What kind of world would pop up in a Mastodon instance? Could we play with its connection to the "real, human world?"
What kind of settlement can you build in a world that exists only 500 characters a time?
@zebratron2084 I'm about to go offline for a while (probably couple of hours), and I'll be chewing on this idea, but the image that jumped on me and pummeled me badly was of--floating platforms and tethers. a "tether line" is a link, any kind; a platform is a personal space. the platforms link together like refugee ship islands; people link on or cast off as they please.
@zebratron2084 anyway NO REALLY GOING TO STORE NOW /vroom