I'm thinking about Mastodon in a wide view, in the world of social media, this feels a little outsider, while at the same time it also feels like it might be the future. So, let's talk about it!
What do you get out of Mastodon?
Why are you here?
How has it compared with your other social media experiences?
What do you see for the future of Mastodon?
What do you want to see?
And basically anything else about it you want to say about Mastodon.
LET'S TALK!
@mambearpnw Maybe? With the new search feature you might be able to just search for Holly or Stephen King, but the #Holly or #StephenKing hashtags will work if someone used them. I don't get many hits on the first, but I get plenty for the second.
If you're a reader you can follow #Bookstodon or the auto-boosting group @bookstodon (this makes it easier to find people who use the hashtag), people love to talk books with those.
Having been there, it’s so strange to see her in that space and to recognize it even though it has changed so much. When she says “this must be an early version of the Smithsonian” I almost felt like I was time traveling back there with her.
Threads isn’t even federated with the greater Fedi so IDK why it’s even being contented here. In the scope of people who actually use the fediverse Mastodon is king.
Join us on Thursday for Locus in Conversation: The Creative Reality of AR/VR and the Metaverse with authors Daniel Abraham (The Expanse) & Aliette de Bodard (The Tea Master and the Detective). This is a FREE, virtual event on Sep 21 at 1pm PDT. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/710542831737/
@neilhimself thinking about introducing my child¹ to Neverwhere² but I'm not sure she'll get the references (she's spent like 2 days total in London). Thoughts? Maybe I wait? I will take any advice
¹ almost 10 years old only, but precocious....a big fan of Jane Austen for example.
² my favorite of yours.
@Girlonavespa Yes. When I read Neverwhere, I had never set foot in England (I was an adult, though), I knew there were many references flying way above my head, but it didn't prevent me from loving the book and becoming a lifelong fan of @neilhimself in the process.
@neilhimself well it was a moot point. A day or so after I asked this I went into her room to find her reading it! I was v confused because I hadn't mentioned it to her, but we recently finished watching GO2 and I think she must have known that was you too, wandered past the Folio Society edition of Neverwhere on the bookshelf and your name caught her eye.
She is enjoying it greatly and loves Door! I might try Stardust next.
(It's also a lesson in the value of growing up with a home library.)
This is an excellent post, especially her point about FB the "friends" there and how pleas for help will go unanswered. It's something I've experienced; I've quit asking.
I feel like we've gotten too silo'd. Sure, when I was RWA and the only erorom author in the group I was looked down upon. The local SF con said I wasn't a real writer because I wrote romance/smut with SFF elements (that still hurts to this day)
I believe when the marketers invaded publishing around 2012 and started teaching us "rapid release" and "dictate for MOAR WORDS!" we began to lose the community and look upon everyone as someone to market to. Now that social media is fragmenting and communities are losing homes, there's no sense of support, no holding up one another so none of us drown.
The widgetization of books has turned all of us into producers of widgets, not people who pour our essence into our stories to share.
So to me, one of the most radical things we can do is reclaim that community. Reach out to one another. I remember group blogs and shared worlds and I'd LOVE to find those again in whatever form they take here. We need to remember that books aren't widgets, their pieces of our soul sent into the world to nourish and sustain not just us, but our readers too.
@Duchess I hope replies also work. i have attached an image again for test. UPDATE : Looks like image is not working in replies.
UPDATE 2 : But I can link the image, thats good atleast Image
Wow. Ok. Normally I feel like it's a bit overplayed to individually comment on #MDPI or the whole #AcademicChatter conversation, but this is really a must-see:
A Special Issue where the guest editors are lead or senior author on 27 of the 28 papers published through it. Were they also their own reviewers!? Like... that sounds like I'm taking the piss, but... no seriously were they? https://www.mdpi.com/journal/processes/special_issues/Biologics_Botanicals
I guess this is a preview to an upcoming post. Look forward to it...
Do you think potential candidates should be reimbursed in some form for taking assessments that are required by the employer in order to be considered for employment?
Also, should this be available for only job candidates who are not considered for the position?
Or should it go for every job candidate, even the ones that get the position?
Thanks for reading and being your most precious and sensual self ❤️.
I did a 2 day long “bootcamp” for the company I now work at. Basically two days working directly alongside my future colleagues but on a non-product related exercise task. I really appreciated it. First day was still weird and I was nervous, but on the second day it already felt normal and all conversations were extremely relaxed.
I got involved in the daily team routine, took part in coffee talks, etc
Doing the actual task was just time filler for getting a feeling of the new workplace and for them to see if I fit in.
Especially thanks to the second day I knew I loved it there and that switching job will be the right move.
This was before Covid, though. Today this probably wouldn’t work anymore, with most people working from home and most meetings being remote anyway.
What I am saying is: it’s not just for the company that hires you, it’s also for yourself. Expecially if you have to quit another job first.
Listening to @neilhimself on No Such Thing as a Fish about why bagels originated from anti-Semitism in Poland. Also learnt that the word "lox", as in smoked salmon, is about 8,000 years old.
It's a long scroll down the page, but our (FourPlay String Quartet) album Signs of Life with @neilhimself has been nominated for Best Classical Album in this year's ARIA Awards!