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.
For the first (ish) time, I'm missing the birdsite - because I've just finished the most incredible book, and in the past I could have tweeted the author to tell him how much I appreciated it. And I can't now. But I can still shout about it here. Every teacher in every type of context should read "I Heard What You Said" by Jeffrey Boakye - about being a black teacher in the UK. It's astounding. #Books#AmReading#JeffreyBoakye#Education#EduTooter@edutooters
The main theme from @neilhimself's #GoodOmens, composed by David Arnold, was one of the delights performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra and Huddersfield Choral Society at the #BBCProms this year. The concert was conducted by Anna-Maria Helsing.
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.
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