Popehat: I’m sorry, I don’t mean to offend, but I really deeply dislike Mastodon’s vibe. It’s like being trapped at a party with two other people: one who demands you debate them on whether Dick York or Dick Sargent was the better Darrin, and one who becomes irate that you said the word “Dick.”

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Hey Ken, I know you’ve given up on Mastodon, but I figured it doesn’t hurt to ask - any chance you could post this over there? Your account still has 100k+ followers, and this article is Just That Good, IMO I did retweet(post, whatever) the one you posted last year, but it’s a substack link. 😬

I’m sorry, I don’t mean to offend, but I really deeply dislike Mastodon’s vibe. It’s like being trapped at a party with two other people: one who demands you debate them on whether Dick York or Dick Sargent was the better Darrin, and one who becomes irate that you said the word “Dick.”

No apologies needed! I’m on both (and you followed me back on Twitter way back for reasons that will remain mystery 😂) I was impressed (in a negative sense ofc) that the Mastodon folks had managed to have a sufficiently negative vibe that you decided “screw it”. Figured was worth the ask!

I’m not gonna lie, your “hey, I’m gonna be over on BlueSky more than mastodon“ was met with sufficient levels of stupid bullshit that I was like “well, that would be solidifying MY reasons for leaving.” The post by the guy with the picture of Lucy and Charlie Brown w/Dorsey’s pic on Lucy aged well 😂

I remember and am pleased to follow again.

Well Ty! That was my social media claim to fame on Twitter! 😂 I think both these sites have potential, and there’s awesome people on both, but the humorless prigs on Mastodon needs to lose the HOA attitude (and it’s happening, but slow.)

"Link" , "needed" , "it" , "well" , and "slow" all have even numbers of letters. The quinton is leaving, and there's nothing you can do about it.

Oh, wait, that's just an avatar. You're not an RP gimmick account. Sorry for assuming lol

Feeling like chopped liver

Here I followed you - consolation prize. 😂

But fair warning:

Wraithe (@[email protected])mastodon.social 1️⃣ I actually only follow people who look like they’d be good eating in a cannabilistic post apocalyptic hellscape, but now I think I’ve said too much.

Eh, I’m mostly alcohol

Oh hey, I'm a chubby old lady. LOL.

So true. I feel the same about it.

Sir, you are in MY Wendys, and you WILL debate me about the ethics of your cheeseburger.

Understandable. Stick to your convictions. Also, it was Dick Sargent. 🤣

blocked and reported

How absurd. It's obviously Dick Gautier (he just didn't get the chance)

Dick Sargent was the better Darrin but the show was better with Dick York. There's no debate.

This a family app. We call it a johnson here!

I thought we called it an Alf hog?

This is a fantastic way to describe the vibe

“Dick”. Heh heh. Heh heh heh.

Do you mean that literally because there are only two people left there?

Mastodon would have a lot fewer problems if there were only two people there lol. Part of the major issue is that there’s so many people over there that even without the algorithm/feeds you still get swarmed(if you’re a large account)

I was being tongue in cheek, but I think the server I selected aus.social had issues and seemed very quiet when I stopped going there regularly.

Aus.Socialaus.social Welcome to thundertoot! A Mastodon Instance for the People.

Yeah, no, I was joking myself a little bit. My Mastodon feed is…daunting, and I’m following around 480 people. But I have an awesome iOS client (Mona) that helps dial it in* I don’t really use the instance feeds, other than time to time. *I’d really like to see BS get more 3rd party clients.

I haven't found that, but I have a relatively small, stable bunch of people I follow and don't go beyond very much.

I thought that also about Mastodon and one guy that got rude and blocked people if they didn’t agree with him.

I really can’t stand mastodon either

I use it for science feeds, mostly. And have a very small list of folks I pay attention to beyond that

This is a great description. made me laugh.... and nod.

Sounds most annoying because everyone knows the answer to that question is not up for debate

Mastodon is read only for me.

I haven't been to Mastodon much, but if it's helpful in improving the Bluesky vibe or making the time here feel more rewarding: I get a lot from reading your thoughts on recent events. I'm glad you post here, and I suspect there are a great many people who feel the same!

Spot on.

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