I’ve decided to (re)start my blog. It’ll be a place for updates of family-related things and a few simple thoughts.
To see it, you could just visit the web page social.chadeb.com.
Instead, I hope you’ll create a Mastodon account and follow @chill@social.chadeb.com from there.
Also consider following:
@toot_chill@mastodon.online- My Mastodon account (Xwitter). I don’t say much here. I follow a lot of accounts here. I just Boost (retweet) and fave things.
@chill@gram.social- My Pixelfed account (Instagram). I’ve decided this is where pictures of Coco need to be, and pretty pictures that Luke takes of the sunset.
@chill@bookwyrm.social- My BookWyrm account (GoodReads). This is where I keep track of books completed, reading, or want-to-read.
You can follow all those accounts within Mastodon. All are ad-free, algorithm-free, free from personal data harvesting, and oligarch-free.
They are part of ‘the fediverse’, Federated Universe.
Kind of like the way that email servers are federated. Someone with a hotmail.com address can send and receive messages from a gmail.com address.
Social media platforms without the walls that lock you in.
Let’s talk Apps. There are many Mastodon apps for your phone, Apple and Android. For Apple I like Ivory. But there’s also the default Mastodon app.
When Twitter instituted its algorithm, I avoided it with the third party app called Tweetbot. When Twitter banned third party apps, the developers made Ivory for Mastodon.
Finally, if you enjoy your experience in the fediverse, encourage your friends to move.
Also, consider donating a couple bucks to your server host, a small donation to help them cover their costs. Remember, there aren’t any ads or selling your personal data in this system.
