Post APPM0j6emzLCF1TW76 by seanking@freespeechextremist.com
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(DIR) Post #APOciHVGBNaTTvoUzY by bastianallgeier@mastodon.social
2022-11-08T13:13:36Z
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Some people think Mastodon is too weird to become popular: I joined Twitter in 2008. We had to put a "d" in front of a tweet to convert it to a direct message and every other day you had some embarrassing private moments exposed because someone forgot about the “d”. Hashtags were just a community hack, introduced by Chris Messina to somehow tag content. Search? Hah, you wish! Tweets via SMS were supposed to be a thing. Oh, and the daily meet and greet with the failwhale. Totally not weird.
(DIR) Post #APOibS21Eu5DphGLGy by jomo@mstdn.io
2022-11-08T15:18:07Z
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@bastianallgeier @pfhllnts remember twitpic?
(DIR) Post #APPG0nm8pWfyztX2FE by 1HommeAzerty@mamot.fr
2022-11-08T18:03:30Z
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@bastianallgeier And not that far away there was this trick with a dot at the beginning of tweets.
(DIR) Post #APPLZHmeGZdDgO21Gi by Jinji@donphan.social
2022-11-08T21:51:28Z
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@jomo @bastianallgeier @pfhllnts Or TwitLonger?
(DIR) Post #APPM0j6emzLCF1TW76 by seanking@freespeechextremist.com
2022-11-08T22:39:43.793907Z
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@bastianallgeier Tweets via SMS sounds like a disaster now that we know the absolute flaws of it.
(DIR) Post #APPRA2M55ji4JjwsAS by mmu_man@m.g3l.org
2022-11-08T23:37:25Z
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@bastianallgeier oh, and the . before the mentions to avoid it being treated as a reply…
(DIR) Post #APPbtUzITxrPgzblL6 by tommik@mastodon.tech
2022-11-08T21:01:50.413528Z
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@bastianallgeier I think it might take some time for people also to learn that initial impression of the whole thing is quite dependant of the instance you create your account to.
(DIR) Post #APPbuSjmKn690EoDTs by admin@mastodon.tech
2022-11-09T01:37:51.958569Z
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Right you are ✅️
(DIR) Post #APVn3JtmwxiKA696P2 by bigzaphod@mastodon.social
2022-11-08T15:54:50Z
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@bastianallgeier oh geez.. I forgot all about the "d" prefix for DMs - and I was writing a client back then! Good times.
(DIR) Post #APVn3KJfOkPjSMFljs by bastianallgeier@mastodon.social
2022-11-08T16:00:08Z
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@bigzaphod I was such a big Twitterrific fan. You guys seriously changed the way we consumed and perceived Twitter. That site would have never gotten so big without the many amazing third-party applications and services.
(DIR) Post #APVn3KjXqX78kcMR4i by bigzaphod@mastodon.social
2022-11-08T16:01:03Z
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@bastianallgeier thanks - things were a lot more fun back then, for sure! I love the vibe here - it feels like we've come full circle again and I didn't expect that could ever happen.
(DIR) Post #APn0rcbUHXNTkDDizY by saskboy@mastodon.cc
2022-11-20T08:35:49Z
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MT @bastianallgeier Modified ReTweet too