Posts by edwardchampion@toot.community
(DIR) Post #APLmlbOfhO18MWkCIa by edwardchampion@toot.community
2022-11-07T05:13:15Z
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One more thought before bed:Perhaps Twitter was meant to implode. Many described the place as a war zone or a cesspool. But will they be as drawn to Mastodon as they are to TikTok? Could it be that there was always a hunger to know the people behind the accounts and that the loneliness of the pandemic increased our need to relate and empathize? And can text alone actually address this hypothetical need? Putnam's BOWLING ALONE by way of COVID and the digital realm?
(DIR) Post #APLoJQl5rGzVATvUZ6 by edwardchampion@toot.community
2022-11-07T05:36:55Z
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@K8TDidToo Fair enough. There are always communities within any social media platform. Your mileage will vary, depending upon the type of person you are. I've found thar TikTok has been, by far, the best place for me. I have made friends and I am understood there in ways I never was on Twitter. Which is odd. Because I'm a words man first. Don't know if Mastodon represents a place where this can happen. But I'm trying it out!
(DIR) Post #APPLaT9BVE29DQ8Y1w by edwardchampion@toot.community
2022-11-08T15:41:54Z
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There is a paucity of musicians here in the Fediverse! Well, let's change that. During the pandemic, I began learning synth and keyboard. Before this, I played guitar (and picked it up again in 2019 after twelve years of not playing, where hundreds of goofy and angsty songs began pouring out of me). Now I compose on the side. Three podcast themes (including my Lalo Schifrin-inspired theme for "The Sonic Society") and a Western soundtrack. #musician #music #composer #synth #guitar
(DIR) Post #APPLlwGXa3Nii82xhw by edwardchampion@toot.community
2022-11-08T22:37:00Z
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@john I haven't tried Funkwhake and only just learned of it. But it looks like this is an open-source answer to Spotify that isn't so propietary?
(DIR) Post #APXB44sergxpvnTHEG by edwardchampion@toot.community
2022-11-12T16:31:41Z
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@QasimRashid $488k/month (assuming they all continue to pay). It would take Muskrat 90,163 months (or 7,513 years) to recoup his $44 billion investment. Pass the popcorn.
(DIR) Post #APa66XW5S3c31i9F2m by edwardchampion@toot.community
2022-11-14T02:50:56Z
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I was curious about what Sade's "Smooth Operator" would sound like if I sang it while eating a peanut butter sandwich. So, of course, I made a TikTok. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRQ1aoSu/
(DIR) Post #AQPkvwHuyuCcm6N1SC by edwardchampion@toot.community
2022-12-08T16:53:39Z
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@Raspberry_Pi @javielico Promoting fascism and wallowing in it like this when people rightly call you out on your venal and cynical bullshit is not the flex you think it is. You're no different from a Philip Morris publicist laughing off cancer and urging peoole to smoke up. Congratulations. I will never buy your products again.
(DIR) Post #AQPmi3nWSmy1v6fA2a by edwardchampion@toot.community
2022-12-08T17:07:38Z
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@Raspberry_Pi @TobyRobertsPi I just let my 30K followers on TikTok know about your support of fascism and authoritarianism, as well as the way that you have rudely responded to now ex-customers expressing concern, urging them to boycott your ass. If your intention is to burn your company to the ground, it appears that you are succeeding. NEVER buying a product from you again.
(DIR) Post #AQR2ESh389OMryVGnw by edwardchampion@toot.community
2022-12-09T15:25:20Z
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Can I just say that I love how sanely feisty you all are here on the Fediverse? Sure, you're angry, and with good reason. But instead of amping things up to 11 to gain clout and attention or letting your rage cloud or dictate your posts, you're actively coming up with viable strategies and you're NOT sugarcoating the difficulties. You're expressing principled thought and you're actually considering differing viewpoints. This is SO much better. Thank you!#dialogue #thinking