Mike Shea

Yeah, yeah. I don't need to talk about why it wasn't worthwhile. Those are some places. So what about the sort of small form, what they call microblogging platforms? And these are things like what used to be cool over on X and isn't cool, obviously not cool there anymore. And those two, two of the big ones are Mastodon and Blue Sky. I really love Mastodon, but it is not a super popular place.

Yeah, yeah. I don't need to talk about why it wasn't worthwhile. Those are some places. So what about the sort of small form, what they call microblogging platforms? And these are things like what used to be cool over on X and isn't cool, obviously not cool there anymore. And those two, two of the big ones are Mastodon and Blue Sky. I really love Mastodon, but it is not a super popular place.

Yeah, yeah. I don't need to talk about why it wasn't worthwhile. Those are some places. So what about the sort of small form, what they call microblogging platforms? And these are things like what used to be cool over on X and isn't cool, obviously not cool there anymore. And those two, two of the big ones are Mastodon and Blue Sky. I really love Mastodon, but it is not a super popular place.

And Blue Sky is, I think somebody said it's 20 times bigger overall, that 20 times more people are talking over on Blue Sky than are talking on Mastodon. But one major difference is Blue Sky is not yet federated. They say they are. The software is all open source. So theoretically, somebody could start one up.

And Blue Sky is, I think somebody said it's 20 times bigger overall, that 20 times more people are talking over on Blue Sky than are talking on Mastodon. But one major difference is Blue Sky is not yet federated. They say they are. The software is all open source. So theoretically, somebody could start one up.

And Blue Sky is, I think somebody said it's 20 times bigger overall, that 20 times more people are talking over on Blue Sky than are talking on Mastodon. But one major difference is Blue Sky is not yet federated. They say they are. The software is all open source. So theoretically, somebody could start one up.

But the cost to start up an alternative Blue Sky server is really big, not just in server, physical server costs, but also in moderation, in content control, legal stuff that you have to do. It's a big deal to fire up another Blue Sky server. It's really hard. It is not nearly as hard

But the cost to start up an alternative Blue Sky server is really big, not just in server, physical server costs, but also in moderation, in content control, legal stuff that you have to do. It's a big deal to fire up another Blue Sky server. It's really hard. It is not nearly as hard

But the cost to start up an alternative Blue Sky server is really big, not just in server, physical server costs, but also in moderation, in content control, legal stuff that you have to do. It's a big deal to fire up another Blue Sky server. It's really hard. It is not nearly as hard

as running a mastodon server as a little model as a test i actually went to a service called masta host where you can host your own mastodon server with your own domain name and stuff like that and i fired one up just to see what it was like it was six dollars a month So it's pretty cheap. Now that's on their hosting provider. So I have to trust that that hosting provider is going to stay up.

as running a mastodon server as a little model as a test i actually went to a service called masta host where you can host your own mastodon server with your own domain name and stuff like that and i fired one up just to see what it was like it was six dollars a month So it's pretty cheap. Now that's on their hosting provider. So I have to trust that that hosting provider is going to stay up.

as running a mastodon server as a little model as a test i actually went to a service called masta host where you can host your own mastodon server with your own domain name and stuff like that and i fired one up just to see what it was like it was six dollars a month So it's pretty cheap. Now that's on their hosting provider. So I have to trust that that hosting provider is going to stay up.

But it was my own URL. It was slyflourish at mastodon.slyflourish.com. So it was literally my own domain. But even that I was like, well, with the number of followers I have and the number of people that I follow, that $6 is likely to increase. And I am also happy with the other one that it was on. So I shut it down. Because I'm over at chirp.enworld.com because I like EN World a lot.

But it was my own URL. It was slyflourish at mastodon.slyflourish.com. So it was literally my own domain. But even that I was like, well, with the number of followers I have and the number of people that I follow, that $6 is likely to increase. And I am also happy with the other one that it was on. So I shut it down. Because I'm over at chirp.enworld.com because I like EN World a lot.

But it was my own URL. It was slyflourish at mastodon.slyflourish.com. So it was literally my own domain. But even that I was like, well, with the number of followers I have and the number of people that I follow, that $6 is likely to increase. And I am also happy with the other one that it was on. So I shut it down. Because I'm over at chirp.enworld.com because I like EN World a lot.

I know the people that run it. I talk to them. They're great folks. And it runs and scales just fine. So I've been over at chirp.enworld.com, which is my Mastodon server. One of the tricky bits about Mastodon is you have to know which Mastodon server to join. A lot of people join Dice.Camp. Dice Camp is run by Sage LaTorra, who's one of the creators of Dungeon World.

I know the people that run it. I talk to them. They're great folks. And it runs and scales just fine. So I've been over at chirp.enworld.com, which is my Mastodon server. One of the tricky bits about Mastodon is you have to know which Mastodon server to join. A lot of people join Dice.Camp. Dice Camp is run by Sage LaTorra, who's one of the creators of Dungeon World.

I know the people that run it. I talk to them. They're great folks. And it runs and scales just fine. So I've been over at chirp.enworld.com, which is my Mastodon server. One of the tricky bits about Mastodon is you have to know which Mastodon server to join. A lot of people join Dice.Camp. Dice Camp is run by Sage LaTorra, who's one of the creators of Dungeon World.

If you don't know what to do, just sign up over at Dice Camp and you'll be fine. I would recommend that. Chirp.enworld.com has actually been around for a long time, but there's not a lot of people over there. There's like a handful. I stayed over there because I've been over there for a while. And again, I know the people over there and I like them.

If you don't know what to do, just sign up over at Dice Camp and you'll be fine. I would recommend that. Chirp.enworld.com has actually been around for a long time, but there's not a lot of people over there. There's like a handful. I stayed over there because I've been over there for a while. And again, I know the people over there and I like them.