Being on Mastodon / the #fediverse reminds me of connecting with music-lovers on MySpace many eras ago. I’m meeting new friends and potential collaborators. It’s like being at a house party with an epic soundtrack that’s a mixtape of music by the guests.
This ability to truely connect has been sacrificed in the name of dopamine fuelled ‘engagement’ almost everywhere else. We have something special here.
I miss all the animated gifs and CSS hacks though!
I even once turned my whole profile into a fake, but partly usable #C64, using Macromedia #Flash, complete with a playable version of Pong and a cheesy demo.
While there is no record of the #Myspace page, I found the Flash file and managed to do a screen recording.
But yes, the networking and enthusiasm by all the #MastoArtists and #MastoMusicians here is amazing!
Edit: It even had the date (2006) on the Floppy name.
@meljoann @axwax @xylander you may want to have a look at @bbcmicrobot 😅
@johann @meljoann @xylander @bbcmicrobot
I'm a big fan!
Something like this is what I would like to have created then if the tech and my ability had been there.
@defaultmediatransmitter @axwax @meljoann
Yeah, it was hideous but also brilliant 🙃 the feeling of messing around with code on a mainstream platform was empowering in some ways
@xylander @defaultmediatransmitter @meljoann
Especially in the early days, when their site wasn't quite as locked down as it should have been.
It was the first (and more or less last) time I felt like a h4xx0r, when I saw that I could execute Javascript where one really shouldn't 😇
@xylander @defaultmediatransmitter @axwax @meljoann
If anyone misses the early MySpace, a reminder that the @spacehey social network website exists, allows self-verify profile links, and recently released an official mobile app.
@dec23k @xylander @defaultmediatransmitter @meljoann @spacehey
Haha, awesome!
Although, if it won't let me embed Flash, and if my first friend isn't called Tom I'm not interested 🙃
Ok, maybe I am- thanks for sharing!
@xylander We've never been on corporate social media, and it really sounds like a collection of weird places.
@xylander yes! 🥰😭💖✨✨