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What is it with the furry art community and mastodon? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by Alexmitter@kbin.social to c/chat@yiffit.net

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I use twitter and I really like the furry art community on there. I also like Mastodon or related ActivityPub services.

Due to recent events lots of people search for alternatives and I feel just very frustrated see all those artists looking for Zucks Threads or Jacks Bluesky when Mastodon is right there, without a chance of a twitter situation ever happening again. They seem to avoid Mastodon like cats avoiding water.
What have we done wrong, and how can we make it better.

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[–] Alexmitter@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It so happens that gen-z actually ranks lower in advanced tech skills. Gen-Z learned to use tech, but not to understand it as much as those of us who experienced the early-to-mid internet and computers.

The kids today do not even know what a folder is, or what filesystems do. I am scared about our all future.
We need to do it like the brits, give every kid a Rasperry Pi in school and teach them actual computer skills, not Excel.

[–] yote_zip@pawb.social 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It is by design, unfortunately. Apple pushes iPads into schools so that people grow up in Apple's walled garden.

[–] Alexmitter@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

If they live in the US, where this is probably the most common, I guess most kids to anyways.

[–] HappyMeatbag 1 points 1 year ago

I’m not sure if this is a deliberate plan, or just a “happy” (for Apple, etc.) side effect.

Most technology, especially consumer technology, gets easier to use as it matures. Ease of use becomes a selling point. Look at automatic vs. manual transmissions in cars.

There may be a deliberate effort to make the public less educated in these areas, but I don’t think that’s a major reason.

[–] Nyla_Smokeyface 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How do kids not know what a folder is? All operating systems have it. Even iOS has folders, whether in the Files app or just as the homescreen folder.

I will admit that I am not an expert on how the different filesystems work.