(for those that remember the "Choose Life" monologue from _Trainspotting_)

[andypiper@macaw.social]

@kaffeeringe .... no. ❌

[shalf@mamot.fr]

@andypiper Something about small admin/mod team, forge/bazaar stuff?

[andypiper@macaw.social]

@shalf I was thinking about how to cover some of that...

[kaffeeringe@social.tchncs.de]

@andypiper Choose Fediverse.
Choose community over corporations.
Choose decentralized servers that don’t secretly monetize your attention.
Choose admins who are actual humans, not anonymous hotline bots following a script.
Choose feeds without algorithmic force‑feeding, without “We thought you’d like this,” without manipulative infinite scroll.

[kaffeeringe@social.tchncs.de]

@andypiper Choose posts that fade because the person behind them has a life, not because a company needs to optimize engagement KPIs.
Choose content written for people, not for reach.
Choose the luxury of not filling a billionaire’s timeline.
Choose federation, because you want to decide who you follow — and who gets to follow you.

[kaffeeringe@social.tchncs.de]

@andypiper Choose instances that feel neighborly, like small internet villages with their quirks, norms, and moderation teams that actually respond.
Choose Mastodon, Misskey, Pixelfed, PeerTube, Friendica, or whatever tomorrow brings.
Choose the option to move at any time without losing your digital life.

[andypiper@macaw.social]

Choose places where your words aren’t metrics and your friends aren't a product. Choose open standards. Choose an internet that doesn't depend on one billionaire's mood. Choose moderation with local norms over faceless algorithms.

[apart from open standards, I think these could do with some work]

[kaffeeringe@social.tchncs.de]

@andypiper Choose a network that doesn’t try to make you dependent, but leaves the door open when you need a break.
Choose conversation over conflict.
Choose slow social instead of doomscrolling.
Choose people, not brands.
Choose Fediverse.
Because maybe the internet isn’t broken — maybe it just needs to belong to us again.

[andypiper@macaw.social]

Choose creativity. Choose interoperability instead of being walled in or caged. Choose joy. Choose The Indie Beat!

[andypiper@macaw.social]

@kaffeeringe 😻

[andypiper@macaw.social]

Choose #Monsterdon. Choose #SilentSunday. Choose #CatsOfMastodon. Choose #BelieveInFilm. Choose #Mosstodon. Choose optionality. Choose respect.

[wcbdata@vis.social]

@andypiper I read this as "choose a thousand small communists..." and yep, it still holds up that way. 👍

[andypiper@macaw.social]

@wcbdata we're larger than you think! 😜

[eastmad@blacktwitter.io]

@andypiper But why would I want to do a thing like that?

[eastmad@blacktwitter.io]

@andypiper I chose not to choose Mastodon. I chose somethin’ else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you’ve got Bluesky?

[andypiper@macaw.social]

@eastmad 😜

[idlestate@toot.cat]

@andypiper

Choose clients in a range of fabulous front-ends.

[box464@mastodon.social]

@andypiper Choose #bloomscrolling over doomscrolling

https://home.scoobysnack.net/gallery/bloomscrolling.html

[sjcooke66@mastodon.social]

@andypiper Take a bow< Sir, to one of 'a certain age' you have just won the internet for today!!! PERFECT!!!😀

[andypiper@macaw.social]

@idlestate love this one!