I was hoping to read about actual wolly mammoths.
this post was submitted on 03 Dec 2023
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That's why I clicked on it too. Also, mammoths and mastodons are different animals.
We are still in c/technology
Me too. Like obviously I could just go and read about mastodons now, but it just wouldn't be the same experience.
Did you know that mastodons were relatively short? Despite being nearly 40% more massive than modern African elephants, the American Mastodon was 25% shorter on average!
7 is a big one for me, I feel like mastodon's worst enemy is it's own developers.
Myth 11: Microblogging is a healthy and productive use of your time.
Myth 12: political discourse online will lead to consensus and alleviate fears.
Honestly, i haven't seen much people arguing about politics on Mastodon. It is a very nice place in that sense.
...social algorithms...
What is an algorithm?
The Geeks for Geeks blog has a great tidbit from their article Introduction to Algorithms:
Yeah, no, this author doesn't know what they're talking about.