Thread about some differences and limitations that might surprise or trip up folks trying out #Mastodon. I'm no expert, just sharing info gleaned from reading up a bit and playing with it for a few days - hopefully can shorten learning curve for a few folk on the #TwitterExodus In short, if you are hoping for a drop-in, like-for-like replacement that works just like Twitter, it's not that, despite the superficial similarity. Most important, the way posts propagate, and who may be able to find them, is totally different to what twitter users are used to.

It's that map again. A short thread.
I am seeing this map being posted by leave supporters in response to the news of Vote Leave dropping its appeal. The argument appears to be: any swing introduced by illegality of cheating could not been enough to affect the outcome. 1/10 When the referendum result was reported, I was dismayed by this map. We had a referendum, a simple count across the whole voting electorate. The map was in effect re-interpreting the numbers, after the fact, as if it was a first-past-the-post election. 2/10