Since 2022 Games for Music's Mastodon account is at http://tabletop.vip/@gamesformusic, where we moved from a bigger non-profiled server/instance. If you edit the wiki, you can join or take over the social media duties at any time, for example by volunteering in the comments below. The activity is a partial continuation of G4M Twittering, where the account was deactivated in 2023.
Comparing to the "birdsite" there is less promotional activity and more helpful polls, with a much higher response rate than before. It is quite sad that many great contacts from Twitter didn't move to the Fediverse (yet?), but there were also new accounts and activities to encounter here, and discussions are fruitful.
As a discovery tool G4M's Mastodon has the best follows and well-maintained mute-list for words or accounts. ;) The "follow back" policy applies to those who show any connection to games or music in their description or #introduction post. Although later, an unfollow may occur depending on contents of the feed. Posting images only, or just short jokes is the most frequent reason for this slight distancing, because such toots (i.e. Mastodon's posts) don't give any technical way of opting out. Hashtags on Mastodon are great, please consider marking each your #joke or #meme appropriately. ;)
The auto-delete option is on, but some toots are kept. The current practice is to hold on to about 200 entries, historical or current. Recently, Mastodon is an important part of running wiki interviews, because it's a main source of follow-up questions.
Automated fellow users
If there's a bot on Mastodon that may help or inspire you to play improvised music, let's have it on a list below:
- @oblique_strategies@botsin.space — cards from the famous deck photographed,
- @graphicscorebot@botsin.space — generated visual notation,
- @variations@botsin.space — …on a theme,
- @sounddescription@uff.rip/@closedcaptionsbot@mastodon.social — from movie subtitles,
- @fakegenrebot@botsin.space — over-the-top styles,
- @InstrumentBot@sculpin.social — how would that sound?,
- @MalikaBot@botsin.space — weird genres/specific ideas,
- @indistinctchatter@botsin.space — decontextualized captions with an image.
If you think anything should be added to this subpage, please drop a hint or a link for future editors.