Having a middle-of-the-night #BoostFest while I enjoy my various timelimes and #Lists with a mug of herbal tea.

Thank you everyone for posting such great content!

And don't forget, WE spread the news, #WeAreTheAlgorithm, so boost away when you spot good stuff (preferably with #AltText too if there are images)

I follow various #art #mastoart hashtags so I get various styles of art coming onto my home timeline that aren't really of interest to me, so I just #Mute them - it's that simple really, enjoy your art and sharing it with others who enjoy it.

I also see other art that you're free to draw and share. But let's have a bit of common sense - put content warnings on it (the little CW at the bottom of the posting dialogue box), and an extra warning in the #AltText (NOT a graphic description!!!) so that people can choose to engage with your art rather than having it pop into a timeline raw and unannounced.

If you do this responsibly, I'll just mute you. If you do this irresponsibly, I'll #Block and #Report you.

#WeAreTheAlgorithm

That was a quick experiment. My local area on the #BBCNews website. It's still quite heavily weighted towards bad news, but there's good news too if you look.

But on #Mastodon, we are the algorithm. Boost the good news, the important news, the warm-hearted news, as well as talking about the serious stuff in a considered non-threatening manner as you might when you're round at friends, and you're enjoying getting their points of view, sharing their troubles, and building communities.

It's a good place to hang out, this place we choose to share. I'd love to have your help to keep it that way.

I'd normally say it's just my late night musings and I'm not expecting replies, but this time, if you spot my musings and it resonates with you, give it a boost and help spread the message. But only if you want to. You choose.

#WeAreTheAlgorithm

With my current Mastodon settings, now I get a confirmation dialog for each Follow request.

Got one, went to look at that user's profile, and it's all shitposts. So denied the Follow and Blocked the user.

Viewed them on their server, then viewed the server's local timeline, and it's all shitposts. So I Blocked the whole domain.

I encourage others to do similarly.

Do encourage people acting in good faith.

But shut down trolls immediately.

#WeAreTheAlgorithm #mastodon

It's #welcomeWednesday 🎉

Your weekly reminder to check your home instance feed, #newHere #mastodonHelp and #introduction feeds to answer questions, boost new voices, and just generally check in to see how new entrants to Mastodonia are doing.

Remember, there's no algorithm to connect new folks, just kind-hearted humans like you. So get exploring! There are awesome humans out there you haven't even met yet, seek them out!

#weAreTheAlgorithm #mastodon #mastodonMigration #onboarding