normally i'd just dig up and boost one of my old posts from a previous migration

but they're on my old account on cybre.space so yeah lmao

okay so like

on twitter you're supposed to be all sassy and quippy and shit to please the algorithm gods and make numbers go up right

on here you can just be honest and genuine and yourself and it's awesome

tl;dr

you must abandon the twitter mindset

the most important thing i think you can do is just open yourself up to learning

take some time to sit back and see how things are done here

because a lot is done very differently and much of that is intentional

take some time to really digest all the new user tips and such

this place isn't trying to replace twitter

it's trying to not be a dumpster fire like twitter and it succeeds greatly at least in comparison to corporate social media

i didn't think i'd have to mention this but i suppose some peeps might not know so i guess it's worth it just in case

there's NO ALGORITHM here

timelines are chronological

and there's NO ADS here

mastodon instances are generally the one place i can visit with ublock origin on and not have anything blocked

so yeah lol

but don't donate to the official mastodon project lol

gargron isn't by any means hanging by a thread financially like lotsa peeps on here, and that's to say nothing about the bullshit he does

smaller instance admins are the real ones hurting here

as well as peeps in the #MutualAid hashtag

if you find yourself inclined towards giving back to the fediverse at some point, start there instead