Jerry LevineNov 5, 2022

KEEP IN MIND! #Mastodon doesn't work like #Twitter!

Have you just made the #Twexit or the #TwitterMigration?

Favorites ⭐ - they're not "likes". They don't "elevate" posts, they just the poster know you liked their post.

Boosts 🔁 - these push someone's post into your friends feeds (and help discovery).

So if you ⭐ my posts, that's great (and I love you too)!

But if you 🔁 posts, then more people see them!

OH! - #Hashtags are how you search!

#mastodon #MastodonTips

Show threadErika Nolte
@jerrylevine how do the different servers work? I want to find people with similar interests but don’t want to be in just one pigeon hole. I know it’s not Twitter, but hoping to see things I’m interested in plus random fun stuff
Nov 5, 2022 at 7:23pmWeb
Show threadPatrick McLaughlinNov 6, 2022
@erikanolte if a metaphor helps, think of instances as being villages (if small), towns, or even cities). You can see and hear most of what goes on in the village easily. It’s your neighborhood. And you can get to know and follow individuals in other towns. And track public conversations between communities on a subject (hashtag).
Show thread(Matthew)=> 🏳️‍🌈🇿🇦🎮💻📖Nov 6, 2022
@erikanolte @jerrylevine Yeah hashtags are king here. But you can follow people from other servers in the one you are, it's a bit annoying, you have to search their profile URL and follow them from the search results. But the functionality exists, so if there is someone on another server you want to follow, you can.
Show threadChrono MatthiasNov 7, 2022
@mdstevens0612 @erikanolte @jerrylevine Yes, you nailed it. This is the biggest hurdle to mingle people easily.
Show threadthesuperpapagaiNov 6, 2022

@erikanolte @jerrylevine

For now, I've just been browsing other interest-specific servers and just following people that interest me on that server back in my main server.

Show threadSophie JaneNov 6, 2022
@erikanolte @jerrylevine That’s very much how the different servers work - not single-topic discussion so much as loose communities with a shared vibe. And it’s easy to create accounts on multiple servers if you want to get a sense of the options - you don’t have to migrate your existing account
Show threadGodfrey642Nov 24, 2022
@erikanolte @jerrylevine you search by using #