WarInTheFutureNew here and still learning about Mastodon - please be patient with me. And if there are good tips about using this, please let me know!
Christoffer OlsenThanks for coming over! Big fan of your threads. You’ll be an excellent addition to my so far mostly empty feed.
jaanus@WarInTheFuture welcome!
Once you have managed to sign up and get the app (or use on web, doesn’t matter), it works quite similarly to Twitter. Follow, post, reply.
There is no “quote tweet” or a good way to link to others’ posts currently.
SkypYou can link to peoples post;
Here is yours:
https://mastodon.social/@jaanus/109295476871530884
@original_fractalator @WarInTheFuture when I tap on this link in iOS app, it switches to browser and doesn’t open it in app as I would expect. I suppose the iOS app will need some improvement to open links inline so I could directly work with them in the app.
Friedrich Moser@WarInTheFuture Great to see you here! Thanks for coming over!
James MartinThis guy has some helpful info about getting started here.
The Explorographer (@[email protected])
How do we reach the new folks coming in. A lot of them seem confused. Well, boost the heck out of this post! I will be making more videos this weekend on the app and webapp to help people out. Here is my intro to Mastodon video that seems to be making people happy. https://youtu.be/mrsiej2dpBY #newtomastodon #newuser #migration #twittermigration #help Follow me for notifications across instances on new videos when I release them! (And some art too)
Guy Neale@WarInTheFuture I’ve just joined having seen you are trying it out. Good to have something in reserve!
Sophie Breuer@WarInTheFuture It's good to see how many people with important voices are looking for alternatives to Twitter.
Stormness 🍂
RobinKGenuinely excited to find you here. You've been one of my favourite follows since 24 Feb.
Regarding tips, I am sure you have found these already, but if not:
Well-written backgrounder on the Fediverse in general: https://www.lawfareblog.com/what-earth-fediverse
Mastodon 101: https://github.com/joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon/
Mastodon 202: https://fedi.tips/
Searchable list of instances (large instances seem to be experiencing load issues what with all the Twitter refugees): https://mastodon.fediverse.observer/list
Hope that helps.
@WarInTheFuture And here is a very comprehensive list of Mastodon related resources: https://researchbuzz.me/2022/11/05/a-big-list-of-mastodon-resources/
Mihai@WarInTheFuture welcome to Mastodon. Increated account to follow you from Tw.
Munter S. Thompson@WarInTheFuture I used this super easy thing to set up cross-posting from Twitter to mastodon and vice versa. Dead easy. crossposter.masto.donte.com.br
Frank Schröder 🌻
Jo&Billie@WarInTheFuture Thx for the link on Twitter you are the first I’m following over here. Greatings from Belgium.
@WarInTheFuture Me too, I'm leaving Twitter but very glad you're here too so I can keep reading your views on Ukraine. Invaluable!
Mordant DasGerede@WarInTheFuture
Mick - we're all new! Just keep posting your valuable analysis.
Mick - we're all new! Just keep posting your valuable analysis.
@WarInTheFuture Glad to see you here!
@WarInTheFuture just installed Mastodon to keep following you. 🙂
LifeinCarms@WarInTheFuture I don't suppose it is any different to getting to grips with Twitter when we first joined.
Jack Groundhog 📷📸🪶@WarInTheFuture Pleased to see you and @markhertling here, sir! 👋🏼
@WarInTheFuture you should be able to set up a connector to retweet your toots or retoot your tweets, so you only post on one and it shows up on both.
https://medium.com/@pimterry/sync-your-mastodon-back-to-twitter-3c72f2bc8626
https://medium.com/@pimterry/sync-your-mastodon-back-to-twitter-3c72f2bc8626
Arthur Dent@WarInTheFuture Thank for making the effort to come to mastodon, it’s good to be able to still read your informative work
Allie@WarInTheFuture you should have a look at #twittermigration it's full of explainers and tips for newcomers! such as: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@antimnguyen/109295993526380374
Also, my own 2cents: don't hesitate to use # here. They're not about trends like on twitter, but more of a tagging system that will help your posts reach the interested audience (since there is no algorithm pushing it to them automatically, as explained in the post i just linked!)
Fella Roosevelt NAFO@WarInTheFuture from one Mastadon newbie to another, Welcome!! I am glad I can now read your content here also.
Cornelius Roemer@WarInTheFuture Put your handle in your Twitter bio to allow people to auto follow you using e.g. fedifinder.glitch.me
Make sure to put the first @ there too
Make sure to put the first @ there too
the roamerSo good to see you here on mastodon. Have been an eager follower of your Ukraine analyses on the other site, uniquely insightful.
nadezhda@WarInTheFuture Good to see you here. Just a single tip, since I know you like to do 🧵s.
The etiquette is not to have each post in a 🧵 hit your followers’ feeds one by one.
The trick is to make the first post public. Your 🧵 will be a series of replies to the first post, just like Twitter. Then set the replies to private before you publish them.
People will click on the first post and voila the entire 🧵 appears.
Jonas Koll 🤷🏻♂️⏱👁💻@WarInTheFuture great! Happy to see that important discussions are starting to take place here as well. So exciting…
FierceKinglet@WarInTheFuture so glad to see you here. I value your observations and analysis about the war in ukraine.