Mastodon habits I'm trying to lock in, rather than revert to my Twitter habits:

1) use CWs liberally
2) when threading, set first post to "public" and the rest to "not listed"
3) don't forget the description text when posting images (had to work on that in Twitter too)
4) throw in hashtags like it was Tumblr or Instagram when you want to reach beyond your followers
5) pin and visit hashtags to find more people
6) boost a lot

@pbinkley Why #2?
@palafo @pbinkley why ‘boost a lot’?

@t0nyyates Broadly, because that's how connections are made.

On The Big Blue Bird Site, tweets are shouted into the huge screaming cacophony, but here, toots go to your instance, your followers, and anyone they are boosted to.

If you like something, boost it, then people can judge the sort of thing you like and follow you, and thus connections are made.

@palafo @pbinkley