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 threadjohnwallace
@jerrylevine That’s exactly how I thought Twitter worked too though? 🤷🏻
Nov 6, 2022 at 3:35pmWeb
Show threadmooncubeNov 6, 2022
@johnwallace @jerrylevine Not anymore, on Twitter anything you do now, either reply, like or retweet, may or may not push the post you interacted with into your followers’ TL. Seems completely arbitrary, it’s an opaque algorithm that just does whatever. 🤷
Show threadJames WoodNov 6, 2022
@johnwallace @jerrylevine People using Home rather than Latest Tweets see all sorts of rubbish thanks to likes and replies. The Mastodon behaviour is basically the same as Latest Tweets, as far as I can tell, except that you know that everyone else will be using it too.
Show threadjohnwallaceNov 6, 2022
@mudri @jerrylevine Good to know! I was a “Latest tweets” kinda guy! 👌🏼
Show threadAdam McDonaldNov 7, 2022
@johnwallace @jerrylevine same, I definitely didn’t have promotion in mind when I liked things on Twitter.