Peter BinkleyNov 5, 2022

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

Show threadAgnesNov 6, 2022
@pbinkley thanks!
2) makes a lot of sense! Realising I should have done that for the thread I sent out recently...
Show threadDanny (he/they)Nov 6, 2022
@mxkoder @pbinkley it's ok I feel like folks are getting this compressed experience of my first months (year?) of using the fediverse. Everyone makes mistakes but as long as we all learn to play nice together eventually the future is looking bright. Plus I bet there are interesting ways of interacting not explored yet (both good and bad) that the new expanded userbase will bring!
Show threadAgnesNov 6, 2022

@danwchan @pbinkley

Yes, I think there's a lot of steep-learning-curve onboarding going on!

I tried to write this to help (it's the thread I mentioned where I might have set the visibility wrong) - https://hachyderm.io/@mxkoder/109293223113462388

If there's anything that looks off in it please comment 😊

Show threadPeter Binkley
@mxkoder @danwchan nice - thanks for sharing that! I don't often find myself on a learning curve in company of such a large cohort all more or less in sync - it's exhilarating
Nov 6, 2022 at 7:42pmWeb
Show threadAgnesNov 6, 2022

@pbinkley
You're welcome! 😊

Learning together is fun, but I'm also looking forward to what my feed(s) will be like on here when the majority stop being about switching to here!
@danwchan