Jose Luis OrihuelaNov 14, 2022

#Newbies: 6 Tips for beginners

1/6 Post a short personal introduction headed by #Introduction, then you have to pin it to make it stand out on your timeline. Use #hashtags for all relevant words. Example: https://mastodon.cloud/@jlori/109331733327310686

2/6 Explore the internal search engine: you can search for tags (#hashtags), users (@username@instance), profile URLs (https://instance/@username) and posts URLs (Toots).

Jose Luis Orihuela (@[email protected])

#Introduction ¡Hello, Mastodonians! I am a professor of #Multimedia Communication at the #University of Navarra, School of Communication in #Spain. #Blogging since 2002 and #Tweeting since 2007 about the impact of technological #innovation on #Education, #Communication and #Media. Author of: Culturas digitales (2021), Los medios después de internet (2015), Mundo Twitter (2011) and La revolución de los blogs (2006). Interests: #DigitalLiteracy #MediaLiteracy #MediaStudies #Journalism

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3/6 To follow users from other instances you have to copy the username or profile URL and paste it in the search field.

4/6 To follow a topic (for example: #MastodonTips) search the tag and fix the column (top right corner/ Settings/Fix).

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5/6 You may like to follow the #Admin of your instance, look for it in the home page of the instance. By the way, #Mastodon founder Eugen Rochko’s username is: @Gargron.

6/6 In order to make your content more visible in #Mastodon, you can use hashtags within the text and also at the end of your postings.

#MastodonMigration #TwitterMigration #FediTips #Newbies #NewHere

Nov 14, 2022 at 11:49amWeb