Here's a comment for incoming Twitter users: I've found that some are really put off by the way Mastodon requires push and pull to get to information. Rather than Elmo telling you what to read (and steering you to most incendiary content), you have to go look for it and choose to consume it. Most notably, I've come to think of "Content Warnings" as instead subject lines, just like you'd use in an email, so readers can scan whether they want to read further.
@emptywheel Another best practice is to add topic hashtags like #USPolitics. This enables interested users to find your post via search and filter your post if they prefer to avoid that subject. Think of CWs and topic hashtags not as requirements, but as courtesies. Either one or the other or both is appreciated.
#twittermigration #mastodonmigration #hashtags #mastodontips #CW

@mastodonmigration When I first started moving over it wasn't clear what the hashtags would be. There were almost no #USPol tags then!

And while I like to think I'm using CW appropriately, I often forget to ALSO use the same hashtag.

@emptywheel Don't know what the standard is either. #USPol currently is 320 per week and #USPolitics is 267. #USPol is shorter so it uses less characters. Think you would be in a position to help set the standard.

#Hashtags take a bit of getting used to. Popping them in the body can make the post kind of unreadable, and putting them at the end burns characters. Think the best is a few key ones in the body and overall topic ones at the bottom or top.
#twittermigration #mastodontips

@mastodonmigration @emptywheel Me, I'll probably use the longer #USPolitics in my CWs to support screen readers (I've changed the way I do hashtags from how I did it on Twitter for that reason).
@dennis_jernberg @emptywheel Good point. Another comment concerning screen readers is that putting a lot of hashtags in the body makes the post really hard for screen readers because the reader says "hashtag" for every # symbol. However, several people commented that they don't mind and learn to filter it out.
#twittermigration #mastodontips #hashtags

@mastodonmigration

The human brain is AMAZINGLY adaptable.

@dennis_jernberg @emptywheel

@tarheel @mastodonmigration @emptywheel We're figuring these things out in real time, on the fly, to help other people adapt.
@mastodonmigration @dennis_jernberg @emptywheel as far as I'm aware, though I don't use a screen reader myself, capitalizing each word in a hashtag also makes them easier to parse
@mastodonmigration @emptywheel would be nice if the backend auto-picked ‘em up