T. Emil Rivera-ThorsenNov 18, 2022
Awesome Astronomy

Top tips from our short time here...

#hashtags are king. Use them, search them, follow them.

#Tusky is the best app

Use #ContentWarnings (CW) - consent here is an important principle.

Put descriptions on images as there is a large visually impaired usership here.

Don't just cross post from the #Birdsite. People actively block that.

#Boost (reblog) are the algorithm. Just favouriting a post only tells the author you liked it. Boosting tells everyone else. #Astrodon

Nov 18, 2022 at 11:21amWeb
Show threadGalaxyRise aka Dustin A RuoffNov 18, 2022
@AwesomeAstronomy yeah just realized the last bit and decoupled birdsite posts from coming here…
Show threadAwesome AstronomyNov 18, 2022
@galaxyrise I think it's OK to copy and post something of interest, making it more mastodon friendly, but straight cross posting is less good
Show threadGalaxyRise aka Dustin A RuoffNov 18, 2022
@AwesomeAstronomy Yeah I connected them so that I wasn't simply appropriating their content, but sharing as is, but then I was unable to edit the image properties for screen readers etc.. adn then a bunch of crap started coming over and I was deleting it here.. so going back to the copy/paste/attribute method!!
Show threadKlavsKlavsenNov 18, 2022
@AwesomeAstronomy with cross post, you mean post the same here, as you did on bird site? Why is that frowned upon? I would be happy if people i follow also post whatever thing they share here too, so I do not have to read on birdsite
Show threadAwesome AstronomyNov 18, 2022
@KlavsKlavsen It's more the posting straight from Birdsite, linking to it.
Show threadClaudiaNov 18, 2022

@AwesomeAstronomy

#Newbie here….how do I #boost ?

Show threadAwesome AstronomyNov 18, 2022
@Cresh it's the circular arrow sign, reblog or boost.
Show threadClaudiaNov 19, 2022

@AwesomeAstronomy thanks!!

(Also just figuring out how I find comments/replies LOL)

Show threadDavid F. MendesNov 18, 2022
@AwesomeAstronomy totally agree about Tusky
Now I am not sure I really get it about CW (when/why to use it). I've seen it used for such innocuous content that I even wondered: did this person put this behind a CW just to make me curious and actually look/read something otherwise I wouldn't probably even notice?
Now, seriously, do you know of any articles presenting guidelines and reasoning about the use of CW?
Show threadAwesome AstronomyNov 18, 2022

@davidfm it's used widely, sometimes for comic effect, but the general consensus is that for instance political stuff on a non explicitly political instance should be behind a CW with simple header so people can choose to look or not.

One great use I've seen this week was CW being used as a spoiler shield so people cN discuss Black Panther 2!

Show threadA L KatzNov 18, 2022
@AwesomeAstronomy Thank you for the tips. It makes the learning curve far easier to navigate!
Show threadAwesome AstronomyNov 18, 2022
@Alan no problem