Public Service Warning
Mastodon has a very big surge of new users right now. There's no way to tell if it will be sustained, but at this early point it looks similar to Nov 18 when Musk pulled the employee purge.
It is very challenging for system administration to accommodate so many new users. If your server starts to struggle, it is not broken and will get sorted out.
We're all in this together. It's our social network. Be patient. What we are building is amazing.
@ICDURCALI @mastodonmigration Hashtags are your friend. Use them liberally and add them to your profile. You'll find your people soon enough.
Or your people will find you. 😉
@dbsalk @ICDURCALI @mastodonmigration
One important note that I discovered the hard way...
When typing #hashtags in Mastodon, putting the pound sign before things you have already typed doesn't make it an active hashtag. You have to type the pound sign, then REtype the hashtag text.
I have that as an old habit and early on, I kept forgetting to do that.
(#newbie info.)
@AnneTheWriter @ICDURCALI @mastodonmigration I'm trying to remember if I've had issues with that. Maybe it depends on the app you're using? 🤔
I do know that in general, if a hashtag has more than one word, we should separate them out with caps. This helps the visually impaired who use screen readers.
Thanks for the feedback. #OxfordComma FTW!
@dbsalk @ICDURCALI @mastodonmigration
I edit my posts in Firefox (my default on my phone). Maybe that's a factor? Idk.
Mastodon Migration
David Brent 📚
ICDURCALI
Anne Fisher