Lord FalconisDec 19, 2022
Manitcor

So the WSJ posted this to help people transition:

https://www.wsj.com/story/how-to-use-mastodon-the-social-media-platform-blocked-by-elon-musks-twitter-7751455f

Here is an article on exporting your tweets:

https://matthiasott.com/notes/converting-your-twitter-archive-to-markdown

Any other good resources?

#mastodon

How to Use Mastodon, the Social-Media Platform Blocked by Elon Musk’s Twitter

Mastodon could be the future of social media—if you can figure it out

Wall Street Journal
Dec 19, 2022 at 4:19pmWeb
Show threadManitcorDec 19, 2022

https://mastodon.social/@ryanschultz/109540476079019517
https://mastodon.social/@drewharwell/109543912609412680
https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/109543826226766974

https://axbom.com/fediverse/

https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/29/some-tricks-to-making-mastodon-way-more-useful/

https://paulstamatiou.com/mastodon/

Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image A kind observation that exclusively calling this place "Mastodon" has a bit similar energy as saying "I just sent a GMail." "Fediverse" (or "fedi") is a more inclusive, general term. Mastodon is just one of many software projects that talk to each other to create this multi-instance social network: https://axbom.com/fediverse/ (kudos to @[email protected] for this fantastic infographic!) There are blogs, Reddit-like communities, video instances and many more, all part of fedi. #TwitterMigration #NewHere

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Show threadManitcorDec 29, 2022

thank you @kflanagan @aebrer @hairylarry

ive added some more links as well, hit me with anymore you find!

Show threadkflanaganDec 19, 2022
@manitcor
From @jeffjarvis https://youtu.be/Xnbct41Sxnk
An Introduction to Mastodon with Newmark J-School Professor Jeff Jarvis

YouTube
Show threadDrew Brereton - aebrerDec 19, 2022
@manitcor this page is also great https://fedi.tips
Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

Show threadHairy LarryDec 23, 2022

@manitcor

https://www.emptywheel.net/2022/12/19/leaving-las-birdas/

Leaving Las Birdas - emptywheel

In response to Marcy's ask, here's a checklist for journalists to prepare ahead of their likely banning -- assuming they're doing their job and afflicting the comfortable while comforting the afflicted at Twitter.

emptywheel