Princess Cadance Jul 7, 2023

I didn't find any MLP/pony groups in the fediverse yet so I created one at @pony and another at @[email protected]!
How to use these:

1. If you want pony-related content to reach you, follow @pony and @[email protected].

2. If you're posting anything pony-related, mention @pony and @[email protected] in your post!

3. Boost this post to help the groups catch on!

Why bother with this? Groups actively broadcast any content that @mentions them to everyone who follows them. They're meant to be more effective than hashtags (which work passively) at spreading content across instances and work across all fediverse software!

Edit: See responses. I created a second group on a different provider, @[email protected], because chirp.social looks like it's having issues

#group #groups #pony #ponies #MyLittlePony #MLP #mlpg4 #mlpg5 #mlpfim

Show threadQuillsJul 7, 2023
@Cadance
Oh a group huh, I'm familiar with the @a.gup.pe system, but i see this one is called @chirp.social, just looking at the group bio i can see that it has some differences like what seems to be moderation capacity, interesting! And yeah having a popular group for pones would probably be nice indeed
@pony
Show threadPrincess Cadance 

@Quilly @pony Yea, I was looking at a.gup.pe too but went with a group on chirp.social because I liked the idea of getting to customize how the group looks.

I'm not sure how well it's working though. Some issues I noticed so far:

1. The avatar I set for the group (visible on its profile: https://chirp.social/@pony) is not showing up here on equestria.social.

2. For some reason, only my own posts that mention the group are getting boosted. No idea why. I tried poking chirp.social's maintainer about it: https://equestria.social/@Cadance/110673903436267980

Maybe @[email protected] would work better? Am trying it with this toot. The "group has no owner" model sits better with me ideologically but chirp.social's groups are aesthetically much nicer, and the fediverse needs nice-looking things. I might mention both for a while.

Princess Cadance (@[email protected])

@[email protected] I created a group on chirp.social, @[email protected], and a few others have been mentioning it but only my own posts have been getting boosted. Can you see why these other posts mentioning the group aren't getting boosted? Example: https://equestria.social/@[email protected]/110673797965025958

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Jul 7, 2023 at 6:21pmWeb
Show threadQuillsJul 7, 2023
@Cadance
I see, yeah, understandable, So let's see what the maintainer there will say right?
@pony @[email protected]
Show threadPrincess Cadance Jul 7, 2023

@Quilly @pony @[email protected] Oh hey, the chirp.social group finally boosted its first post that wasn't by me! https://equestria.social/@vinesnfluff/110674198534903290

Still not sure what's up with that. But yeah, hope to hear from @mpuckett soon! No harm in mentioning both @pony groups for the time being - that's what I'll be doing at least.

Count Regal Inkwell (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Aaaaand, because I think that this picture is too good to not share, here's the original #art of Prince Artemis, which by some miracle, is still up on DeviantArt (seriously, a lot of fandom classics from 2013ish are just gone :poneconfounded: ) https://www.deviantart.com/whitestar1802/art/Darkness-Defines-Light-318844219 @[email protected] #mlp #fanArt #notMine #oldButGold #r63 #medieval

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Show threadmpuckettJul 13, 2023
@Cadance Are you still having issues with re-boosting? I think the server might have gone down for a while, but things seem to be normal now. I'll try to look into the avatar issue soon. Thanks for the report!
Show threadQuillsJul 7, 2023
@Cadance
Oh pony@chirp boosted my last post there, maybe it only boosts posts from people who follow it?
@pony @[email protected]
Show threadPrincess Cadance Jul 7, 2023
@Quilly @pony @[email protected] Hmmm. That's counterintuitive but may explain it? I wonder if the other people who made some posts mentioning the group did so before they followed it.
Show threadQuillsJul 7, 2023
@Cadance
Two other posts i did later weren't boosted tho, it's probably not that then...
@pony
Show threadQuillsJul 7, 2023
@Cadance
Oh, it didn't boost this one tho, so probably is not that
Hmm  
@pony @[email protected]
Show threadPrincess Cadance Jul 7, 2023

@Quilly @pony @[email protected] I edited the OP to mention both groups. That'll get things out to the most people!

To anyone following @pony who sees this, please follow @[email protected] as well!