myrmepropagandistNov 10, 2024

My Fediverse Advice:

* Follow more people. No, even more people than that. Basically, if you find a real person and their posts are good follow 'em
* If you get a good reply to a post boost it. If you make a good reply to a post boost it. Replies are not visible in the feed unless you do this. As long as the post is an OK start to a conversation or interesting boost it.
* Write thoughtful replies. And if you put effort into a reply boost it or probably only the people tagged will see it.

Show threadGJ Groothedde 🇪🇺Nov 10, 2024
@futurebird Self-boosting is frowned upon, but I feel this is a mistake.
Show threadMy camera shoots fascistsNov 10, 2024
@Eetschrijver @futurebird
Where? On other platforms, it's weird, but here it seems quite acceptable and lots of people do it. Took me a while to get used to it, but it makes sense if you post something late at night to give it a bump in the morning when more people are online.
Show threadGJ Groothedde 🇪🇺
@Mikal
Oh, I agree. But the Mastodon software gives the option to mute self-boosts, so I guess not everyone's cool with it.
@futurebird
Nov 10, 2024 at 4:18pmTusky
Show threadMy camera shoots fascistsNov 10, 2024

@Eetschrijver @futurebird

Oh, I didn't realize that, but that's great. They can mute them!

Show threadSarah E BourneNov 10, 2024
@Eetschrijver @Mikal @futurebird That's a nice feature if you don't follow tons of folks so you likely saw them the first time around.