It is deeply funny to me that Mastodon is a place where AI bros cry because they can't get any traction, but a single picture of moss can give anyone, no matter their other content or follower count, positive feedback for the rest of time.
Try it. Post a picture of moss. See what happens.
@paparatti it's the moss echo chamber!! run for your lives!!1!
@paparatti Next time I touch grass - or in this case, moss - I might try it 

@paparatti I've actually been sitting on some (previously unpublished) macro photographs of moss, so lets give this a shot

https://functional.cafe/@hungryjoe/116360499513364944

@hungryjoe hashtag it! It needs the #mosstodon final touch!
@paparatti That wasn't part of your original pitch :P
@hungryjoe that's the part you're supposed to work out by yourself! Everything gets a hashtag, for your own sanity and the good of someone else's organic search.
@paparatti @hungryjoe To be fair, if it's a good moss pic, someone will comment that it needs the mosstodon hashtag to let all the other mosspeople check it out. (At least that's what I hope.)

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How about a digital block of moss. It is moss, yet it is artificial! What will happen? What would John Mastodon do?

#mosstodon #minecraft

@paparatti I saw some moss on the dog walk yesterday, and was thinking, hm, I should take a picture of the moss. it's moss season. I neglected to take that photo but I will next time!

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Can’t get engagement on your posts bro? Idk I don’t have that problem, must be a you thing

(Posts desperate pleas for help about my garden)

@paparatti a cat on moss would cause riots.
@paparatti You know you could just ask if you were in need of new moss pictures 😁
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Ok, but you should tag #mosstodon if you want to see some moss.
@lysdexic @paparatti man that's good moss
@adr @lysdexic @paparatti that response genuinely made me laugh. And I needed that.
@paparatti I think that even conversations about liking moss will give you traction 😀
@paparatti @BlippyTheWonderSlug Oh yeah, some of my old #DogsOfMastodon posts still get a second (third, fourth, fifth) wind even after a month of inactivity.
@paparatti The fediverse is good. That's why it will pass. Nothing good stays. Everything good goes away eventually.
@paparatti Don't jinx it, they'll just spam AI-generated slop images of moss until people give up on following mosstodon

@paparatti
For real.

Or a windturbine.

Place slaps.

@Brett_E_Carlock @paparatti What's the windturbine hashtag?
@paparatti - I was talking with an #instagram friend about some irritating reply on Mastodon from the other day and they said "Oh, you need to give the algorithm feedback if you don't want to see that type of thing" and I just said ... there is no algorithm.. and you could see the mixed look of awe and horror at the thought. #mastodon
@dplattsf @paparatti Oh, there is, dear.
@KurtKettler @dplattsf @paparatti The null algorithm, your followees in chronological order. You manipulate it by following / unfollowing.
@paparatti lichen subscribe etc... 👊
@paparatti They're so used to algorithmic manipulation helping them get popular, they have no idea how to deal with out it.
@paparatti There's something so soothing about moss 🥰
@paparatti If you insist.

@IvanSanchez @paparatti

My favorite Moss! Although I love all the Mosstodon posts.

@paparatti If you can manage to squeeze a donkey in there too you'll break a bunch of instances.

#mosstodon #asstodon

@stacey_campbell @paparatti
This is why I absolutely love Mastodon.
@paparatti even works with lichen :-) Can confirm personally!
@isagalaev @paparatti Honestly, I slightly prefer a good lichen pic to moss. But both are lovely.
@paparatti Reminds me of this person "findemoos" (German for "find moss"), who just posted shorts about discovering interesting stuff in nature and peaked the interest of a few thousand people (including mine): https://www.youtube.com/@findemoos/shorts
Finde Moos

Instagram: https://instagram.com/findemoos Ich bin kein Experte. Ich erkunde die Natur. Für Bestimmungen übernehme ich keine Gewähr und keine Haftung. Ich freue mich über Kritik und Anregungen. Dadurch entdeckte Fehler in Videos werden als Korrekturen als Kommentar angepinnt. Bei gravierenden Fehlern von mir lösche ich das betreffende Video. Alle sollen sich im Kommentarbereich wohl fühlen. Wer konstruktiv kommentiert, wird Moderator. Häme und Hass wird gelöscht. Wer spamt oder beleidigt wird gebannt (von der Kommentierung ausgeschlossen) und gemeldet. Profilbild / Kanalbild / Banner: Eigene Aufnahmen Checkt gerne auch mein Zweitkanal FindeMus, wo ich Musik mache aus.

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@lumiukko oh this is great, I'm going to watch all of them 👍🏻