Kale Nov 13, 2017
New folks coming through the door, please be aware there's an option to content-warning tag your toots and it's fucking beautiful
Show thread Kale Nov 13, 2017
Also, hello, hi
Show thread Kale 

Also to explain some concepts (as I see them):

Your HOME TIMELINE - is your toots + your friends toots + whatever they Boost (which is RTs)

Your LOCAL TIMELINE - is all the toots that are on your instance (server!)

Your FEDERATED TIMELINE - is all the toots that are on your federation (clump of instances)

Nov 13, 2017 at 2:38pmWeb
Show thread Kale Nov 13, 2017

Yes, you CAN talk to other people on other instances, but you need to address them in full, which includes their instance name

Like this, for one of my fav folks:

@linkedoranean

Show thread Kale Nov 13, 2017
Also: Local timeline is gonna get hectic, and while the vibe is kinda nice now, expect it to be... hrmmm... maybe when the site increases - so apply mutes a lot
Show thread Kale Nov 13, 2017
Also Also: when I got here yesterday people were putting politics/emotionally heavy stuff under content warnings and it was a lovely polite thing to do that I'd encourage thanks
Show threadWorthless BumsNov 13, 2017
@DarkestKale https://mastodon.social/media/pCV0eAfA1IFgblygRHE
Show threadBROKEN FINGERSNov 13, 2017

@DarkestKale PEOPLE HERE SEEM IMMENSELY KIND SO FAR. I FEEL WELCOME AND COMFORTABLE AS WELL.

ALSO I REMEMBER YOU FROM SOMEWHERE. YOUR GAMES HAVE GLORIOUS ACTIVISION STYLE COVERS.

Show thread Kale Nov 13, 2017
@brokenfingers OH SHIT I'VE BEEN RUMBLED
Show threadWorthless BumsNov 13, 2017
@DarkestKale I tried to follow Vasco and it asked me to enter my full account name and domain name and this is a weird protocol.
Show threadTilman SchmidtNov 13, 2017
@DarkestKale Revelant to say here: You have to write "@ linkedoranean @ mastodon.art", but it shows up just as "@ linkedoranean". So it looks ugly while you type, but not for other people :)
Show threadLinkedoraneanNov 13, 2017
@DarkestKale Oh dude, thank you! Also replying some one automatically adds the full name + instance
Show threadslipstream/RoL‮⚡‭Nov 13, 2017
@DarkestKale Federated timeline is all the toots from everyone your instance knows about, which as I understand it is everyone on your instance, everyone they follow, and everyone they've boosted
Show thread Kale Nov 13, 2017
@slipstream Thank you!
Show threadJonnyMcGarrigleNov 13, 2017
@DarkestKale can you join multiple instances at once?
Show thread Kale Nov 13, 2017
@JonnyMcGarrigle Not to my knowledge!
Show threadRobert LymanNov 13, 2017
@DarkestKale Thanks!
Show threadLeslie GoodreidNov 13, 2017
@DarkestKale I wonder if we can host groups on here, too? Doesn't look like it.
Show thread Kale Nov 13, 2017
@LeslieGoodreid Groups/Lists have been requested on the github, and I don't know when/if they'll be put in.