Anyone else’s twitter account failing to load?
Bikebabe
- 21 Followers
- 75 Following
- 31 Posts
Trying to figure out Mastodon while grieving potential Twitter loss for all of us “nobodys” that at least could FEEL connected. Mom, Homeschooling Nana, critter mom of Shanti, 4 ducks, 3 chickens, 2 feral kitties, multiple aquariums, and a partridge in a pear tree (just kidding abt the last). Gardener, ham wanna be, life long learner. Love just about everything. Languages, culture, science, art, etc. Advocate for the Earth, women/children , and the homeless. Good at starting over.
Courtney Heard 🇨🇦If there was one piece of advice I could give to new Mastodon users who are finding their feeds quiet or boring, it is to follow as many people and hashtags as you can. This is not Twitter; there is no algorithm, it is not going to fill your feed with stuff it thinks you like. You have to curate it yourself. Once you do, though, it's so much more vibrant and rewarding than Twitter has been for a year. #TwitterMigration #Twitter
Nathan LongFound a new font called Schrodinger Condensed.
(Typographic art designed by Yash Mathur https://theinspirationgrid.com/clever-antonym-typography-by-yash-mathur/)
FediTips has moved!You don't need to use the official Mastodon apps, they're not the best way to use Mastodon. The official apps only arrived last year, and they were intended as "Fisher Price My First Mastodon" things with a restricted set of features.
Third party apps have been around longer than official ones, and include way more features. You can sign in with the same account on all apps.
On Android try Tusky, Fedilab, Megalodon, Tooot
On iPhone/iPad, try Toot!, Ice Cubes, Ivory, Mona
CrazyMyraThat, to me, is the immediate objective. Count the number of times Donald Trump has filed for bankruptcy if you think this form of insolvency in one of his companies will hinder Musk going for the gold medal of corporate sleaze.
What Musk is doing with Twitter is selling influence to people who wish to manipulate what's become a very captive audience. His Gulf pals, Modi, DeSantis - and many more we don't know about.
Twitter itself isn't seeing any of this money. It's going to Musk in the form of contracts for his other businesses and sweetheart political deals.
Twitter will bounce back from bankruptcy and limp along until Musk has squeezed out every cent he can. Then he'll just walk away.
He's already made his $20bn and more back.
But he hasn't finished conning everyone.
Celeste PewterSomething I keep thinking about:
The excessive heat warnings across the country today, and the people relying on Twitter to get information cooling centers, free water, etc.
If you run a social media account for an elected/agency, please bring up to your bosses that now is the time to start building up your platforms outside of Twitter too.
El DuvelleIf you’re a newcomer check these great #MastodonTips ⬇️
(Quoting it so I can pin it on my profile)
From: @sheepchase
https://simcha.lgbt/@sheepchase/110641778106941499
sheepchase (@[email protected])
Doing a post (as are many now) for those who are checking out this place due to the #Twitter fiasco. Some tips to help: 1. Your experience will be different to twitter but that’s a good thing, honest (I was an avid twitter user before). Give it time, give it a chance. 2. Because there’s no algorithm here feeding you recommendations at first you’ll need to find some content, so: - search for hashtags. (You can pin/follow hashtags you search for too). If you like cats look at #CatsOfMastodon. In fact look at that anyway so you can see my #cats. - follow people. Just follow them, you can always unfollow them! 3. Interact. If you have social anxiety (as I do) try to push yourself to reply. It’s definitely rewarding. 4. Some technical stuff: - ‘boosts’ are the same as retweets. Many servers don’t have a ‘quote tweet’ function as that’s been used on twitter to harass minorities (it happened to me). - ‘favorites’ don’t do anything other than tell the person who wrote the post that you appreciate and noticed what they wrote (there’s no algorithm which is what they were used for on twitter). But boost and favorite a lot and you’ll reap the benefits of being sociable. - add descriptive text to images you post (‘alt text’) for people who use screen readers. It only takes a few seconds and will increase the amount of people who will boost your post. 5. Add a profile photo/avatar and a short bio if you want people to follow you. Then post an introduction post and include the #introduction hashtag (also you can find people to follow with that hashtag). 6. “How to find people?!” This is what a lot of people find most different to twitter (and can feel annoying at first). My main advice is the same as number 1: give it time and you’ll find and (re)connect organically. But the main method I use when I want to find a specific person is to use a search engine and search for their name. If they have a presence on Mastodon/Fediverse they’ll have a link to it on a homepage/a page of links/even twitter. But for now take some time to get to know new people and the old ones will come along I swear. 7. Be your kind and lovely selves! #TwitterMigration #FediTips #Fediverse #Mastodon
Judd Legum3. And there are tools to identify which of your Twitter followers are on Mastodon.
And easy ways to import spreadsheets of many users you can follow at once
Here is a big one with hundreds of journalists: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13No4yxY-oFrN8PigC2jBWXreFCHWwVRTftwP6HcREtA/edit#gid=1320898902
So it's relatively easy to get started
David F. SorosI've decided to rename #twittermigration '#MuskToTusk.'
Janis🎯 Truly!👇🏼
Tough. Effective. Tireless. Generous. Kind. Classy. Reliable. Brilliant. Fighter. Patriot. Master strategist. Mentor. Mother. Role model. Legend. This is the @[email protected] I’m honored to know. As one of the most important leaders of our time. But more importantly, as a person.🧵
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/PaulRieckhoff/status/1593711665161322496
