Want to make more sense of this platform?

Download Ice Cubes for iOS or Tusky for Android. Scrap the Mastodon app.

Why?

1–They look/feel more like Twitter

2–Follow people, post, and have fun.

Hope that’s helps. Please boost if useful.

Heya friends, my instance is completely blocking yours in a week. I'm sure we are not the only ones, many already had "soft blocks", so once again I'll recommend finding a better instance and migrate there. Weirder.earth is accepting new users (we can invite y'all), and there are many other cool instances.

The .social and .online "flagship" instances are full of problem users (no surprise, considering how ginormous they are), it is just unsustainable. And again due to the size, we can't block just the problematic parts - it's all or nothing. On a smaller instance you wouldn't have to bear the burden of all those other people, and could benefit more from the federated nature of the fediverse.

Hi all,
I have created a mastodon server for anyone involved with the performing arts. From stage managers to runners, from camera people to actors, and all those in between. Come join me here: https://performingart.online
@performingart.online

#actor #actors #voiceactor #director #film #movie #animation #castingcall
#TV #writer #producer #filmcrew #castingdirector #agent #actingcoach #screenwriter #production #cinematographer #casting #makeupartist #costumedesigner #filmeditor #postproduction

Yes I know, I'm not on there yet. I'm looking at migrating my account over tonight. 🙂

A gentle reminder to folks who are new to Mastodon. In solidarity with those in the disabled community who rely on screen readers, we ask that you:

* Add alt text/image descriptions when you post media
* Capitalize the first letter of every word in a hashtag #LikeThis
* Avoid emojis in your display name

UPDATE: So many great questions! Please check the replies to see if your question has been asked and answered ❤️

#StrongerTogether #Accessibility #AltText #Disability #Solidarity #FediTips

UPDATE: no need for further boosting. Thank you everyone!

My boss, Matt Mullenweg, the boss of Automattic, owner of Tumblr, is looking for ex-Twitter employees for Tumblr, saying,

"we're putting on a fast track to see how they can help super-charge Tumblr. We can't absorb thousands of people, but I'd be open to hiring entire teams if they already work great together."

https://twitter.com/photomatt/status/1593726621340426241

Our "work with us" page: https://automattic.com/work-with-us/

#Twitter #JobFairy #Automattic #Tumblr

To all mastodon admins:

Hi! I’m Evan Phoenix, the primary author of puma, the ruby webserver that powers mastodon!

Please reply or DM me if you need tuning help! I’ve got no officiation with the mastodon, just want to see you succeed!

(Quick Tip: set WEB_CONCURRENCY to core count * 1.5 and then tune MAX_THREADS. High thread values will see diminishing returns!)

Here's your irregular reminder that:

Twitter was a multi-billion dollar company with thousands of employees.

Mastodon is a niche hobbyist product run by volunteers

The fact that we're being seen as a viable alternative to them is an admission that a federated, decentralized future is not only possible, but desirable.

Mastodon is not one thing, or one place. It's a network of many things and many places. We don't have a spokesperson (I mean, there's me. I'm the official spokesperson for 💯 of the fediverse, but beyond me there is no spokesperson) we don't have consensus on moderation or blocking or tools or what is good and what is bad. Some of us are professional SREs and Sysadmins, some of us aren't. Some of our instances have been around for 5+ years, some won't be here in six months.

And that's good! All of it, every last bit of it is good.

We're wrestling power away from the billionaire class, in real time, and reclaiming it for the People.