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This place is a little diffrent than birdsite where most of everything is dumped into one timeline.

KEEP IN MIND! #Mastodon doesn't work like #Twitter!

Have you just made the #Twexit or the #TwitterMigration?

Favorites ⭐ - they're not "likes". They don't "elevate" posts, they just the poster know you liked their post.

Boosts 🔁 - these push someone's post into your friends feeds (and help discovery).

So if you ⭐ my posts, that's great (and I love you too)!

But if you 🔁 posts, then more people see them!

OH! - #Hashtags are how you search!

#mastodon #MastodonTips

Good morning from the Pacific Northwest, Mastoes!

Everyone early voted, right?

In recent years, we became too comfortable letting #Twitter define journalism & media. Algorithms often dictated the narratives we collectively paid attention to.

Absurd trends were covered by news outlets & ballooned into major stories while we missed so much real substance. And the quick takes of uninformed politicians & bad actors were forced upon anyone participating in the network.

It was bad for democracy. The #Mastodon model makes me hopeful we can do better. #twittermigration

Situation quickly escalating from "Musk is restoring free speech" to "Musk wants to sue critics while Republican leaders punish CEOs who drop ads on his site>"

RT @[email protected]

Narrator: They did not.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/normative/status/1589622558025981952