Them: "Mastodon is hard to use."
Me: _gets started easily_
#coops

Them: "The #fediverse is fragmented - hard to find anyone."
Me: _easily finds many folks here I know or enjoy_
👋

Them: "It's just white male tech nerds"
Me: _discovers fairly robust presence of non-white, non-male folks_
✊

Them: "It's set up so it's antiviral"
Me: _sees more interest in my thoughts here than ever on the birdsite_
🙃

Them: "Local servers are like isolated islands."
Me: _finds a canoe to explore archipelago_
🛶

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

Just when Mastodon couldn’t get any more endearing, I find the #defaidodon hashtag — which translates to sheep in #Welsh.

Literally, pictures of sheep mostly from the Welsh instance of Mastodon 🥰 (toot.wales)

You’ll even find the photos captioned in Welsh & English!!

#Fediverse

📣 A small, hopefully useful tip for fellow Twitter escapees

If you’d like people to follow you back, it is really useful to have a profile pic/ avatar and bio already filled in. It’s hard to know who people are without!

Of course, if you don’t care about followers, just ignore me!

As I’ve been told already, the best way to make connections here is to browse, post, reply, boost etc. It will come.

But if I’ve missed you in the meantime, please nudge me to follow back!

#TwitterMigration

Hello new people! 👋

If you need help getting started on Mastodon, have a look at:

➡️ https://fedi.tips

It's written in non-technical language, it's a beginner's guide.

If you can't find the answers you want on the site, @ me or message me.