Mastodawn

Olive Knits Nov 18, 2022

Hollie Nov 18, 2022

HEY HEY FRENZ on mastodon.social! You may want to MOVE to a new instance, very soon.

Why?

Mastodon is a bunch of islands that can talk to each other. The smaller and more spread out we are, the easier things are to moderate. Horizontal scaling FTW!

All of you who fled that one site 🐤 ended up at mastodon.social for likely a few reasons. It was obvious, it was big, and it's where you saw a bunch of folks going.

But it has a long history of being poorly moderated, which means a LOT of instances are silencing or blocking it. Which means you're on the big island that SEEMS like it's "where everyone is", but in fact, it's a giant island unto itself (momentarily trending toward turning into a post-bird-site echo chamber), and huge swaths of the Fediverse don't talk to it, or even see it.

If you want the quality of interaction (and moderation!) Mastodon is known for, move thy funky buns to a smaller instance of cool folks you enjoy.

#feditips #fediverse

Olive Knits Nov 18, 2022

Fidel Destro Nov 18, 2022

I'd like to congratulate everyone who's here on the Fediverse. Based on my reading around some other social network, just signing up is an intellectual feat of gargantuan proportions, like landing a rocket on the Moon using nothing but an abacus. You are all amazing, and I want you to know it.

Olive Knits Nov 18, 2022

Paul Dunphy Esquire 🏳️‍🌈Nov 18, 2022

Hoot! Toot! Did you think you didn't need to see a basket of baby owls (Owlets) today!? I was the same, how wrong I was.❤️😊 #HootToot #Toot #boost #OwlsofMastodon! Pic credit: Ekaterina Gakman.

Olive Knits Nov 18, 2022

Technology is great and all, but have you ever enjoyed a good old-fashioned roaring fire on a cold day?

Olive Knits Nov 18, 2022

emptywheel Nov 18, 2022

Here's a comment for incoming Twitter users: I've found that some are really put off by the way Mastodon requires push and pull to get to information. Rather than Elmo telling you what to read (and steering you to most incendiary content), you have to go look for it and choose to consume it. Most notably, I've come to think of "Content Warnings" as instead subject lines, just like you'd use in an email, so readers can scan whether they want to read further.

Olive Knits Nov 18, 2022

Grab a coffee and come sit.
Morning view on #WhidbeyIsland #pnw
#OceanView

Olive Knits Nov 18, 2022

Yes, yes. I know we're in the middle of the #greatmastodonmigration and it's absolute chaos out there, but how about a happy little rest for your eyes? #yarn #knitting

Olive Knits Nov 18, 2022

Nov 18, 2022

Important Mastodon Newbie Info 🐘:

There are no ads here,
and this is not a corporation.
This is a Federation

The person(s) taking care of everything needed for you to have an account here is likely doing it solely out of generosity for the community. This even costs THEM money. Not to mention the enormous cost in time!

Support your instance’s administration(s) every way you can. This is important 💚

HOW TO ❓

You can find who does this for you by looking up the About page for your server/instance.

You usually can find this page by adding “/about” after your instance’s name in a browser. Your instance name is what is after your handle name, after the second “@“ (for example, mine is: infosec.exchange/about).

👉 Help financially if you can: Many administrator(s) will have a page setup for donations. If not, you can ask them

👉 Offer your time to help if you can: Ask if they need support with moderation and such 💪

👉 Do not use Report as a joke. Only Report when necessary 😌

👉 BE KIND! Cheers them up! Say thanks! They are doing this for you 💚

Olive Knits Nov 18, 2022

I'm still a newb and just switched to the Tusky app (Android) instead of the Mastodon app (same instance, but accessed through a different app), and it's a whole new experience. Smoother, I think? #Mastodon #twittermigration

Olive Knits Nov 18, 2022

Daryl the Admin Nov 18, 2022

Welcome #TwitterMigration!

First things first, as you acclimate, there are a couple of important points.

1. You'll get the most value in the early days of use by scrolling the Local and Federated timelines, not your Home timeline. That will fill up as you follow accounts and hashtags.

2. The Mastodon app on iOS and Android makes it really difficult to find those other timelines. But there's great news! You have other options! On Android, look for Tusky. On iOS, look for Metatext.

#FediTips