I find it both interesting and sad that many of the celebrity/journalist accounts joining mastodon are following no one.

That means they aren't joining in, don't have a relevant or interesting timeline, and most importantly, don't understand the difference between being fed *curated* information by a corporation and seeking out information for themselves.

We're building a community, not another celebrity worship-fest or automatic political circle jerk machine.

A boring #tip that I'm sure every new person knows about but just in case you don't...

On Twitter, you could only follow people.

Here (by 'here' I mean #Mastodon's website specifically, not seemingly Pleroma) you can also follow hashtags. Just search for a hashtag and if you like it, hit the follow button, top right.

“Then the spaceman took over the bird site so we all started tooting at the elephant place.”

“Oh…ok grandpa. Let’s get you back to bed.”

I can't help but notice many toots from helpful newbies encouraging you to support the Mastodon Patreon.

It's fine to do that but understand it goes to just two big instances and the official Mastodon dev team.

It does NOT trickle down to YOUR instance. If you want to support your server, donate to it directly. Nearly all the costs of the explosive growth of the past few weeks is borne by local instances.

Mastodon is decentralized. There is no Mastodon Inc. This is not Twitter.

If anyone sees this, do you mind boosting it. Trying to federate with the rest of the known universe

#Mastodon #Fediverse

Any creators out there? Would love to connect and see more creative stuff in my timeline.

My side hustle/hobby is photography & graphic design. It's been awhile, but also podcasting!

#creatorsofmastodon #graphicdesign #podcast #videographer #editor #writer #radio #artist #painter #musicproduction #audio #sounddesign #producer #production