I understand the importance of alt text for images. But as I was drafting my image description just now a question occurred to me – in adding alt text to images am I also inadvertently making it easier for the AI bots to scrape my artwork?
@NatureMC@beach@FediTips@feditips
Why shouldn't there be scraping bots in the Fediverse? It has an open structure that is especially well suited for scraping. And the robots.txt file is not mandatory, it's just that most search engines abide by it, but they can simply ignore it of they want.
Howdy! New to this whole Mastodon thing (I'm not even sure what instance I should be on) but eager. Name's Bug — I'm a queer master's student in an entomology lab, passionate about scientific outreach.
When I’m not staring at insects, I spend my time creating zines, comics, other art, and playing D&D. I want to learn how to make video games. Let’s connect if you think little critters are cool!
You are on ActivityPub/Mastodon, on the default server for Mastodon, part of a wider Federation of different software called The Fediverse.
For example, I am on a Sharkey instance.
I would suggest you give Feditips a look for how things work.
Fedi.Tips @FediTips
"Posting hints and tips about Mastodon and the Fediverse"
For fun and seriously, you may want to follow
myrmepropagandist - @futurebird
"pro-ant propaganda..." (one of your boosts BTW)
As well as using hashtags, there are two main Group Servers in the Fediverse - https://a.gup.pe/ and the newer https://about.fedigroups.social/ - another way to follow interests and get your own posts boosted more widely.
There's no right or wrong way do do Fedi, just be nice to everyone, ignore the Home Owners Associations & don't feed the trolls.
It's meant to be fun after all.
Mastodon (and all of the Fediverse, to be honest) are a VERY diverse bunch. You’ll likely find your crowd. Start by using the search bar and searching for hashtag keywords for the things that you are interested in, like #linux, #minecraft or #selfhosting. That will bring up instances of those hashtags your server has seen.
I tend to suggest users new to the fediverse follow @FediTips@social.growyourown.services . They post tips and tricks about the fediverse in general and Mastodon specifically.
@feditips I don’t know why, but i’ve lost my ability to follow people. When I go to someone’s profile, the follow button is just a blank gray.
PS i’m still getting my bearings in the fediverse so if there was a smarter way for me to ask this question, I apologize for not pursuing it.
@phanpy thank you for making such an excellent way to use Mastodon! Is there a way to set a language filter? I follow a few hockey related tags and my timeline has been filling with posts in Swedish. Sadly my ancestors intentionally made their descendants ignorant of their mother tongue so I don't know it. @FediTips@feditips#phanpy#mastodon#feditips
Möglicherweise der erste #Follower von Deiner #Instanz aus?
Zumindest sehe ich hier netterweise schon etwas mehr Follower... ;-)
Allerdings läuft die Instanz mastodonium.de auf #Mammuthus, meiner Eigenentwicklung... da ist ziemlich sicher mit den ein oder anderen Kleinigkeiten und so zu rechnen... ;-)
Und genau, #Feditips ist im englischen Bereich schon solide vertreten... da plane ich bei Gelegenheit auch einen Hinweis... und beschränke mich selbst auf den deutschsprachigen Bereich.
P.S.: Ich habe neulich meine #Fediverse-Adressen @nick und @nick ins Profil vom #Tagestipp eingetragen... aber zumindest auf norden.social ist nur die Textaktualisierung des Profils angekommen. Wie ich schon erwähnte, Mammuthus... ist noch im Arbeitsfluß... :-)
@kylewritescode And a few more, if I may ..
macstories@macstories.net
moznews@noc.social
marcoarment@mastodon.social
freedomscientific@mastodon.social
thurrott@twit.social
FediTips@social.growyourown.services
I'm just about to start the automatic migration procedure, so it should move your follow over to the new account seamlessly, but if you want to follow the new account manually straight away you can do so (it won't mess anything up).
The new server is my own one, it's where FediFollows, FediVideo etc are already.
If there are any problems, contact my personal account at @FediThing
You may want to let people know that if they see a requested to follow notification, they should cancel it and try again to an auto follow. I was stuck in requested no-man’s land.
It should work now, there was a freak bug on Vivaldi.net that blocked some newer accounts. The bug has since been fixed, so please follow me at @FediTips
What and who to follow on Mastodon?
New to mastodon, never used Twitter, refuse to use Xitter. Any tips and who and what to follow? And who and what do you follow?...