Hey, everyone! It's #WelcomeWednesday. It's a day set aside to help newbies and other folks needing help in Mastodon.
If you're ever confused, and unsure of things around here, simply ask your question, tagging it with the hashtag #mastoHelper. That will summon some very kind people to help you - no judgment! They Will come two your thread and with with you to clear things up.
If anyone is new to Mastodon and struggling with the platform please ask me anything you want. I'd be very happy to help! I assure you there are no bad questions. #welcome#MastoHelper#questions#help
@drdrstrange Hashtags here are more for search than anything, think of them like tags. If you're looking for a topic go into search and search by hashtag. The platform doesn't autocomplete because there are no algorithms tracking hashtag use, etc.. A reminder you can also follow a hashtag here, so if you find a useful hashtag you follow it and add it to a list just like a followed user. Maybe others have something to add #HashTags#MastoHelper
I'm Tom! I found it confusing at first, and I'm still learning new things, but really the basics are exactly that: basic (though it doesn't always feel that way when you haven't figured them out yet).
If you feel you might need a hand getting over the first couple of hurdles, I might be able to help. And if I can't, at least you've met someone who doesn't seem to have absorbed this stuff from the ether. Where I can't help you, I'm pretty certain I'll have someone nice in my network who can.
The best thing to do, if you can't find an answer to a question* you're looking for is to put it in a reply to this post.
*Preferably related to getting started on Mastodon, but I'll give anything a go.
I'm gonna put this out there: If you are new to #Mastodon and have found people to be hostile, or nitpicky, and just generally unhelpful please @ me and say hi. I am happy to walk you through this place, get you comfortable, be non-judgy about helping you, and help make this place your new home. I'm gonna call this #MastoHelper If others want to help newbies, lets do it together!
We need to do more to make people feel welcome first, that's how you create a culture people want to be part of.
@chris This sounds great! I'm happy to be a #MastoHelper as well if anybody needs some help getting their bearings! It's not super-easy to navigate this place when you're first starting out, and everybody needs help sometime!
Volunteering to adopt new users who are lost or confused. Meaning I’ll recommend people to follow, and answer questions. I’ll delete this when I’ve reached my capacity, but feel free to boost or copy paste to your own accounts.