Ch.17 #Design
Some very clever people have been building this place, and they did not build it to monetize us, but to make people's connections better.
The code here is all open source. Without advertisers, shareholders, CEOs, venture capitalists.
There is no reason to make us anxious or aggressive. To make us click more, scroll faster or argue with each other. There is no1 to trade clicks & scrolls & posts to for ad$.
Everything runs on donations & volunteer time + skills.
✊I Follow liberally!
More follows has zero algorithm penalty here. There is no algorithm (spoon). The more people I follow, the more interesting my feeds get. There are good tools for management of everything, so be adventurous & follow lots of different folk.
🤛I can look at different feeds like local, federated, home, and more.
Ch.16 #Visibility
Having more followers does not make my posts more visible.
Following fewer people does not make my posts more visible.
Receiving faves does not make my posts more visible.
It looks as if Mastodon will be exceeding thirteen million, that's 13,000,000 accounts tonight/tomorrow. So many #newbies needing #Help! Well it's here. The answer to Mastodon, the Fediverse and Everything (almost) is here: https://fedi.tips/ Please share with any #newbies , or take a look yourself? I learn something every time I visit.
If you hear stories about #JohnMastodon, they're not real-- well, maybe not.😏
Just remember: There is no algorithm here for people who do not follow you to find you. The best way to have your toots seen is by using lots of hashtags (like these👇👇👇 ).
Be sure to follow @feditips for more helpful #newbie information.
#Welcome to all #Newbies! To me, the #Fediverse is at the core of a wider #Commoning movement - ever more of us realising that other worlds are possible and building these together.
2023 is 50ys since Schumacher’s #SmallIsBeautiful & this cover sums it all up: the new world is almost born and it’s happening here (paraphrasing #Gramsci) 😊
Hey #newbies! Don't worry about how mastodon works. Just join and play. Don't worry about what 'instance' (server) you can swap later. Just come and chat. No algorithm, no suggested stuff, no ads, just us!
Toot = tweet
Boost = retweet
Star = star
Bookmark = bookmark
Added excitement, content warnings for scary shit and NSFW shit. Oh and image descriptions and the choice to hide images. #Twexit#TwitterMigration
PSAish post. If you seen an introduction post, even if nothing in their post speaks to you personally… boost the motherfucker. #Newbies#X#TwitterMigration#Mastodon Gratuitous goofy cat pic of Fred and his medieval doppelgänger included for obvious traction reasons😉And ya know lol just cause I love Fred 🥰 #Cats#CatsOfMastodon#FredTheWonderCat#Histodon
Using the word 'woke' or referring to themselves as such... exchange it for the word 'sheep' while you are at it. It is propagated by the masses and truly means the opposite of what it is intended to represent.
От себя тоже поприветствую всех пришедших и дам несколько советов.
✅ Заполните профиль и поставьте аватарку. Неплохой идеей будет указать там ваши увлечения или вид деятельности.
✅ Напишите что-нибудь: приветствие, пост о себе (тут используют тег #introduction)
✅ Листайте ваши локальные и глобальные ленты, и подписывайтесь на тех, кто интересен - тут нет алгоритма, который будет подсовывать вам контент. Набрать свою ленту нужно будет самостоятельно. Также возможно вам будет полезно зайти в настройки и установить языки контента, которые вы хотите видеть в ленте.
✅ Общайтесь с людьми.
✅ Не бросайте как только Twitter опять даст заднюю - дайте свободным соцсетям шанс, они могут вас удивить.
Эти простые советы могут помочь вам не заскучать и заинтересовать других людей подписаться на вас.
Если будет интересно почитать про Mastodon и Федивёрс в целом - список статей и постов по этой теме есть внизу на нашем проекте-лендинге Fediland: https://fediland.github.io
Welcome, new and returning #Mastodon users! You are not only on the right side of #history, but also in for a much better experience than you had on the #birdsite.
If you need help with anything, please reply to this post and I will do my best to see that you get it. 🙏
There's no algorithm here, directing people to your posts (or sending you ads😀), so be sure to use & #follow hashtags, as well as #FollowBack accounts that interest you. The more you interact with other accounts, the better your feed will be.