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. 🙏
👊I know bookmarks!
Bookmark a post via an icon or 3 dots flyout menu to return to something useful.
✊Follow liberally!
More follows has zero algorithm penalty here. Is no algorithm. More people I follow, more interesting my feeds get. There are good tools for management.
⭐is the❤️button but only tells the author you like their post, nobody else.
🔁Boost🔁 moves info around.
There is no algorithm, we choose & not some algorithm under corporate control. We choose by 🔁boosting🔁 posts and by using #hashtags.
If I put hashtags more at the bottom of a post it is kind to those using screen readers, partially sighted, blind etc. Fediverse has a good reputation for inclusion, we must keep it going.
Ch.7
Emails have subject line & click to expand body of message.
Fediverse has same thing. A content wrapper [CW] button when posting that adds title, then one clicks to expand post.
It takes very little extra time to do. Subject line doesn't prevent you sending email! It's good for long posts or stuff that people might not want to see.
Ch.8
When uploading images try and describe the images in the alt text box, this is good for people using screenreaders, blind, partially sighted etc. Try to remember to include ppl.
Ch.9
This place is built on kindness, on respecting each other, on listening, on benefit of the doubt, on not trying to 'win' conversations but learn from them. Humans beings are varied, that makes life interesting.
I must not leap to be be negative back. Maybe they just have too much stress today. If I have to I can block. If troll servers turn up, I can block an entire server if I need to - but probably the mod heroes will be on it anyway. #TwitterMigration#TwitterExodus #FediTips#Newbies
Ch.11
Metrics don't matter here. Numbers don't matter. Only good interactions matter.
Having more followers does not make my posts more visible.
Following fewer people does not make my posts more visible.
Having lots of favs does not make my posts more visible.
It is not a system of social overlords vs serf audience.
Fedi features are by design. They're not 'missing', they are deliberate because they encourage people to treat each other better #Help#New#FediTips#TwitterExodus#Newbies
Ch.12 #Fediverse has many apps & projects, many servers, many mod teams. This is its strength.
No1 can buy it up.
The code is all open source. No advertisers. There is no reason to make us anxious or aggressive to make us click more or scroll faster, there is no1 to trade clicks & scrolls to for ad$.
Everything runs on donations & volunteer time+skills.
The servers & platforms I move around to & use regularly I should contribute to.
Hello! I'm a Science Fiction writer interested in realism in my stories, which means plausible people having remarkable adventures in a physically plausible universe. I picked this universe because I think "space" or "physics" would be places where I can come to get my facts straight. This is my first time checking out Mastodon, let's see if I do it right.
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