#Welcome
Here is a perfect example of how Mastodon works. Stacy came to Mastodon in November. She has 513 followers. She posts interesting wildlife info I enjoy, but without hashtags. I just discovered her now because someone I follow boosted her post within a timeframe that I would see in my timeline.
Lesson:
• use hashtags
• boost liberally
Also, look at her account and follow if so inclined.
https://urbanists.social/@dancinyogi@mastodon.sdf.org
#Welcome
#mastodonmigration
#INe0edAListOfHashtagsICantEverThinkOf😃
Welcome, Jaden!
I'm Betsy, I'm an old fart who doesn't mind being 66 years old because it beats the alternative. I have an active life of #gardening, #traveling & being a #cat #mom.
And I'm going to be a #grandma later this year! So excited!
Oh, almost forgot, I'm a slow #runner currently #training for an upcoming 5k and then a week later a 10k, and finally the major drawback in my life is that I have to pee all the time because I'm an olds.
#Welcome, to the #Fediverse, Brian. Pleased to meet you.
As you are new here, you might find these points helpful to grow your network here:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109960697083138864
As well as understanding the "algorithm" here: https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110377402520161574
Last, but not least, @https://mastodon.social/@stefan@stefanbohacek.online's brand new website is quite helpful for a starter:
#Tauschregal: Wenn Du weißt, wo eines ist, kannst du das hier in der #OpenStreetmap eintragen:
https://mapcomplete.osm.be/bookcases?z=12&lat=54.33704&lon=10.09712&language=de&filter-kid-books=&filter-adult-books=#welcome
@alicia @medium You could tag that with #Introduction for a wider audience - Oops, you already did, it's 3am, I can't read proper after 3am :)
@davebriggs Waving from Twitter and LinkedIn connections. #Welcome 😃 use the hashtags #data #governance #digital #publicsector
An introduction for our #server as we are accepting new #users!
#AllThingsTech is a #Mastodon #Community focused around #tech (any and all!). We #welcome #technologists, #coders, #engineers, #gadget lovers, self professed “#geeks” and anyone with an interest and love of tech. If that’s you - you’ve found your home in the #FediVerse!
Sign up @ https://allthingstech.social
#Home #Welcome #MastodonMigration #TwitterMigration #NicePeople #Introduction
Thank you for the #welcome 🙂 appreciated
☮️
they are not equivalent so...
Technology wise, under the hood they are very different.
Not all instances share all posts in the same hashtag, but each instance includes posts into a hashtag that it federates with or that their own users show an interest in.
The groups hosted by a.gup.pe, anyone who subscribes to...will get the posts from.
Thus hashtags are a bit more "chaotic groups"...and a.gup.pe groups are a bit more organized due to how federation works technologically and how on one instance you'll view a hashtag and you'll see I dunno 1000 posts and on another instance it will display 0 posts for that same hashtag.
Kinda confusing but they are different and have different target audiences and different use cases.
Probably using the combination of both when you need them is wise.
#today I am seeing posts about people migrating from other social media sites
#Welcome to all the Social #Immigrants
I also want everyone to have a great day
@homicidustextuum #welcome aboard. Glad you could join us. If you have any questions feel free to ask. Look forward to seeing updates on the Borg cosplay if it comes together.
Twitch Welcome Glitch #Twitch #TwitchGamer #TwitchStreamer #Anime #DemonSlayer #Tanjiro #Overlay #Welcome #Valorant
The #EpiscopalChurch of the Redeemer is now accepting donations to replace the vandalized #welcome #sign because the church's #insurance is unlikely to cover the cost of #repair
According to Black, the total cost of replacing the sign, which was installed in 2016, is $15,050.
@WereOtter #welcome aboard! Glad you could join us. If you have any questions feel free to ask.
Hi people on Calckey and Hi dear Followers,
The move / transfer of my account anamsona(at)fimidi.com to Calckey is finished.
From 759 Follower I can see up to now 734.
I hope everybody who's missing me, will find me again.
I'm happy to welcome you all (again) with a picture of a beautiful evening atmosphere
#AccountMigration #welcome #Ireland #evening #bay #Beara #water #coast #landscape #photographie #nature
🐁 Artist: #DavidZinn in City: #Dexter #Michigan USA 🇺🇸 - Title:
🔴 "Nadine and the Welcoming
World.
🔵 "Nadine und die Begrüßung
der Welt."
#StreetArt #SidewalkChalk #Art #Chalkart #Mouse #Welcome #HelloWorld #WipeYourFeet 👣
#GoodMorning ! ☕🥐
Hi again,
since #migration to a self administered single-user instance in January 2022, I'm now happy to find a home here again enabled by @freiheit. 🤩
Though I'd like to show that you can easily run a #federated instance :fediverse: yourself, #Pleroma with #PostgreSQL seems to take all the memory @ubernauten over time disrupting my other private services. ⚙️
I switched to @gotosocial, but due to the #ActivityPub design it seems like I've "burned" my domain with Pleroma already. 🔥
Day15
There is no central architect.
There are some people on the Fediverse who contribute a lot, but there are no Emperors, no Kings. Power is distributed out & shared, and not a pyramid with rulers atop. The rest of the network can just adapt around any figure. The Fediverse can't be bought and sold.
This means my social is not at the whims of negotiating with some central figure, who is unlikely to register I even exist. If I want something different, I can move around the Fediverse to where it's happening that way, even set up my own space if I want.
#Fediverse #FediFriday #FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #SocialMedia #social
Day14
You can use many/any platform on the Fediverse, they're not walled off from each other.
Maybe you begin with Calckey (this here)/Misskey or Mastodon or Pixelfed (a bit like Instagram). You will soon appreciate your freedom to add other platforms without having to start over from scratch like with the big corporate social walled enclosures that separate their user bases. I post seamlessly from Calckey to my Mastodon followers for example.
3 helpful sites to explore:
An over view of the Fediverse, a co-operation of social platforms. Imagine Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tiktok, Youtube, Medium, Reddit but co-operating, inter-operating and developing to benefit all the users not some billionaires.
https://jointhefediverse.net/
Calckey servers
https://calckey.org/
Where did your Twitter contacts go? Automatically reconnect to your Twitter people from the many different Fediverse platforms.
https://fedifinder.glitch.me/
#FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #SocialMedia #social #SocialMedia #social
👥👪👨 １ #WELCOME BACK #Foreign Tourists #Sensouji #Temple #ASAKUSA https://www.alojapan.com/816943/%f0%9f%91%a5%f0%9f%91%aa%f0%9f%91%a8%e3%80%80%ef%bc%91%e3%80%80welcome-back%e3%80%80foreign-tourists%e3%80%80sensouji-temple-asakusa/
#Sendai #Sendaidestinations #Sendaitour #Sendaitravel #Sendaitrip #Sendaivacation #仙台
Welcome @herefortheride to #AllThingsTech
Nice to have you join us and if you have any questions or anything, feel free to reach out. Always happy to help!
@packy@fosstodon.org Yes CamelCase is important. Adding that, cheers. #CamelCase #Alt #AltText #FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus
@littlefoxone@tech.lgbt #welcome to the #fediverse
Best way to get started with #Mastodon is definitely to start following any hashtags you are interested in.
Then you'll start seeing the traffic coming in.
Day13
I realise #Fediverse is an evolving co-operating culture with common protocol linking many things. No platform is trying to lock up all my attention in their walled garden.
I can have several accounts, try & use several platforms, keep my circles across all & I'm free to move around. Exporting and importing followers, migrating, these are all #Fediverse core principles. Freely social, not captive eyeballs.
On phone tablet desktop, I can have apps and/or I can open simple browser windows +just type an instance's address. There are many ways to login & communicate across the #Fediverse.
This idea is a revolution in itself. How much effort did I lose on doomed corporation farms that were jealously trying to carve out separately, wall away and own their userbase. Myspace, Google+, Facebook, Twitter.
#FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #SocialMedia #social
Day12
#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 use regularly I should contribute to. #FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus
Day11
Metrics don't matter here. Numbers don't matter. Followings aren't faked here, & my voice isn't suppressed by algorithms. What matters here is good interactions. Actually being social.
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 broadcasting at serfs who don't get heard.
The features here are designed for the users, not for data harvesting or profit. They are deliberate choices to encourage people to treat each other better. There is rapid development and if I really need a different feature, I should just access another platform to login to the Fediverse which will give that feature to me.
I can use many Fediverse websites/apps, and keep my circle of people across them.
People matter, not metrics. #FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus
Day10
If there are subjects I don't want to deal with I can set filter words in my profile settings which will stop certain topics from showing up in my feeds.
#Fediverse & it's different platforms+software have masses of clever tools, & different ways to access. You communicate with people all over the Fediverse, across different platforms.
So much more to explore, new projects, new apps:
#PixelFed like Instagram but not constantly trying to sell you stuff
#PeerTube like Youtube but not ads based
#Friendica like Facebook but not harvesting your data or radicalising your relatives
#Mastodon millions use it as Twitter without all the Nazis
#Calckey a really smooth & fun new Twitter replacement with loads more features than Twitter
& many more to discover. They all communicate together, you can use any or all, keep your people, your following circles across all of them.
#FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #SocialMedia #social #SocialMedia #social
Day9
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.
They're volunteers, our mods and admins, and it's a tough job, let alone when it's unpaid. Be kind to them!
#FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus
Day8
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 people.
Fediverse is MUCH better at this than most places, something to be proud of, lets keep it that way! #Alt #AltText #FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus
Day7
Emails have a subject line which I click to expand body of the message.
Fediverse has similar thing. A content wrapper [CW] button when posting that adds a title, then one clicks to expand post.
It takes very little extra time to do. Subject line doesn't prevent me sending email! It's good for long posts or stuff that people might not want to see.
Remember sometimes people just need a break from things going wrong in the world. #FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus
Day6
I should write an introduction post to say hello and tell people a bit about myself.
Include the #introduction hashtag. Pin it to my profile.
Include lots of hashtags, so people can find me too. #FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus
Day5
There are multiple feeds. You can customise them.
🛳️Home includes everyone I follow from any server for multiple social platforms.
⛴️Local=everyone on my ship (physical server).
🚢Federated=a step wider network, the people that locals are connected to or are searching.
#Fediverse is like a fleet. Different types & sizes of ships. Different sizes of instances/servers running a variety of social platforms. But all communicating & co-operating across the Fediverse. #FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus
Day4
⭐ is the ❤️ button but it only tells the author you like their post, nobody else.
🔁Boost🔁 is what moves info around.
There is no algorithm, we choose and 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. Also, CamelCase means capitalising 1st letter of each new word inside a hashtag, it is very helpful as well.
Fediverse has a good reputation for inclusion, we must keep it going.
Some platforms like Calckey even have a separate box below main post compose area, just for adding hashtags. #FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus
Day3
👊I can put #hashTags in the search bar & find intersting things. Join in those conversations. Find more people to follow.
✊Locals on my server might answer questions eg "what's a good #hashtag to find historians with?" #Histodons Many are obvious eg #naturePhotography #ClimateChange
🤜I could pin hashtags as columns, or follow hashtags to put them in homefeed. I can create rules + keywords + hashtags + users based notifications called antennas on platforms like Calckey. There are many ways to find stuff or be notified on topics you specify.
🤛I can edit my posts (4.0+ Mastodon, Calckey, various other platforms). #FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus
Day2
👊I know bookmarks!
Bookmark a post via an icon or 3 dots flyout menu to return to something useful.
✊Follow liberally!
Morefollows has zero algorithm penalty here. Is no algorithm. More people I follow, more interesting my feeds get. There are good tools for management.
🤜I can click #hashtags!
#FediTips or #Newbies. I click hashtags to learn more stuff & find more people!
🤛I look at different feeds like local federated home etc.
#FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus
Day 1
Where am I? Is this the Fediverse? What is the Mastodon? How do I Calckey? Am I Pixelfed?
..
👉 Click for Thread🧵
...
What I've learned about #Fediverse (#Mastodon #Calckey etc) condensed to help others.
#FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #FediTips #Help #New #Newbies #NewHere #Social #Welcome #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus
We may be getting more fun new friends as birdchan burns, what’s your best advice for new folks on the fedi? what do you know now that you wish you knew when you hopped on? #welcome
An introduction for our #server as we are accepting new #users!
#AllThingsTech is a #Mastodon #Community focused around #tech (any and all!). We #welcome #technologists, #coders, #engineers, #gadget lovers, self professed “#geeks” and anyone with an interest and love of tech. If that’s you - you’ve found your home in the #FediVerse!
Sign up @ https://allthingstech.social
#Home #Welcome #SpreadTheWord #TellYourFriends #NicePeople #Introduction
Since it’s #WelcomeWednesday, I thought I’d share one of my original digital art designs with ya’ll. Tropical pink hibiscus, banana plant leaves and a sundry of green foliage are all staples in the sub-tropical climes of Central and South Florida.
#tropical #welcome #hibiscus #pink #flower #flowers #art #artists #MastoArt #FediArt #ArtCollector #artwork #BuyIntoArt #fediverse #FediGiftShop
Tropical Welcome is available here: https://hhphotography.pixels.com/featured/tropical-welcome-hh-photography-of-florida.html
Welcome to #AllThingsTech @DanW We are glad to have you here and look forward to interacting with and seeing what you have to offer as far as content.
To learn more about our instance, check out our blog post here ➡️ https://blog.allthingstech.social/what-is-allthingstech-social/
Make sure to checkout the rules ➡️ https://allthingstech.social/about/
Make sure to post and introduce yourself using the #introduction hashtag.
If you have any questions, please let myself or @kylewritescode know!
Welcome to #AllThingsTech @akalisingh We are glad to have you here and look forward to interacting with and seeing what you have to offer as far as content.
To learn more about our instance, check out our blog post here ➡️ https://blog.allthingstech.social/what-is-allthingstech-social/
Make sure to checkout the rules ➡️ https://allthingstech.social/about/
Make sure to post and introduce yourself using the #introduction hashtag.
If you have any questions, please let myself or @kylewritescode know!
Absolutely, quite the opposite.
Which is why I support the linked approach of #JoinTheFediverse by @stefan:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109960702367155717
#Decentralization
#Welcome
#NewToMastodon
#TwitterMigration
#MastodonMigration
#TwitterDiaspora
Welcome to all our new users on the #DisabledSocial server! I hope I caught your introduction posts, but if I didn't, I apologize -- it's hard to keep up when I'm not feeling well.
So this is my welcome to you! Thanks for being here!
Let us mods know if you have any questions!
For information about our server, how to navigate mastodon, and information on accessibility on this platform, see our blog here: https://disabledsocial.github.io/Disabled-Social-Blog/
Found a really cool project 😎...
It is an attractive quick introduction to the Fediverse and it guides people to open Fediverse alternatives for the closed platforms that they are currently used to.
Give it a try : https://jointhefediverse.net/
A good primer for those getting ready to jump in!
What is #mastodon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPSbNdBmWKE
#welcome #introduction #help #instance #socialmedia #community
To start, #welcome. A lot of posts like this have cropped up recently.
If you are having trouble finding people, a couple of recommendations.
To start, follow a bunch of hashtags and use them in your posts. They are no considered spam here, but a necessity for your posts to reach people.
Since your interested in meeting #lgbtq people, try following it and related hashtags, and then follow the people you like (not every post by someone will be in those hashtags)
Also checkout https://fediverse.info/. It is a directory of people by what topics they post in who've asked to be added.
#fediverse #mastodon #twittermigration #twitter #new #newusers #TheResistanceWillBeFederated
An introduction for our #server as we are now accepting #new #users!
https://techtoots.com is a #Mastodon #community focused on #tech (any vintage!). We #welcome #technologists, #coders, #engineers, #gadget lovers, self professed “#geeks” & anyone with an interest and love of tech. If you share the opinion that the the best #technologies are the ones that most resemble ‘#magic’- you’ve found your home in the #fediverse!
#home #welcome #spreadtheword #tellyourfriends #nicepeople #introduction
@ZDF Very well played, ZDF social team. Perfect first post.
#Welcome to the #Fediverse
I came to Mastadon in February because I couldn't take the overhaul/overlord at the bird site any longer. I've found Mastadon to be full of friendly, real people with lovely insights. Your feed is what you make it. Following people, following hashtags, adding hashtags to toots, and always using alt text for images are key to finding your people and following your interests. Thanks for having me and #welcome to newcomers! #mandala #MastoArt #KindnessMatters
@chrismessina glad to have you here! #welcome