How to get your Mastodon timeline started:

1. Follow some hashtags (more info: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-follow-hashtags-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse).

2. Join some groups (more info: https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse).

3. Discover accounts at https://fedi.directory. If you find an account on the site that you want to follow, copy-paste its Fediverse address into the search box in Mastodon.

Lots more tips for discovering accounts at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends

#FediTips #Mastodon #MastoTips

How to get your Mastodon timeline started:

1. Follow some hashtags (more info: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-follow-hashtags-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse).

2. Join some groups (more info: https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse).

3. Discover accounts at https://fedi.directory. If you find an account on the site that you want to follow, copy-paste its Fediverse address into the search box in Mastodon.

Lots more tips for discovering accounts at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends

#FediTips #Mastodon #MastoTips

⚠️ Apparently there's a scammer sending out messages "offering a partnership" if people "verify" their account at a special link. They may use a profile icon that looks like the Mastodon logo with a headset.

The account is fake, the link is a scam, do not click on it. There is no "partnership" scheme on here, you cannot earn money for posting.

If you get one of these messages, click the ... icon on the scam post and then click "report".

(via https://timeloop.cafe/@Taweret/115312839779385334)

#FediTips

⚠️ Apparently there's a scammer sending out messages "offering a partnership" if people "verify" their account at a special link. They may use a profile icon that looks like the Mastodon logo with a headset.

The account is fake, the link is a scam, do not click on it. There is no "partnership" scheme on here, you cannot earn money for posting.

If you get one of these messages, click the ... icon on the scam post and then click "report".

(via https://timeloop.cafe/@Taweret/115312839779385334)

#FediTips

If you follow a Ghost site from Mastodon etc, it isn't just a one-way feed.

Ghost sites are actually on the Fediverse and they can interact with Mastodon etc accounts, they can favourite, boost and reply.

You can see Ghost site @sam replying to @FediFollows here: https://social.growyourown.services/@FediFollows/115293813549700275

This is two-directional, Fediverse-compatible websites can seamlessly talk with people on Fediverse-compatible social networks. This is how the open web is supposed to work.

#FediTips #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Thousands of sites using the popular #Ghost platform are now Fediverse compatible, so you can follow them from Mastodon etc 🥳

Here's how to discover and follow them:

1. Go to https://explore.ghost.org
2. Click category tab you want (swipe categories right to see more)
3. Click on a site to preview, then box-arrow icon to go to it
4. Copy the site's domain name
5. Paste @ index @ (domain name) into the search box in Mastodon etc without spaces
6. Click the profile and then "Follow"

#FediTips

If you follow a Ghost site from Mastodon etc, it isn't just a one-way feed.

Ghost sites are actually on the Fediverse and they can interact with Mastodon etc accounts, they can favourite, boost and reply.

You can see Ghost site @sam replying to @FediFollows here: https://social.growyourown.services/@FediFollows/115293813549700275

This is two-directional, Fediverse-compatible websites can seamlessly talk with people on Fediverse-compatible social networks. This is how the open web is supposed to work.

#FediTips #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Thousands of sites using the popular #Ghost platform are now Fediverse compatible, so you can follow them from Mastodon etc 🥳

Here's how to discover and follow them:

1. Go to https://explore.ghost.org
2. Click category tab you want (swipe categories right to see more)
3. Click on a site to preview, then box-arrow icon to go to it
4. Copy the site's domain name
5. Paste @ index @ (domain name) into the search box in Mastodon etc without spaces
6. Click the profile and then "Follow"

#FediTips

Almost all the servers on Mastodon and the wider Fediverse are run by unpaid grassroots volunteers that pay their server's bills out of their own pockets.

They don't sell your data or carry advertising, and they don't get any share of the donations given to the Mastodon etc software developers.

Please consider donating to your server admin, they usually have donation links on your server website's "About" page. You can also ask your admin directly about how to donate.

#FediTips