Here is my periodic reminder: block and mute early and often. You get to decide what your experience here looks like. You get to decide whom you want to interact with. There are literally millions of people here. You will not miss one of them.
For me personally, if the first time somebody tags me is annoying, it will probably also be the last.
Follow people early and often too! You can always unfollow later. The fediverse is what you make of it. Following lots of people is essential.
#FediTips

Here is my periodic reminder: block and mute early and often. You get to decide what your experience here looks like. You get to decide whom you want to interact with. There are literally millions of people here. You will not miss one of them.
For me personally, if the first time somebody tags me is annoying, it will probably also be the last.
Follow people early and often too! You can always unfollow later. The fediverse is what you make of it. Following lots of people is essential.
#FediTips

Quick message to all fediverse newcomers:

Moderation in the fediverse is done by humans. There are no bots that shadowban you based on detecting certain keywords. This has some important consequences:

1. If you see a rule-breaking post, click the "report" button and write a report. The actual living, breathing creatures who run your instance will review the report.

The location of the report button varies depending on your client/app software: it's usually near "reply" or "boost."

2. The text you write in a report matters, because it will be read by an actual person. The mods are not just counting the number of reports.

3. If you're talking about a sensitive topic like suicide, you should not bleep it out like "sui-de". You won't be banned for typing the actual word out. You should instead use a content warning for your post to warn your readers. Some users who don't wish to see certain topics can voluntarily apply word filters to their own timelines, and bleeping words is rude because it bypasses their filters.

#FediTips

the first thing you should probably do after you get set up here is go into your settings and UNCHECK the box that says "don't ever show my posts to anyone under any circumstances"

this can help a lot if you're looking for a more traditional social media experience

#feditips

My only FediTip for the day is to follow @joybooster just because they boost fun, joyful things. Also was very pleasantly surprised to see they already boosted my Obituary for a Cookie post, but follow it anyway. Glad they focus on smaller accounts too! #Fediverse #FediTips #JoyScrolling #Joy #FediTip

My only FediTip for the day is to follow @joybooster just because they boost fun, joyful things. Also was very pleasantly surprised to see they already boosted my Obituary for a Cookie post, but follow it anyway. Glad they focus on smaller accounts too! #Fediverse #FediTips #JoyScrolling #Joy #FediTip

Quick message to all fediverse newcomers:

Moderation in the fediverse is done by humans. There are no bots that shadowban you based on detecting certain keywords. This has some important consequences:

1. If you see a rule-breaking post, click the "report" button and write a report. The actual living, breathing creatures who run your instance will review the report.

The location of the report button varies depending on your client/app software: it's usually near "reply" or "boost."

2. The text you write in a report matters, because it will be read by an actual person. The mods are not just counting the number of reports.

3. If you're talking about a sensitive topic like suicide, you should not bleep it out like "sui-de". You won't be banned for typing the actual word out. You should instead use a content warning for your post to warn your readers. Some users who don't wish to see certain topics can voluntarily apply word filters to their own timelines, and bleeping words is rude because it bypasses their filters.

#FediTips

#FediTips #FediMeta @moderation is it possible to recover an old notification from a potentially deleted / blocked account? Some stochastic terrorist sent me a threatening message in regard to "gangstalking" that I'd like to retain for analysis but I made the mistake of swiping away my Android notification drawer so now it's gone 🤦‍♀️

The assertion was that "it's real" and that "people on reddit.com/x (IIRC) are talking about me.

RE https://kolektiva.social/@pospi/115247259782862935
CC @jwcph @pluralistic

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#FediAlgo (the customizable timeline algorithm / filtering system for your Mastodon feed) v1.2.2 is deployed now. Has a switch that makes sure any #hashtags / users / etc. that you follow are displayed as filter options even if they don't meet the minimum number of recent toots threshold.

Also a bunch of bug fixes and small improvements.

* Try it here: https://michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed/
* Code: https://github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed
* Video of FediAlgo in action (slightly outdated): https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/114395249311910522

#activitypub #algorithm #algorithmicFeed #algorithmicTimeline #Fedi #FediTips #FediTools #Fediverse #Feed #FOSS #GoToSocial #hashtag #hashtags #javascript #MastoAdmin #Mastodon #MastodonApi #mastohelp #mastojs #node #nodejs #opensource #socialmedia #SocialWeb #timeline #TL #typescript #webdev

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#FediAlgo (the customizable timeline algorithm / filtering system for your Mastodon feed) v1.2.2 is deployed now. Has a switch that makes sure any #hashtags / users / etc. that you follow are displayed as filter options even if they don't meet the minimum number of recent toots threshold.

Also a bunch of bug fixes and small improvements.

* Try it here: https://michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed/
* Code: https://github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed
* Video of FediAlgo in action (slightly outdated): https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/114395249311910522

#activitypub #algorithm #algorithmicFeed #algorithmicTimeline #Fedi #FediTips #FediTools #Fediverse #Feed #FOSS #GoToSocial #hashtag #hashtags #javascript #MastoAdmin #Mastodon #MastodonApi #mastohelp #mastojs #node #nodejs #opensource #socialmedia #SocialWeb #timeline #TL #typescript #webdev

To anyone like me who is not tech minded but on the fediverse, I urge you to discover the power of filters.

It has taken me two years or more to realise that 'no algorithm' means that you need to curate your feed. They are easy to use, but, my word, afterwards you have a much better time.

I find that there is so much repetition of the same message, whether it is pictures of cats, complainants about a right wing figure being racist, or the ongoing danger of covid. A simple filter on the common hashtags and, voilà, a much richer experience. I'm sure that there are other uses, but that works for me.

I'd also like to see more use of hashtags to aid discovery. I'd love it if the culture was to tag the name of anyone discussed. That way I could follow the names of obscure writers, thinkers and artists and find my people. That is as important as alttext for me.

#Fediverse, #FediTips, #Hashtag, #Filter

To anyone like me who is not tech minded but on the fediverse, I urge you to discover the power of filters.

It has taken me two years or more to realise that 'no algorithm' means that you need to curate your feed. They are easy to use, but, my word, afterwards you have a much better time.

I find that there is so much repetition of the same message, whether it is pictures of cats, complainants about a right wing figure being racist, or the ongoing danger of covid. A simple filter on the common hashtags and, voilà, a much richer experience. I'm sure that there are other uses, but that works for me.

I'd also like to see more use of hashtags to aid discovery. I'd love it if the culture was to tag the name of anyone discussed. That way I could follow the names of obscure writers, thinkers and artists and find my people. That is as important as alttext for me.

#Fediverse, #FediTips, #Hashtag, #Filter

Maybe its wise to block the server?

#MastoDev#FediTips

Update: test complete! Thank you all for helping 🩷

This was a test of content warning mechanics.

Findings:
- The search tab trending system excludes posts with content warnings from trending.
- Posting, and then editing to add a CW, also stops a post from trending.
- Removing the CW later will make the post eligible for trending again.

Note: I did not test if adding a CW would remove an already trending post from the trending list.

Thoughts: The way trending formula interacts with content warnings actively discourages accessibility by creating a situation where reach and accessibility considerations are at odds.

#FediTips#Search#Trending#ContentWarnings

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#FediAlgo v1.1.19 is deployed. Minor bugfixes and improvements to the customizable timeline algorithm / filtering system for your Mastodon feed.

* Link: https://michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed/
* Code: https://github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed
* Video of FediAlgo in action (slightly out of date): https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/114395249311910522

#activitypub #algorithm #algorithmicFeed #algorithmicTimeline#Fedi#FediTips#FediTools #Fediverse#Feed#FOSS#GoToSocial #hashtag #hashtags #MastoAdmin #Mastodon #MastodonApi #mastohelp #mastojs #nodejs #nod #opensource #socialmedia#SocialWeb #timeline#TL #typescript#webdev

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#FediAlgo v1.1.19 is deployed. Minor bugfixes and improvements to the customizable timeline algorithm / filtering system for your Mastodon feed.

* Link: https://michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed/
* Code: https://github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed
* Video of FediAlgo in action (slightly out of date): https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/114395249311910522

#activitypub #algorithm #algorithmicFeed #algorithmicTimeline#Fedi#FediTips#FediTools #Fediverse#Feed#FOSS#GoToSocial #hashtag #hashtags #MastoAdmin #Mastodon #MastodonApi #mastohelp #mastojs #nodejs #nod #opensource #socialmedia#SocialWeb #timeline#TL #typescript#webdev

Friends, I just boosted a #feditips post & boost about the latest wave of “your account needs to be verified” phishing that is going on.

We have some pretty reliable confirmation that the links being sent out are malicious, DO NOT CLICK THEM. Report the post.

The other great advice in that boost is to know your mod/admin accounts. You can find them on the “About” page for any instance, even when not logged in.

We do not deputize random generic names from other instances to “verify” anything.