My top tip for getting into Mastodon is:

1) Make a post that says "hi, I'm interested in..." followed by like 10 hashtags about your interests.

2) Click and follow all the hashtags in your post.

3) People will boost your post and it'll go further because of the hashtags, due to the nature of the fediverse. Follow all the people who boost you; you can unfollow later if it's too many people.

Diagram source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mastodon_timelines.png

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My top tip for getting into Mastodon is:

1) Make a post that says "hi, I'm interested in..." followed by like 10 hashtags about your interests.

2) Click and follow all the hashtags in your post.

3) People will boost your post and it'll go further because of the hashtags, due to the nature of the fediverse. Follow all the people who boost you; you can unfollow later if it's too many people.

Diagram source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mastodon_timelines.png

#Mastodon #MastoMeta #forkiverse #introduction #introductions

What happens if you boost a toot from a Mastodon server that has gone offline (perhaps forever)? Does it work as normal, unless you try to visit the original website? Or do weird things break?

Below I will link to the test toot (that is currently unreachable). Next I will boost it.

@kateiacy https://med-mastodon.com/@kateiacy/115537310444405215

#Mastodon #MastoMeta #MedMastodon

I'm migrating the Gender Census account from @gendercensus@lgbt.io to @gendercensus@fediverse.gendercensus.com and I have to say, it is going much smoother than last time I tried to migrate accounts on Mastodon. :)

Nice one, developers!

#MastoMeta#MastoDev

I'm migrating the Gender Census account from @gendercensus@lgbt.io to @gendercensus@fediverse.gendercensus.com and I have to say, it is going much smoother than last time I tried to migrate accounts on Mastodon. :)

Nice one, developers!

#MastoMeta#MastoDev

Anyone got recommendations for #mastodon/ #fediverse servers which focus on #FOSS but recognise it as inherently political and celebrate the way it intersects with other activist communities?

Context: lots of folks seem to be feeling like #fosstodon has shown it doesn't align with their values, but I don't know where to recommend as an alternative.

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