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1. Kev Quirk (kev@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 04-Aug-2018 05:36:34 EDT Kev Quirk

   A couple of people from various instances have mentioned that #Mastodon is confusing at first. So I decided to write a comprehensive guide on how to get started with Mastodon.

   Hopefully this helps new users to Mastodon. Please do Boost if you feel it could be useful to others.

   https://kevq.uk/how-does-mastodon-work/

   1. Rob Fairhead 🇪🇺 (raretrack@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 04-Aug-2018 08:34:18 EDT Rob Fairhead 🇪🇺

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      @kev A really useful guide Kev, thanks. Reminds me I should POSSE more to my Mastodon and less direct tweets to T******! #indieweb

   2. joop (joop@todon.nl)'s status on Saturday, 04-Aug-2018 10:21:22 EDT joop

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      @kev huh, apparently cloudflare doesn't allow me to see "email addresses" (instances in your blog) because javascript is disabled by default

   3. Shy bunny (porsupah@lgbt.io)'s status on Saturday, 04-Aug-2018 11:23:16 EDT Shy bunny

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      @kev Very good work! Two tweaks I'd be tempted to make:

      - in "The Fediverse", it might be worth noting that you don't have to remember everyone's full @name@instance; folks unfamiliar with Masto might inadvertently see that as a point of friction. Perhaps a screenshot showing the usual autocomplete once you start entering someone's username?

      - in "Moderation Tools", perhaps note (AFAIK) that reports are sent to /your/ instance's admin, and /if you choose/, to the remote admin as well.

   4. Puffinux (puffinux@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 04-Aug-2018 07:37:12 EDT Puffinux

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      @kev Yeah, I tried to explain it to a friend and the understanding he came to was, "So it's like a shitty version of Reddit where you have to create an account for every subreddit?". I gave up in the end.