Notices

1. Srol (srol@mellified.men)'s status on Saturday, 16-Dec-2017 11:26:21 EST Srol

   Hey everyone, I'm working on a guide on how to thrive on Mastodon. If youve been here for more than three months, I'm curious if you would have any advice for a new user to get them to stick around and not bounce off.

   All comments welcome, feel free to boost.

   1. Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Sunday, 17-Dec-2017 05:10:46 EST Bob Mottram

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      @srol
      
      

      Fediverse survival guide

      • Unlike Twitter, usernames are not unique.
        
        
      • If you're expecting to be a celebrity with millions of followers then you're out of luck. Mass broadcast is not what federated systems are about.
        
        
      • Instances means servers which federate posts between them.
        
        
      • There isn't any guaranteed way to delete or edit a post, so think twice before you post.
        
        
      • This is a purely public system. If you want genuinely private chat then use other apps, such as Conversations.
        
        
      • Be nice. Avoid outrage culture and block users who engage in that.
        
        
      • Don't be afraid to block bad users or bad instances, but keep instance blocks to the minimum possible because collective punishment is bad and it's good to have opinions which are not hostile but merely different.
        
        
      • Run your own instance if you can. This increases the robustness of the federation overall, and reduces the risk from bad admins. The more users there are on a single instance, the more likely it is to turn into a Twitter-like hellscape.
        
        
      1. mangeurdenuage (mangeurdenuage@loadaverage.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Dec-2017 07:31:29 EST mangeurdenuage

         in reply to
         --
         This is a purely public system. If you want genuinely private chat then use other apps, such as Conversations.--
         Or PGP emails.
         1. Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Sunday, 17-Dec-2017 07:50:22 EST Bob Mottram

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            @mangeurdenuage Or OpenPGP on Conversations
   2. 🚀 David Collins-Rivera 🎙 (lostnbronx@social.nasqueron.org)'s status on Saturday, 16-Dec-2017 13:25:45 EST 🚀 David Collins-Rivera 🎙

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      @srol I would advise people to follow anyone who seems interesting, whether you know them -- or even know of them -- or not. I've found some amazing people here, simply through one of their off-hand random posts. Add people shamelessly and fearlessly. You can always stop following them later, if they turn out to be turnip heads.