Having moved across from my previous instance to a new one recently, I thought I should recreate and sort my previous tips and tricks thread into a new one to pin to this profile.
It would mean the world to me if you could look to #Boost this thread around your networks and help spread these tips to as many people as possible.
The goal of this thread is to share with everyone the things that I have learnt during my time here and I will continue to add more #FediTips to it as I continue to learn more myself.
Each tip will have a video to go along with it, but if you would like to view all of them, I have made a playlist on #YouTube that has them all in it.
If you have found other tips etc that you think would be awesome for others to know, please feel free to shoot me a message (or tag me in a post) and I will do my best to create some content for it and add it here.
And with all that out of the way, let the monstrous thread commence!
Is there a handful of #Hashtags that you like to post about? Do you want people to be able to easily see your posts about these when they look at your profile?
Then #FeaturedHashtags are the thing to use instead of just posting them in your #bio.
This allows people visiting your profile to filter your posts for some of your most commonly used tags. Great for getting to know you better before following you.
Please #boost to help spread the knowledge and if you like the content I make, feel free to subscribe to the channel.
I'm happy to announce version 2.18 of snac, the simple, minimalistic ActivityPub instance server, including the following changes:
Added support for #HashTags (they are not internally indexed yet, only propagated to other instances).
Added support for OpenBSD enhanced security functions unveil() and pledge() (contributed by alderwick).
The purge ttl for stray global objects has been shortened.
In the HTML interface, don't show the collapse widget for non-existent children.
Added support for HTTP signature pseudo-headers (created) and (expires), that are used by some ActivityPub implementations (e.g. Lemmy).
When replying, the mentioned people inherited from the original post will be clearly labelled with a CC: prefix string instead of just being dropped out there like noise like Mastodon and others do. (I hope) this will help you realise that you are involving other people in the conversation.
*Do look at your local and federated feeds from time to time.
*If you like a post, favorite it.
*If you really like a post, boost it.
*Click on people's names and look at their profile. Browse some of their posts.
*Find someone like you, follow them.
*Find someone different from you, follow them.
This will make your home feed more interesting.
*Use Alt text whenever you upload images.
*Also, use #hashtags
*And have fun!
Hangelt euch einfach durch die #Hashtags eurer Interessen durch und wenn euch ein Post gefällt dann schaut euch das dazugehörende Profil an und folgt dem. So stellt ihr eure ganz persönliche Timeline zusammen 👍
P.S. Auf #Mastodon könnt ihr auch Hashtags folgen.
Use #hashtags liberally. They are essential to discovery here. If you use a hashtag with multiple words, please use upper and lowercase to delineate the words so people with screen readers can get them too,
Don't like someone? Don't scream at them. You can block them, either temporarily, or for longer. If they are truly abusive, report them to your local instance admin.
Contribute to the instance's cost. It's volunteer run. Chip in to help.
🐍 Longtime #Python developer & maintainer of various popular libraries (Fabric, Paramiko, Invoke, &c)
💻 Longtime #Linux (#Unix) #sysadmin & #DevOps engineer (so many distros, currently experimenting with #NixOS)
😻 Owned by 2 #cats (and grew up with #dogs)
🇺🇸🗽 Resident of #NewJersey
🌹🍞 Bit of a #leftist and #antifascist who still votes #Democrat when necessary
⚔️🚀 #SFF fan
& much more! ✨
🗣️ I tend to post a lot 😅
🤬 …often with colorful language (but happy to edit it back out if it'll help you boost a useful post!)
🙄 I don't actually over-use emojis / #hashtags - just doing that here to be cute 🤣
💩 I love(d) #weird#twitter and occasionally make dumb shitposts 😒
and 👴 #dadjokes
My content is typically equal parts chatter about my #OSS, navelgazing/whining, and random microblogging/life observations (pets, house, tech, EVs)
I don't want to post the 375th "guide to mastodon", but it took me a moment to learn what seem to me three most important points in making the mastodon timeline useful:
#follow absolutely every account you think could potentially be interesting (since no algorithm "suggests" anything for you)
#boost the toots you find interesting (not just favourite them)
Ich heisse alle meine neuen & alten Followers willkommen! 👋
Wenn du #neuhier im #Fediverse / #Mastodon bist, so hangle dich doch den #Hashtags (denen du auch folgen kannst) deiner Interessen entlang und bei spannenden Toots / Posts geh auf deren Profil und folge diesen Menschen 😃
So stellst du deine eigene individuelle & persönliche Timeline zusammen 👍
👊I know bookmarks!
Bookmark a post via an icon or 3 dots flyout menu to return to something useful.
✊Follow liberally!
More follows has zero algorithm penalty here. Is no algorithm. More people I follow, more interesting my feeds get. There are good tools for management.
⭐is the❤️button but only tells the author you like their post, nobody else.
🔁Boost🔁 moves info around.
There is no algorithm, we choose & not some algorithm under corporate control. We choose by 🔁boosting🔁 posts and by using #hashtags.
If I put hashtags more at the bottom of a post it is kind to those using screen readers, partially sighted, blind etc. Fediverse has a good reputation for inclusion, we must keep it going.
#introduction I've had this account since 2017, but I have to thank the Muskrat for pushing so many people over here, whom I'd like to keep following, for me to finally also spend some time here.
I'm hoping to see lots of discussions of homotopy type theory and related matters.