Anabelthe1st @Anabelthe1st@qoto.org

Amazing #twitter

It feels as if the whole “system” is slow and non-responsive right now, so it’s a bit hard to assess features. That’s understandable — not a complaint.

Lotta talk about replacing Twitter.

The better dialogue is how to get people to re-evaluate how they engage with the internet.

Personally, I'm convinced of two things:

- You can't 1:1 replace Twitter unless it's a similar top-down walled garden.

- Most people probably shouldn't want a Twitter replacement, since Twitter is bad for us.

Instead of finding/molding/creating a replacement, we should encourage people (and ourselves!) to focus on what they like most about internet interaction.

So here's what I've learned.
Mastodon isn't Twitter.
And that's by design.
You've grown used to things designed to give you that anger rush.
Mastodon is very deliberately built to avoid that.
The temptation is to replicate your Twitter experience.
Picking arguments, amplifying trolls.
Please don't.
This isn't your house, people here put time into building it.
Content warnings, ALT tags.
Don't turn it into a replica of the mess you just left.
If you miss the fights, the birdsite is still there.

Well, guess I’m on Mastodon now. Retweet if you agree.

KEEP IN MIND! #Mastodon doesn't work like #Twitter!

Have you just made the #Twexit or the #TwitterMigration?

Favorites ⭐ - they're not "likes". They don't "elevate" posts, they just the poster know you liked their post.

Boosts 🔁 - these push someone's post into your friends feeds (and help discovery).

So if you ⭐ my posts, that's great (and I love you too)!

But if you 🔁 posts, then more people see them!

OH! - #Hashtags are how you search!

#mastodon #MastodonTips

Help me find more #BIPoC Accounts, for me, for you, for everyone on #Mastodon

If you're #black #indigenous or #peopleofcolor feel free to comment, if you like you can comment who you are and/or what you do, so other people can follow you more easily

I will report everyone who dares to comment something hateful or attacks anyone here

Please boost

So, is there a #BlackMastodon fully up and running on here yet?

@BlackAzizAnansi Please forgive the non-sequitur, but I couldn't resist when I saw #BlackMastodon:

Not one person has tried to sell me crypto since I opened my account on Mastodon and I love it!

I've seen a few people ask what happens if the instance you are on closes down.

Tradition on Mastodon is that all the people on that instance are buried alive with the admin in a giant pyramid made of old phones and laptops. 😵

You cannot run an arbitrary search on Mastodon — in plain English: you cannot search for a specific expression in toots

Why? It's because allowing it would open the gate of harassment. It's not a bug, it's a conscious design decision.

How to find content then? Use hashtags instead! Including in your own toots — to make them easily discoverable. You can also browse the local and federated timelines.

#HowToMast

The four stages of Mastodon user:
* what’s a Mastodon
* I feel lost and alone how does this work
* oh wow this is actually pretty cool
* I’m an instance admin now

So, I’ve seen major media outlets such as the New York Times very active here. Because I’m a newcomer, I don’t know if they were before. That doesn’t seem to bode well for Elmo’s Neighborhood.

One of the folks I know from Twitter said today in a group, “I just got this job two years ago…this was my first good job” — meaning a job that allowed them to support their family. And then their voice broke. I’ve been thinking about that since it happened.

That’s what Elon did to a lot of people.

I am hiring a product manager for platforms and architecture for the City of San Francisco's digital team. It's a union job in a team that is supportive and kind. Please boost!

https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CityAndCountyOfSanFrancisco1/743999801085935-product-manager-for-platforms-infrastructure-digital-services-9976-1053-

Mastodon habits I'm trying to lock in, rather than revert to my Twitter habits:

1) use CWs liberally
2) when threading, set first post to "public" and the rest to "not listed"
3) don't forget the description text when posting images (had to work on that in Twitter too)
4) throw in hashtags like it was Tumblr or Instagram when you want to reach beyond your followers
5) pin and visit hashtags to find more people
6) boost a lot

Good morning! I like the way hashtags work on here. #StandupComedy #voteblue #TwitterMigration

Hello, Mastodon.

Do not understand Mastodon, and yet, here I am.