Anne Flynn @Flynnski@qoto.org

Saying hi to new and old friends and follows! I’m not confident this platform is going to be the fix yet. Your stream will only show your followers so when you want to amplify stuff you HAVE to “boost” (like RT) so other people’s stuff shows up in each other’s feeds! This place has been reported as pretty volatile for anyone who isn’t hetero cis white so defend and amplify your friends fiercely. Use the #iTeachPhysics hashtag to we can find each other!

Did you know that if you capitalize each word in a multi-word hashtag, #ScreenReaders can read them as words, but if you leave them lowercase, they can't? Well, now you know! So, for #accessibility, please capitalize words when there's more than one in a hashtag.

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

Every Mastodon explanation is like "It's very simple, your account is part of a kerflunk, and each kerflunk can talk to each other as part of a bumblurt. At the moment everyone you flurgle can see your bloops but only people IN your kerflunk can quark your nerps. Kinda like email."