Pat @Pat_H@qoto.org

Please make sure you are doing something to GOTV today (in addition to your learning curve in the #Fediverse).

www.mobilize.us

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

At least on the web interface, you can filter your notifications by type!

Just toggle "Display all categories" in the Settings pane and it's done!

(I am introducing this hashtag #HowToMast to reference all toots related to advices and tips on how Mastodon works)

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

Tiny Handy Newbie Mastodon Vocabulary List 🐘:

INSTANCE 🖥️​
The server/place where your account is hosted. They are independent and managed by different people. They have different rules. The name of it is what is following your handle/username here.

TOOT ​
This is just a post. Like a post on Twitter is called a tweet. On #Mastodon it is called a toot.

CW ⚠️​
Content Warning. This is an important feature here. You can get more details on it on this toot: https://infosec.exchange/@Em0nM4stodon/109282181601490676

FEDIVERSE 🌍​
This is the WHOLE UNIVERSE from which Mastodon is a small part of. Mastodon is one of the social media that connects to the Fediverse, but there are also others like Friendica and Pixelfed. It is also sometimes called simply Fedi.

You can read some great #FediTips and explanations on here 👉 https://fedi.tips/mastodon-and-the-fediverse-beginners-start-here/

Some advise for new peeps on Mastodon:

The people you're following would generally *love* to follow you back IF you:
* Post an #Introduction toot and pin it
* Fill out your profile's bio
* Put in a profile picture

Whenever I get a follow request and there's no profile pic, no bio, no intro, and no toots posted yet in general, I don't follow back, because I don't know anything about that person. It's like being introduced to a person wearing a bag over their head. ;)

#Boost please :D

For everyone here: I read there is a shortage of instances run by women admins. I know a few already, but I love to know more. I am one for one, but
https://vis.social/about/more and I thought https://mastodon.art/about/more is one too.
Mine i https://socialserver.science/about/more and is mainly aimed at scientists and scientific visualizers.
Please boost!

Can someone explain best practices here for blocking accounts or instances, and how to flag for your #admin #fediblock so that your instance is protected?

Happy to boost.

It’s also easy to account spoof: I’m @PeteStrzok, but that doesn’t prevent someone from creating (on existing or new severs they make) @petestrzok@mastadan.social, @petestrzok@mstdn.social, etc.

Make sure you verify the account you’re following is in fact the person you think it is. An old article (would welcome an updated version):
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2017/04/mastodon-risks/amp

None of this is meant to disparage Mastodon - just noting things to keep in mind.

Remember just like anywhere else without end to end encryption, your DMs here are not private.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/18079

Distributed servers (/instances) can make for interesting times (eg, potentially no more record of your toots/followings/followers) should your server go down. Server resilience against hostile actors is case-by-case.