𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑹𝑴⛈️ @STORM@qoto.org

Damn it’s been a while since I’ve been online on here, Life’s been a bit hectic. One cool thing is I got my gf onto Signal finally😎 #privacy

Reboosting this for new users again

I’m watching black mirror right now and I got to say its amazing and yet terrifying since it doesn’t seem too far off where we’re heading as a society. Only at season 2 right now but loving it
#blackmirror

Anyone know of a privacy friendly alternative to Kindle?
I was just going to buy one, never register and keep it on airplane mode then sideload books via calibre from my pc but after reading this article I don’t want to run the risk of having all my data still being stored & then sent when i forget to keep airplane mode off
#privacy #cybersecurity

Damn 2.7k in the last week

Good morning everyone
As you go through your day try to keep this quote by Marcus Aurelius:

“Don’t let your imagination be crushed by life as a whole. Don’t try to picture everything bad that could possibly happen. Stick with the situation at hand.”

Anyone think that this would ever be a competitor to #Mastodon or just a nice twitter alternative ? Curious to see if this would have an negative impact on the member count of instances even if it does im staying here

Good idea to switch to @pixelfed instead

I recently noticed both Whatsapp & Instagram have been down. Is meta struggling to maintain their platforms ? Heh doesn’t matter if their company crashes its a W for #privacy

Good morning to all
I hope everyone has a great day 🤎

goodnight everyone

Ohhh these are cool for viewing visualizing the #Fediverse instances and servers
https://fediverse.observer/map
https://www.fediverse.space/
https://fediverse.party/

@freemo It took sometime but i got it done, less reports from me now heh

I took all the domains from https://fediblock.neocities.org/ block list and put it in a csv file that can be imported so you can block all hateful instances.
Download it here

How to import

• go to settings
• click on import & export
• click on import
• under import select domain blocking list
• then select the csv file you downloaded
• click upload
  Boom a friendly mastodon & fediverse experience

@orsvarn @garry @stux Adding a profile pic & bio along with a pinned intro is a great way to help people know about you and may even help you get some followers

@orsvarn @garry @stux oops seems i didnt add credit to 5th tip. Credit goes to @realcaseyrollins

Okay this might be a long post

One thing that I realised is making #twittermigration harder for people to switch is because the whole concept can feel daunting & overwhelming for non-tech savvy people.

With Twitter to them it was straight forward and easy to find topics they enjoy but with mastodon its a bit different.
So if you’re new to mastodon or you want to introduce someone to mastodon here are some tips, useful sites & tools:

Tips:

• Choosing a home instance isn’t as importance as it seems, don’t overthink it. Yes moderation rules & policies may differ but they all have one thing in common: Be a decent human. You always have the option to migrate your account to a new instance.
• Toots (or posts if you think toots are cringe ) are what we call micro-blogging instead of tweets
• You’re supposed to “boost” AKA “reblog” toots that you like.Since Mastodon does not have an algorithm that surfaces toots that have been liked a lot, boosting is the best way to help spread stuff that you like, and to show appreciation. (credit to @orsvarn for this comment)
• Another way to fill your timeline with content you enjoy is to: Find other people with similar interests, follow them, favourite their posts, boost their posts, use hashtags. rinse, repeat. (credit to @garry)
• If you ever feel yourself getting sucked into arguments on the #Fediverse, you might want to take advantage of the instance mute/block feature!
  Instances tend to foster a culture, so if you find people from a specific site tend to be bothering you, muting/blocking that instance will keep other members of that community from bothering you as well.
• Finally do not share private/sensitive information via DMs on Mastodon. Direct Messages are not E2E. Keep it in mind

Useful tools & resources:

Twitodon - Find your Twitter friends on Mastodon
FediFinder- Similar to Twitodon
Fedi Tips - an informal, unofficial guide for non-technical people who want to use Mastodon and the wider Fediverse
Fedi Directory - A human-curated small selection of accounts to spice up your timeline.
Trunk -Trunk allows you to mass-follow a bunch of people in order to get started with Mastodon or any other platform on the Fediverse
Fediverse.info -growing list of people and topics can help you discover mutual interests with people around the world
Mobile Apps:
Metatext for iOS
Tusky for Android

Lastly if you are interested in setting up your own instance you can learn via https://learnfoss.org/ its completely free and its made by the wonderful @stux

I apologize for the long post lol, just hope this helps anyones transition over

@avoidthehack Finally added to fedi.directory. This a W

😂 The dogs reaction is golden
#dog #funny