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](https://nullsweep.com/kindle-collects-a-surprisingly-large-amount-of-data/) 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](https://anonfiles.com/0088mcF8y8/blocked_domains_csv)
### 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](https://twitodon.com/) - Find your Twitter friends on Mastodon
[FediFinder](https://fedifinder.glitch.me/)- Similar to Twitodon
[Fedi Tips](https://fedi.tips/) - an informal, unofficial guide for non-technical people who want to use Mastodon and the wider Fediverse
[Fedi Directory](https://fedi.directory) - A human-curated small selection of accounts to spice up your timeline.
[Trunk](https://communitywiki.org/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](https://fediverse.info/explore/people) -growing list of people and topics can help you discover mutual interests with people around the world
**Mobile Apps:**
[Metatext for iOS ](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/metatext/id1523996615)
[Tusky for Android ](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keylesspalace.tusky&hl=en&gl=USt)

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