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Another nice fediverse-enhancing habit that I enjoy is:

1) When you make a public post, use a hashtag.

2) Immediately click the hashtag.

3) Boost something cool and recent from that hashtag.

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If for some reason the boost button doesn't work:

1) Right-click on the timestamp.

2) Click "copy link address" or similar.

3) Paste the URL into your Mastodon search box and press enter.

4) Boost.

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This helps because everything you boost gets added to your own instance's federated timeline, and the federated timelines of everyone who follows you.

More importantly, it also adds those boosts to hashtag searches, making it easier for people to find posts about their interests using hashtag searches on their own instances.

Spreading the good stuff around the fediverse helps everything to interlink and keeps the timelines and Home feeds organically full, varied and busy.

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Mastodon is prone to bubbles.

When you look for new people to follow you check the public timelines, which by design mostly contains people already followed by people on your instance. It's hard to break out of that.

Here's what you do.

1) Go to mastodon.social/tags/YourTagHe but change the last bit to a hashtag of your choosing.

2) Click boost on all the cool stuff.

Also, use hashtags in your own posts and boost cool stuff with gay abandon!

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@roadkillcobra@radical.town LOL.... 😜

I saw a post yesterday about using a big instance to do just that.

@roadkillcobra@radical.town Ain't that spamming your own followers? Boosting a post will just make sure they see a notification of it. Which they already got, if they follow you.

Hyperboost, maybe, get an account at a large instance, get many followers and then, boost this account's post with that new one.

In the Streets of America. 

"6 killed in New Jersey gunbattle, including police officer
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Six people, including a police officer and three bystanders, were killed in a furious gunbattle Tuesday that filled the streets of Jersey City with the sound of heavy fire for hours, authorities said. "

From Canadian Press via sootoday.com/world-news/6-kill

@Sphinx Australian is a totally new curve ball into this game too! 😛

@freemo Leave it for tomorrow's reading, it's pretty late at your time zone. Good night!! 🌃

@realcaseyrollins

Depending how 'cheap' that price is, it could be a 'not'. But a bit uprange, around $200 USD or so, and they definitely are worth it, imo.

Just arrived hoem and trying to catch up, will read the article later. An interesting topic, thank you!

@9to5Google

@Sphinx The styles of collowuial conversation and words change from UK to USA, this is an example.

I also remember learning that unwanted things and assorted detritus would go in the 'trash'.

Which here in Canada is usually called 'garbage', instead. UK people will say it's going 'to the bin' , or to be 'binned'.

Washroom, Bathroom, Toilet, Rest Room, you might find people using variations for the place we urgently need to visit for nature's calls. 😜

@realcaseyrollins I hope you are feeling positive, and that's not sarcasm, Casey.

There are hard times and good times. But one thing I can assure you is that, Good or Bad, change is always going to happen.

Keep that in mind when times are bad, better days will come. And also keep it in mind when times are good - ad try to think and prepare for more difficult days. 🙇

@freemo And on trying things, we discover... new things.

Firefox now has screen captures.

And upon selected, area chosen is Saved to clipboard or a file as desired. (image 2)

Off line now, meeting a friend for a walk! 😄 bbl!

@freemo It took a while to load, and a login/password auth, but it did come thru.

Could be useful, but it needs to be fast.

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