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Ok, an #introduction then. Everything #metal #hardrock #festivals #metalcore I’m a self employed #PersonalTrainer and in #publishing as the day job. Pretty #kinky, definitely sweary and social media is my mind vomit.
@NicLovesMetal bit nerdy but this is the best guide I've found to doing stuff over here https://blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2022-11-03_what-i-know-about-mastodon/
But basically use hashtags a lot, boost(retweet) a lot and as a starting point write a quick into using the # introduction hash tag which will pick up a bunch of traction.
You might find that having a timeline you're in charge of eventually is a nice feeling. I find it quite refreshing 😄
@NicLovesMetal well hello there!
@woodpunk so after all the complaining you did still switch! 😆
for now at least
Tom Barber Mars Data Engineer
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Tom Barber Mars Data Engineer
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Twitter is designed to agitate us.
Twitter is designed to get under our skin.
Twitter is designed to make us react.
Twitter is designed to make us want to return to "give them a piece of my mind."
Twitter is a drug that kills empathy and rewards cruelty and compels us to come back for more, even though we know that it is self-harm.
Which is entirely by design.
That is why Mastodon feels so chill.
You're not being manipulated.
@jackbarber https://blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2022-11-03_what-i-know-about-mastodon/ thats the best intro to how it works i've found to date. Also from a tech standpoint if you're interested in how it works check out https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube and https://pixelfed.org/ as other implementations of the ActivityPub protocol https://github.com/BasixKOR/awesome-activitypub
@shaungdavey beautiful shot Shaun, amazing work
Tom Barber Mars Data Engineer
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Every time someone from the Other Place pops up over here, it's like sitting in a country pub in a snowstorm and seeing someone you really like coming in through the door.
@freemo Does qoto collect donations for its upkeep? I don't see anything on the about page
Tom Barber Mars Data Engineer
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Holy hell the twitter exodus is **still** accelerating. The influx of new users is up about 33% from yesterday, our biggest day so far. We are now seeing over 1,300 new users every day on QOTO!
21,888 accounts +34 in the last hour +1,333 in the last day +3,843 in the last week
Tom Barber Mars Data Engineer
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Intro here: work for me is #engineer for #NASA working on returning humans to the #moon with #Artemis. Formerly built #Orion and #ISS. Mom to 2 and wife to 1 😉, #soccer , #DucatiScrambler , #hiking and #outdoorenthusiast . Downtime means #cooking and #videogames . I support students and #womeninengineering and do a lot of #STEM public speaking. As always, #spaceships are the easy part.
Tom Barber Mars Data Engineer
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🤖 Android + Pixelfed
Our android mobile app beta will be rolling out later this week!
Spread the word 😉 #pixelfed
Tom Barber Mars Data Engineer
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I’m a reasonable man. Galaxies are nice. I live in one after all 🤷♂️
But when they start PHOTOBOMBING MY NEW #JWST IMAGES OF A PROTOSTELLAR JET … 😡🤪
People who think Mastodon is hard haven't tried to just keep a Sentry server running.....
Tom Barber Mars Data Engineer
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Mastodon – Simplified Federation! a plugin for Firefox
Simplifies following or interacting with other users on remote Mastodon instances in the Fediverse. It skips the “Enter your Mastodon handle” popup and takes you to your own “home” instance, without entering your Mastodon handle on remote instances.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/mastodon-simplified-federation/
Tom Barber Mars Data Engineer
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This one is for all the new people on #Mastodon: did you know that the #fediverse has more than just a microblogging replacement? And that they can all interoperate with your Mastodon account?
Check them out!
Facebook replacement: Friendica
Instagram replacement: Pixelfed
YouTube replacement: PeerTube
Spotify replacement: Funkwhale
MeetUp replacement: Mobilizon
Reddit replacement: Lemmy
Podcasting replacement: Castopod
GoodReads replacement: BookWyrm
