For those new here from #twitter to #mastodon may I suggest @FediFollows as well as @feditips. If you’re interested in running your own server I personally use @mastohost for managing my service, simple to setup and pay them, been using them for months and it’s cheaper than Twitter blue for many individuals, but inexpensively can scale if you become more popular as I have been. Enjoy your time tooting posts away #twittermigration #welcome

Also in addition to that advice to people new from #Twitter here on #mastodon if you need to replicate news feeds you can use press.coop for things like @Reuters and @CNN and @cnnbrk just like on Twitter but note these are not official accounts but they are using official posts from the Twitter accounts to recreate the experience. You'll find many volunteers have made great bots for all sorts of things. I even made a #twitch bot you can find in my github to post here. #twittermigration

Another tip for those new to #Mastodon and the #fediverse from the #twittermigration and #twitterexodus if you want to find people to follow of different interests the community trunk is a great resource to find people and announce you are there. I'm in the technology section and that's where many find me #welcome #twitter
I'll try to keep adding to this thread more tips
https://communitywiki.org/trunk

Another #mastodon tip for those fleeing from #twitter. If you’re looking for other servers to possibly join or even connect with, you can use https://fediverse.observer/ to find many different #fediverse servers not just Mastodon, it can even geographically map all the servers for you too. You don’t have to stay on your server you can always migrate your profile and following. #twitterexodus #twittermigration #welcome

Another good trick that not many know about is to camp a web browser tab (don't know about no apps) on

[instance_name]/public/local/

This lets you watch the stream of public Local posts and get a sense of what that instance is all about

I have bookmarks for almost 30 /public/local/ pages that I cruise by every day

For one:

journa.host/public/local

H/T: @FinchHaven

#twitter #mastodon #twittermigration #twitterexodus #welcome #fediverse #feditips

Another tip for new #mastodon users from #twitter there are three main content feeds to be aware:

Following Feed: Those are only posts from who you’ve followed

Local Feed: Those are only posts from people on the server you have joined

Federated Feed: Those are all the posts the server you have joined can see from all the servers that server is federated with

#fediverse is a #decentralized and federated space. It’s not monolithic so you have to plant seeds. #twitterexodus #twittermigration

Anlther tip for those new to #Mastodon and the #fediverse but are also a #streamer on #twitch. You may notice you'll need new tools to announce when you are live automatically. I developed a self hosted Twitch livestream poster for Mastodon. I designed it to run on a @Raspberry_Pi but it can run on any Mac, windows, or Linux box with python. My project is called "Twitch and Toot." https://github.com/ChiefGyk3D/twitch-and-toot #twitter #twitterexodus #twittermigration #gaming #streaming #opensource #python

#Mastodon is more like a garden than a supermarket. There is no algorithm or points system feeding you a constant stream of content. You have to gradually cultivate a feed by discovering and following individuals and hashtags, pruning what you don't want, and engaging in one-on-one conversions.

Free Mastodon tip: you can follow a big general hashtag like #art, then mute styles you are not interested in, like #️⃣furry, to fine-tune your feed.
H/T Rabbi Nathan #twitter #twittermigration #fediverse

Another tip for new #mastodon users from #Twitter is while I mentioned the community trunk before there is also https://fedi.directory as well as https://fediverse.info to find accounts to follow #welcome #twitterexodus #twittermigration

Another tip for this thread I have pinned. I highly recommend @itsecbot @itnewsbot @vulnbot and @cryptonewsbot by @emanuel if you are into #InfoSec #IT #Cybersecurity or #cryptocurrency #mastodon #welcome #twittermigration #twitterexodus

Another tip for those new to #Mastodon from #twitter. If you miss the twitter UI you can use this code in your appearance settings to make it look like Twitter made by @rolle https://github.com/ronilaukkarinen/mastodon-bird-ui

Also there are plenty of apps for mastodon on #Android and #iphone besides the official one which is honestly missing a lot of features. I use Toot! Personally on iOS and Megalodon on Android but there are plenty of apps like Cubes and more out there #twittermigration #twotterexodus #welcome

Another tip for those new to #Mastodon from #twitter we don't do verifications in the same way as twitter and such as there is no central authority. We do link verification which validates against your website. This honestly will take a bit more than a post to explain but basically I own a domain and website and I have a record on my website mastodon checks against and says I'm verified to my website. To learn more read this https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/profile/#verification #verification #twittermigration #welcome

Another #Mastotip for this mega thread of tips. If you happen to experience yourself getting Rate limited, no it's not that Elon Musk's ghost has followed you. #Mastodon has rate limits per user so the server isn't overloaded.
If you find this happening close your extra browser tabs with Mastodon open on your devices, and also consider using "Slow Mode" under Preferences -> Appearance.
My #ADHD leaves many windows and tabs open often causing this. #Twittermigration #Twitter #welcome

Another #Mastotip for this megathread of tips for people new to #Mastodon from #Twitter. I was just introduced to Followgraph, which lets you plug your profile in and graph out who your follow's are following, so you can possibly find more interesting accounts to follow! https://followgraph.vercel.app
H/T: @jfkimmes

#Twittermigration #Welcome #Twitterexodus

@chiefgyk3d @jfkimmes I tried using it but got a 'No results found.' message.