Comments on: A Quick Mastodon Guide (for Newcomers)

By: Natanox

Natanox — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 03:37:31 +0000

In reply to caos. Added it in a way that should be most understandable for non-technical users. Thank your for your input!

By: Natanox

Natanox — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 03:18:09 +0000

In reply to Wayne. Thank you for your suggestions, I added the first two to the article!

By: caos

caos — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 07:45:21 +0000

Thanks for this guide, this can be very helpful for newcomers.
However, in my opinion, a crucial difference is missing again: Whether someone wants to or not: whoever is active on Mastodon is part of the Fediverse. It is not just microblogging, but inevitably also networked with macroblogging, image sharing, etc.. And the timeline of a Mastodon account does not only consist of Mastodon, but also contains the contributions of other software that can do more or something else than microblogging.

It would be important for many to know this in advance, otherwise they will come with false expectations.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 19:07:43 +0000

A couple of ideas.

The Alt-text. in the format of:

This is a of a in/at .

if you are making a thread:

Set the first post to public. Reply to that post as unlisted. It helps unclutter the timeline.

Rather use a content warning if you have any doubt.

Twitter always felt like I had to collect followers and follow everyone, but here I really like a small curated timeline that just keeps me posted about my interests. Which is much better for my mental health.