ALAN LAVENDER @lavenderlens@social.cleverlibre.org

The content warning debate for news and politics is very interesting and I am enjoying hearing the different perspectives. I was surprised by it and it took some conversations for me to understand how and why it was being used for this. So folks what do we think. #journalism #news #politics #Midterms #pmqs

Those of us migrating from #Twitter (like me) should read this article. I've been here a few days, and have already come to the realization that #Mastodon is an entirely different ecosystem. The worst we can do is treat it as Twitter 2.0.

This is a special community worth preserving. Some of the features that might strike the Twitter user as archaic were designed purposely to protect people over here. Let's try to respect the existing culture, not change it. 👇

https://www.hughrundle.net/home-invasion/

Remember folks, the favourite button has no real clout over here other than expressing your like for the toot, which is great, obviously! But if you *really* like the toot, hit that boost button. It's the best way to get the toot seen out there in the wider fediverse.
If you really like a toot, give it a boost.
BOOST THAT TOOT! :)

I've been asked to amplify something that makes this place different from the other place: it's Content Wrappers (or content warnings in old money). Think of it less of a warning and more as a filing system: if people don't want to read endless toots about PMQs they don't have to if you put a Content Wrapper on your PMQ toot. This applies to everything you post here. It's easy to do and allows users to skip the posts they're not interested in and engage with those they are.

Twitter Users Have Caused a Mastodon Meltdown | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-users-mastodon-meltdown/

“What’s happening now is causing people to rethink social media,” says Gehl. Mastodon “is kind of designed to adapt, because it’s comprised of all these different servers,” he says. “It just takes a little time to shake out.”