Peter Drake, he/him, LFHCfS 🔥 @peterdrake@social.cleverlibre.org

How to keep track of the office Corgi

Okay, it's time to tell new users a secret about Mastodon.

Mastodon is (whispers) part of a much bigger network 😮

Mastodon servers use an open standard called ActivityPub to talk to each other. That's how you interact with people on other Mastodon servers.

But, dozens of other federated networks also use ActivityPub, so (this is the good bit!) you can follow people on these other networks from your Mastodon account!

For example:

PixelFed (https://pixelfed.org) is a photo sharing network, here's a random example account @Iancylkowski

PeerTube (https://joinpeertube.org) is a video sharing network, with a p2p system that allows videos to go viral even on small servers, here's a random account @craftykat

BookWyrm (https://joinbookwyrm.com) is a social reading site, an open alternative to Amazon's Goodreads, here's a random account @mouse

Together, Mastodon and these other services form... The Fediverse

(whispers) Click on the link...

https://framatube.org/w/4294a720-f263-4ea4-9392-cf9cea4d5277

#human #simulation #updates #defrag

Just so new people know, #Mastodon is not normally slow!

There has been an incredible number of people joining recently, which has caused some growing pains.

As the server admins adjust to the new numbers, Masto should get back up to speed

As an alternative to FediTips, you might want to also check out @noelle's "Increasingly Less-Brief Guide to Mastodon":

https://github.com/joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon

It's got slightly different takes on many issues, but hopefully seeing a different perspective will give you a fuller understanding of how Mastodon works.

#MastoTips #Mastodon #FediTips #Fediverse

It seems best to start with a cute dog picture. #violet

If you just came here and don't know how to "fill your timeline", remember that besides following people with the same interests (there's plenty in #introduction / #introductions), you can enable the advanced web interface in your preferences.

Create your own "content columns" for every topic you're interested in!

Just pin the hashtags you want, even multiple in one column if you wish (like #cats & #dogs), or exlude some you don't want to see (like I did in the #art column in this screenshot).

Weird starship names generated by neural net software.

Yes, they sound like something out of an Iain Banks "The Culture" novel

https://www.aiweirdness.com/ais-named-by-ais-19-06-27/

Wikipedia Haiku is a bot that posts moving haiku poems every four hours, made up entirely of random phrases from Wikipedia. You can follow at:

➡️ @wikipediahaiku

#WikipediaHaiku #Wikipedia #Haiku #Haikus #Poetry #Poems #Poem #Fun #Writing #Bot #Bots

A lot of Jedi romances start with this turning into a Lady and the Tramp spaghetti situation.
https://xkcd.com/2612/