TIP OF THE DAY
Use and Follow #hashtags !!!
Mastodon has no ads, 500 chars, 5 pins, and edits, but the best thing is NO ALGORITHM. On the birdsite you are force-fed by an algorithm. A mishmash of your history, likes, follows and whatever Twitter wants to cram into you. With NO ALGORITHM, you are in control. Your feeds are just who and what you follow, and you can follow #hashtags .
Include #hashtags liberally so others can follow your ideas.
@mastodonmigration Only some instances are limited to 500 chars. The admin decides.
@shuttersparks That's true. There are some instances that allow longer posts and you may want to consider that when selecting an instance. Some users do not favor longer posts, and may not read them, or may block them. Most instances limit posts to 500 characters however, and threading is a way to link posts together to create longer discussions on a topic. One key thing with threading is to make the second and subsequent posts in the thread unlisted.
@mastodonmigration @shuttersparks Will the longer posts show up on instances that keep the 500 post limit?
@cenobyte @mastodonmigration As far as I know, yes. The vast majority of my posts are "tweet sized". But a reasoned complete answer to a political or technical question can easily blow past 500 chars.
I moved off the instance I was on for years mainly because of the 500 char limit plus other reasons. I switched to an instance with a 65k limit, well beyond anything I'd post here, but it's nice to have.
