Trinsec @Qoto @trinsec@social.cleverlibre.org

Some advice I have seen (which you may find useful):

* post about things that interest you, and include hashtags (for instance "birdwatching")
* boost posts that you find interesting from others - while there is no algorithm which those actions drive, it fosters connections as well
* spend some quality time finding people to follow - I love reading a variety of science topics, and I found a list of science journalists to follow on Reddit

On that last point, doing a more general web search to find mastodon users with whom you share interests is probably better than trying to find them on Mastodon itself.

Reminder to new folks here, like my good friends @foxesafloat .

Write an introduction, use the introduction hashtag, plenty of people follow it, you'll get some nice boosts and engagement from it.

There is no computer feeding you what it thinks you'll like, you need to engage with people and people need to engage with you. So fill up your feed by following some folks.

Search doesn't work unless you use hashtags, people can't find you, so make sure you use hashtags all over the place.

Because there's no machine to boost posts, make sure you Boost(retweet from the old world) to share the tweets you like with others. A favourite over here will show the user who wrote the toot you liked it but do nothing for their engagement with others so help them out with a boost.

If you're posting stuff that others might not want to see, like my habit of terrible political hot takes, use the CW button to hide the post behind a content warning.

There's far better guides that this kicking around, but if you're new here, this is a good starter for 10.

Welcome to a more relaxed, better engaged environment.

Comic linking / posting style:
Is it ok to copy the image of a comic into a post?

I wonder how exhausting it is for others to click through a link. I am using the browser interface and opening a link in a new tab is easy.
I would say with some decription, i would click through if it sounds interesting.

How many smartphone app users are there? Is it annoying to open a link or totally worth it to give the creators websites a site visit? Or would it be more in favour of creators to post the picture so people have easier access and more actually develop an interest? Needless to say, a link will always be included by me.

Are there any #contentcreator #author #authors that could help me get a better understanding?
Am i missing tags that i should add here?

Hooray, an actually intelligent robot to do our dirty work:
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/human-level-2

I did some more work on #DOStodon, the #Mastodon client for #MSDOS.

I added a splash screen, a busy indicator for network access, you can scroll the entries now, there is a profile viewer and you can like and boost.
Image attachments are now displayed, too.

I don’t understand why people think Mastodon is difficult. It seems pretty straightforward, and the separate servers are no biggie. I’m enjoying this fresh start here, like moving to a new apartment!