K. Yagi @KateYagi@awoo.space
College student ⭐ I'm about to start drawing (hopefully) quite frequently
⭐ Born 1999 ⭐ UTC-7
Joined Apr 2022
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long, on moving to Masto
posted this on Twitter but it's probably useful here too:
I'm not gonna say "join Mastodon" or "don't join Mastodon" but please don't join the two instances run by the main developer (mastodon social and mastodon online), they're hopelessly overrun and as a result of that not well-moderated.
Join a small or medium-sized instance and use the public timelines. They're made up from ppl who people on the instance follow, which is why there's instances built around different topics (but you're usually welcome to post about anything). Hmu if you want a recommendation
You can also create multiple accounts, all the good apps support multi-user (I'm recommending Tusky on Android and Toot! (paid) for iOS), if you for example want an AD or an account for gaming and a personal one I'd highly recommend creating them on different instances
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Bet they don't have *this* emoji on twitter 
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Hi! mastodon.social is being slow right now, as far as I can tell because there's twice as many people using it at the same time as ever have; I'm working on making it go fast again, but in the meantime, do remember to invite people to joinmastodon.org instead of directly to mastodon.social. People don't have to be on the same server to follow you! Thanks!
@monorail Oh I just enabled it, I felt a bit overwhelmed at first but this is interesting, and on this instance has a cute wolf under the post composer. Maybe there could be a prompt for new users asking which they'd like to start with.
In the morning I should set up a script to adjust my laptop screen brightness based on the time of day. Means I'll be forced to properly learn how chron jobs work, since they still elude me after watching several videos explaining them.
@weirdokay Oh dang I didn't even notice there's a DM feature on here.
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If and when the mastodon surge happens, I think admins need to do more to set expectations on how blocking works. Reminding users that they can personally block instances and users. Help to ensure that user problems do not become “instance vs instance”. Admins have a responsibility to their users and the wider community, and should try to avoid instance blocks for dispute resolution unless it involves Prohibited Content. Learn from failed instances.
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Okay so if you're new and feeling a bit lonely now your bazillion follows are gone, it's a good idea to either click Local or Federated and start interacting with other users so you can rebuild your social circle. It's not going to be easy and I advise you don't quit Twitter cold turkey. Think of this as like changing your phone number, takes time and effort.
@zOOpygOOpert I'm not sure what the federated tl looks like for ya, I remember trying mastodon.social as my first go at it and there being a lot of bots, maybe try looking for people that are in other instances.
@goaty Tumblr did something like this as an experimental setting. You'd set up your color scheme (a separate thing from blog theme) and your posts would show in those colors.
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idea, if it hasn't already been done: mastodon frontend where toots by users on other instances use the style and formatting of their instances, so your timeline is a colorful array
I don't know who Wil Wheaton is, but I'm just fascinated there's people named Will with only one l.
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tips for new fedi users
As an Engineer, build Dispensers to provide your teammates with health and ammo. They also generate metal for you to use.
@iitalics ya know how some websites that allow gif pfps? imagine a site where people could use that format as pfps and pages with a lot of users on screen would be noisy like a crowded restaurant, but it's music and vinebooms on loop.
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guys i got a crazy idea what if you have GIFs but they had way more frames and you used lossy compression algorithms and supported audio
Also split keyboards require a whole new lump of brain cells, huh? Where's my muscle memory?
Dang it, just as I get familiar with Twitter's accessibility hotkeys I have to start slowing down my usage of it. I wonder if there's any mastodon clients that handle similarly.
College student ⭐ I'm about to start drawing (hopefully) quite frequently
⭐ Born 1999 ⭐ UTC-7
Joined Apr 2022
