Satsuma @Satsuma@cat.family

A tiny little friend from October 2020 for #Sporespondence & #Mosstodon.

Since Mastodon is a different audience -- who here needs to know about our #RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms #BookClub on Discord? (Thanks to the Dream Foundry for hosting us!)

* Open to anyone! Invite: https://discord.com/invite/PrS5qAqbGZ

* We're using this podcast version: http://www.3kingdomspodcast.com/

* Transcripts available too!

* We're about 20 episodes in (out of 300) but it goes fast, join anytime & drop in and out as you like!

#ChineseLiterature #books #Bookstodon #literature #GlobalLiterature #classics

Okay.

If I offered SaaS managed Mastodon, similar to masto.host and others

Is this a thing you'd be interested in?

A gentle reminder to folks who are new to Mastodon. In solidarity with those in the disabled community who rely on screen readers, we ask that you:

* Add alt text/image descriptions when you post media
* Capitalize the first letter of every word in a hashtag #LikeThis
* Avoid emojis in your display name

UPDATE: So many great questions! Please check the replies to see if your question has been asked and answered ❤️

#StrongerTogether #Accessibility #AltText #Disability #Solidarity #FediTips

Blorbo.social is now open for applications yaaaay!!

If you apply to join, please tell us a little bit about your own blorbos.

Alternatively, you can join immediately with an invite from any current member.

Keeping Mastodon non-toxic & benevolent requires total community buy-in when it comes to moderation.

Yes, we have mods + admins. But we must also habitually practice individual moderation using the robust safety tools at our disposal.

This means blocking clear-cut trashbags AND reporting them to admins

This means also reporting trashbags to the trashbag's own home instance admins.

It means calling out bad actors early and often & sharing information via #FediBlocks & boosts.

So many people are having a bad first experience with Mastodon because they're using the official app which is lacking features, doesn't allow image uploads randomly, has random slowness, and doesn't give you easy access to the two most active feeds where you can find people (Local and Federated).

Please switch to Metatext, Tusky, or Tooot for a better mobile experience (or even use a browser).

Out of the >15k users that joined this week, over 11k are on the official apps.

fediverse admins disgruntled with mastodon 4.0, please send me your critiques

archiving is complex, but it should always be opt-in. needs from the medium like representing longform content should be taken care of by modifying the medium so, again, people can opt-in (and opt-out if they aren't interested in longform content). I say this as someone invested in scraping as a practice (ethically, against corporations who conceal information in bulk, not aggregating personal information or using it contrary to people's wishes)

I'm helping people join Mastodon & the Fediverse this Saturday 1pm EST at @iffybooks, both in-person and virtually: https://iffybooks.net/event/mastodon-onboarding/

To help me teach newbies the basics, could you please share with me any questions you have, no matter how "stupid" the question may seem to you? Or, send me tips that helped you get your bearings in this new virtual neighborhood.

I've been on Mastodon since 2018 so I'm sure I'm forgetting some roadblocks, and some things have changed for onboarding people.

picking a mastodon server to join is easy -- just think of it like you're allying with one of many families in a war-torn medieval land, each with their own histories, feuds, laws, blood rituals

blorbo.social wants to be a welcoming place for marginalised people, including #BIPOC fans.

We know many areas of fandom have not been welcoming. We want to build a community where racists aren't welcome, and there's zero tolerance for microaggressions.

If you're interested in joining our moderation team, please contact me. We especially want to invite fans who are black, indigenous, or people of color.

(Boosts appreciated)

most polls on here

if you want to see your oldest posts, just add ?min_id=0 to the URL of your public profile :)

Another tip: Did you know you can turn off boosts (retweets)? If you get tired of only seeing shared content, and nothing original from your friends, you can turn off boosts for a while.

Check the menu at the top of your timeline.