Wandering Adventure Party

@rowlandm

Aww, cheers! That's very nice of you, thanks for taking the time to say so!

@QueerWitch

No worries, what you posted is totally reasonable!

@wbpeckham

Thanks so much for spreading the word

And yes, the aim is to make the Fedi less confusing!

@QueerWitch

When you say slow, do you mean your app is being really slow, or that you're not seeing enough activity?

There's a guide to all the ways to discover interesting accounts and posts at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends

You can also make your own account and posts more discoverable with the methods at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-get-more-followers-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse

@ard_the_rich

Thanks, that's very kind!

@NoPalantirInSouthYorkshire

Yes! There's a list of ways to reach more people here: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-get-more-followers-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse

And here's a list of ways to discover people to follow yourselves: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends/

You don't have to do all of the things on these lists, but the more you do the better.

Good luck with your campaign against Palantir

@lxskllr

Not as far as I know, sorry.

Different interfaces and apps may display it differently however, it's up to each client to decide what it does with the alt text.

If you want help with using Mastodon or the wider Fediverse, please feel free to reply, or mention me, or send a message!

I'm trying to provide unofficial direct tech support for using this place.

There is no such thing as a silly question, especially keen to help new or non-technical people who want answers in plain language.

If you prefer not to ask, you can find lots of help on the website at https://fedi.tips

#FediTips

@ShaulaEvans @elyn

Welcome Elyn

Feel free to ask if you want help using this place, and there's also lots of help for new people on the website at https://fedi.tips

p.p.s. I've just done a guide all about how to deal with scams and scammers on the Fediverse at:

️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-avoid-scammers-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse

I've tried to cover all the known scams and questions people have about dealing with them. If I'm missing anything from this please let me know.

@ruud

Okay, good to hear!

p.s. Another couple of scams to watch out for as well:

- Scammers saying you need to verify by clicking on a link. Admins will NEVER demand you verify. The verification system on Mastodon is optional and does not involve credit cards or any kind of payment.

- Scammers saying you need to temporarily change your account's email address. Admins will NEVER do this. This is done by scammers who want to take over your account, which is possible if you change your email to match theirs.

@EricBono

Yup, that's an older scam they've brought back it seems. I'll do a follow-up post about that as well.

No admin will ever demand you verify your account. The verification system on here is optional and works using websites and not links like that.

️ Scam warning: there are accounts posing as Mastodon admins claiming to offer "rewards" or "payments" or "partnerships".

These are scams. There are no reward or payment schemes on Mastodon. No genuine admin would ever send this kind of post or reply.

If you see scam posts like the ones in the screenshot below, report them by clicking ⋯ on the scam posts and then selecting "report".

#Mastodon

@fluffgar @maddyteichmann

I've done a guide to all the different ways you can get more visibility for your PeerTube videos: https://fedi.tips/how-to-promote-your-peertube-videos-account-and-channels

If you're wanting general tips on how to publish on PeerTube there's also a guide at https://fedi.tips/how-to-publish-videos-and-audio-on-peertube

@ailurocrat @fearskaper

Welcome Fearskaper

Please feel free to ask if you want help with using this place. There's also lots of help for new people on the website at https://fedi.tips

@charlesdelavalleepoussin @footils

I follow a lot of people critical of the Fediverse on my personal account to keep tabs on how bad the problem is and what exactly is going wrong.

The main issue raised is too many purveyors of hatred being allowed to attack members of minorities. Allowing hate puts people off staying here, accounts posting hate need to be banned.

If you removed all limits on what accounts could say and do, it would make the situation much worse.

@charlesdelavalleepoussin @footils

The lack of diversity on here is a serious problem but it's not going to be solved by allowing everyone to post whatever they want without ever limiting or blocking anyone.

There needs to be MORE moderation on here, not less. People need to be protected from hatred, not exposed to it.

We need more tools like reply controls and automatic alerts for moderators when bad keywords are used.

No one should be seeing hatred in their feeds due to lax moderation.

@charlesdelavalleepoussin

I'm not completely clear how an account being limited is victimhood?

What are you suggesting social networks should do instead, not limit accounts at all?

@charlesdelavalleepoussin

Who are you suggesting should regulate it? Elon Musk? Mark Zuckerberg? Donald Trump?

Every time there has been a centralised authority running a social network, it has ended up in the hands of billionaires that support hatred.

The idea of this place is to give the grassroots control of their social networks. If you would prefer social networks to be corporate, there are already plenty of corporate options.