The third in our blog post series is by @haubles - sharing our work and ideas around how to grow and nurture the community, for everyone.

really appreciate this focus on community over growth metrics. the fediverse works because people actually want to be here, not because an algorithm trapped them

@Mastodon @haubles Cool. I love the focus on building community. But @FediTips has been creating an amazing Support resource for years and deserves more credit/support. Are you reinventing an already well-developed wheel instead of engaging the broader community?

@pixelcats

Not at all! I love @FediTips, I boost their posts and send links to their work often. Our Help Centre is specifically geared towards Mastodon.social users, and the #fediquette guide is intended as a quick primer to help people get up to speed on our cultural norms.

When it comes to getting the word out about the #Fediverse, and educating people about how to have a good time here, I generally take the attitude more better!

@Mastodon

@Mastodon @haubles All good ideas!

Some note: why do you set up a help center for mastodon.social only? (While saying you want to open up for other instances) Can't you collaborate (if they want) with @FediTips who wrote a perfect #guide for the *whole* #Mastodon, in a clear language on the point and easy to understand for non-techies/newcomers? You don't have to reinvent the wheel for everything.

And thanks for the warning that mastodon.online will become an experimentation field.

@pixelcats

@Mastodon @haubles @FediTips

@haubles I don't want to criticize your work, but I think this approach is very much Fediverse-thinking. But most people from large platforms are not techies, speak a different language, and are looking for specific centralised* help quickly. Otherwise, they'll leave again.

To be honest, without the Feditips guide, I would have given up soon. What I found on Mastodon pages, was too much specialised jargon, too complicated. I wanted a quick start in an alternative

@pixelcats @FediTips @Mastodon

@haubles to Twitter, not studies in higher science of decentralisation. I'm exaggerating (I was on Mastodon already in the beginnings, had left then, came back), but that's how it is for most people who test if they stay here.

* with the first login, just a button.

@pixelcats @FediTips @Mastodon

@Mastodon
> We’re getting off Discord: Join us on Zulip
lol, I was not aware that you were on Discord. Going away from it is a good move.
Maybe you could also set up a Zulip-Matrix bridge, so that the people from the Matrix federation can contribute to the conversation.
https://matrix.org/ecosystem/bridges/zulip/

@Mastodon @haubles - Absolutely

I don't mind if you critique my work! Your feedback makes the work better. I'm listening to everything you all are sharing with me, and we'll update what we've done and use it to help shape what comes next.

I'm in some meetings right now, but I'll respond more fully in a bit when I'm free.

@NatureMC @pixelcats @FediTips @Mastodon

@haubles Thank you! And take all the time you need!
@pixelcats @FediTips @Mastodon