Here's my first Mastodon post!
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@sparfindig
On EU politicians: the first European Commissioner Henna Virkkunen just joined last week.
@HennaVirkkunen
She was set up with an account on the official EC instance, so people know it's really her.
But I'll promote it amongst other politicians when I meet them too!@hpod16 @sparfindig @HennaVirkkunen
I'd like to add the #FediFirst-Strategy for Commissioners and Institutions:
whenever you use social media to release a statement, use your Fediverse-Account first and only post it on #BigTech-Platforms a bit later (like 15 or 60 minutes).
Every newspaper that wants to be the first one has to use and therefore name the fediverse as the go-to-source instead of X or Instagram.It is their choice which platform they want to support with their public visibility
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@Bastianoso gosh, Twitter back in the day was such a cool place to be! I joined in 2011 and fell in love. (enough so that I made social media my career for the past 10 years)
@hpod16 Yeah, back in the days I received mentions via SMS on my not so smart phone. What a time!
But today it’s just harm, no use. -
@hpod16 @sparfindig @HennaVirkkunen
I'd like to add the #FediFirst-Strategy for Commissioners and Institutions:
whenever you use social media to release a statement, use your Fediverse-Account first and only post it on #BigTech-Platforms a bit later (like 15 or 60 minutes).
Every newspaper that wants to be the first one has to use and therefore name the fediverse as the go-to-source instead of X or Instagram.It is their choice which platform they want to support with their public visibility
@hpod16 @sparfindig @HennaVirkkunen
The time of "You have to be on X/... to be heard" is over. You have no control over the algorithm that chooses which post will be preferred in what persons timeline. The algorithm does control you.Here it is different: there is no algorithm. It is just us. The people. We choose if we want to boost your post or not.
Which means: in the #Fediverse you have to speek to the people again - not someone elsea algorithm.
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@midzer
Imagine I'm preparing a workshop for people who want to understand and join Mastodon.
What could you tell people to make Mastodon look like a fun place to be?@hpod16 @midzer Share the video created by @_elena
️ : "Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media" - available in English, français & italiano
https://blog.elenarossini.com/a-video-celebrating-the-fediverse-available-in-english-francais-italiano/ -
Here's my first Mastodon post!
My mission out here? To understand and promote Mastodon, the only large European social media platform (to my knowledge).
How can we make more Europeans come to the Fediverse?@hpod16 Welcome!
How about European services that mainly/exclusively utilise Mastodon for sharing their latest whatever it is they do?
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Here's my first Mastodon post!
My mission out here? To understand and promote Mastodon, the only large European social media platform (to my knowledge).
How can we make more Europeans come to the Fediverse?@hpod16 welcome! It’s great to see you here!
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@hpod16 About the federation aspect: "Life is awesome and full of choices. Choosing an instance for your account is fun, too. We did this for e-mail in the past. You have the freedom, you decide."
@midzer @hpod16 i usually do a small comparison on how different platforms work in normal use case vs. in extreme use case.
ppl "usually" understand how to use mastodon in a normal way (as if it's similar to twitter or whatever)
the extreme use case as being when bad things happen to a walled-garden platform. its users "may" realize they actually don't have the freedom to choose a different instance without losing communication to their connections (followers & following)
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Here's my first Mastodon post!
My mission out here? To understand and promote Mastodon, the only large European social media platform (to my knowledge).
How can we make more Europeans come to the Fediverse? -
Here's my first Mastodon post!
My mission out here? To understand and promote Mastodon, the only large European social media platform (to my knowledge).
How can we make more Europeans come to the Fediverse?@hpod16 welcome
tell your friends. If you still have X account don’t delete but rather go change your username to your full Mastodon handle and link to bio. Add your Mastodon handle everywhere so that people notice and become curious. -
@hpod16 welcome
tell your friends. If you still have X account don’t delete but rather go change your username to your full Mastodon handle and link to bio. Add your Mastodon handle everywhere so that people notice and become curious.@ottosulin
That's a good tip!
Will do that with my old X account! -
Here's my first Mastodon post!
My mission out here? To understand and promote Mastodon, the only large European social media platform (to my knowledge).
How can we make more Europeans come to the Fediverse?@hpod16 Welcome! By telling them not to overthink it.
1. There ARE plenty of active Europeans on here, in all EU languages, you can really turn it into a nice little anglo-free oasis with the right filters and still have plenty of content.
2. We're not all techies. I still don't know wtf is a Linux, it's fine. If you just want to shitpost and share cat pictures or share stitching patterns or soup recipes, you'll find your people by following hashtags.
3. Show them #FinnCleo -
@hpod16 Type colon neonazi colon
neonazi : without word spacing) maybe your server support this -
Here's my first Mastodon post!
My mission out here? To understand and promote Mastodon, the only large European social media platform (to my knowledge).
How can we make more Europeans come to the Fediverse?@hpod16@eupolicy.social welcome ! Don't try to explain mastodon, just use it.
People had to learn what a tweet, a follower or hashtag was when they started using twitter. It has never been a blocker.
Promote good accounts to follow, open up few mastodon instances (1 per EU country or even region) so people starts in an environment speaking their mother tongue and spread the word. -
@Trojaner unrelated follow-up, how did you get the anti-nazi symbol in your profile name?
@hpod16 @Trojaner You can find out which emojos, as they are known, are supported on your server here: https://emojos.in/
It works, I now have one after my mastodon name on my profile page and here. -
Here's my first Mastodon post!
My mission out here? To understand and promote Mastodon, the only large European social media platform (to my knowledge).
How can we make more Europeans come to the Fediverse?@hpod16
Welcome and greetings from NY! -
@hpod16
Welcome and greetings from NY!@Aaron hello from Brussels right back at you!
Got any tips for a Mastodon newbie? -
@Aaron hello from Brussels right back at you!
Got any tips for a Mastodon newbie?@hpod16 Sure! You can follow hashtags! If there’s a topic you enjoy, you can follow that instead of individual users.
We're big on alt-text here, so please add it to images you include in your posts.
YOU are the algorithm. If you see something cool or interesting, boosting that post is what gives it legs.
You can follow or share from other Fedi services here on Mastodon.
EVERYONE's posts are an RSS feed, meaning you can literally subscribe to a Mastodon user & see their posts in your RSS reader. -
@hpod16 Sure! You can follow hashtags! If there’s a topic you enjoy, you can follow that instead of individual users.
We're big on alt-text here, so please add it to images you include in your posts.
YOU are the algorithm. If you see something cool or interesting, boosting that post is what gives it legs.
You can follow or share from other Fedi services here on Mastodon.
EVERYONE's posts are an RSS feed, meaning you can literally subscribe to a Mastodon user & see their posts in your RSS reader.@Aaron thanks!
I appreciate the warm welcome I'm getting here.
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@alex_p_roe I know them as emojis or emojos. You can ask your administrators if they can install additional symbols. @hpod16
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@Aaron thanks!
I appreciate the warm welcome I'm getting here.@hpod16 YW. Small steps, ya know?
I forgot to mention in the tips that you can edit your posts after sending them. That's a godsend. Anyhow, it's great to 'meet' you and welcome to the party. Hope the rest of your day is fantastic.
And welcome to the better side of social media!
