⛵️holly 🇺🇸➡️🇯🇵 @holly@v.st

The media has been reporting a lot on mastodon, but often reports as though mastodon is the fediverse. I saw a well-intentioned article today that the platform started six years ago, but this erases the immense amount of work that many put into ActivityPub.

Having done standards work myself and learning that I am unable to manage the immense social pressures of coordinating divergent goals and stay happy, my hat's off to the dedicated folks who made the fediverse happen.

@cwebber 👏

Welcome to the Fediverse. It's nice here!

Remember to report horrible things, your admins and mods can and will deal with it.

Don't try to "grow your brand" here, the Fedi doesn't really work like that. Virality doesn't really happen. It's nice!

Connect with people. Make new friendships. Just be, in a place that respects you as a human.

#FediTips

#TwitterMigration #FediAdmin

Welcome newbies! By now, many of you have made your tenth post and will be receiving your fediverse welcome pack in the post.

* The 🍍 is edible, so if you don't want it, please pass it along to someone who does.

* Your new name and pronouns are free to try out and keep forever if you like them. You can swap them at any time.

* If you like the fursona description, you can find many artists here who take commissions who can draw it for you.

Thank you and we hope you hang around!

Trying to remember how Mastodon works. Glad it’s here, though.

Heinenoord fietstunnel, just for bikes.

My advice for newcomers and seasoned fedizens alike:

Always blooble your toots.

You don't have the snaferstaff your boosts but its often a good idea.

Hankerchug your geenchest trimbletrop CWs.

Have fum!

Wow, so many new people here! Hello to you all!

I run the site https://growyourown.services which encourages people to create their own social networks and online clouds, instead of relying on companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter.

It's much cheaper and easier to do than people realise. You don't need to be a tech nerd to do it 🤓

I hope the site is clear enough for anyone to understand, let me know if you have questions!

#Introduction #Introductions #ReIntroduction #ReIntroductions

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