Post AcGcOSxhwIGGrGAVIO by Crispius@mstdn.crispius.ca
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 (DIR) Post #AU2qC4hVn0jLly0UC0 by breadandcircuses@climatejustice.social
       2023-03-27T12:00:34Z
       
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       For those new to Mastodon, here are some handy tips on getting the most out of your experience:1. Follow a lot of people2. Follow a lot of people3. Follow a lot of people4. Follow a lot of people5. You can always un-follow them later, if you want to 😋PS -- also remember to do an #Introduction post!#Mastodon #NewHere
       
 (DIR) Post #AU37tmOYuQRexeZLTU by pete@mas.to
       2023-03-27T12:09:25Z
       
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       @breadandcircuses Also, you can hide people's boosts, which is quite a nice way to find out what someone has to say, without being deluged.
       
 (DIR) Post #AU37tn7EEMArCBT160 by bronakins@sfba.social
       2023-03-27T12:58:44Z
       
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       @pete @breadandcircuses #MastodonNewbie #newbie #boost #mastodonvocabularyMay I know what does “boost” mean/entail on mastodon—so I may add it to my mastodon vocabulary list? Is it a good or bad thing?So far I’ve learned “fediverse,” “instance,” “toot,” “reboot,” and “favorite.” Are there any other terms I should learn about?
       
 (DIR) Post #AU3815i3UsCctIAoFc by calculsoberic@mstdn.social
       2023-03-27T18:39:45Z
       
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       @bronakins "CW" is content warning 😄(and there are some abbreviations people use under content warnings, like "mh" for "mental health")  @pete @breadandcircuses
       
 (DIR) Post #AU38Ct2uPEEN5eYHk8 by breadandcircuses@climatejustice.social
       2023-03-27T13:01:58Z
       
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       @bronakins "Toot" means the same as Post (or Tweet)."Boost" is like "Re-tweet". It lets your followers see the post that you boosted.Most people here, including me, love it when followers boost their toots. 😁
       
 (DIR) Post #AU38CtbILNjioIdkLA by bronakins@sfba.social
       2023-03-27T17:44:55Z
       
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       @breadandcircuses  Thanks! So a “boost” is what mastodon identifies as being “reblogged”? (In my post I listed “reboot” when I meant “reblog”)Ps—I agree it’s gratifying to know a stranger thinks something you toot is worth sharing with others—makes one feel like a savant. I will admit if I miss just one tiny feature of #birdsite its the ability to “quote tweet” where I can add a profundity of my own. 😹#boost #reblog #mastodonvocabulary
       
 (DIR) Post #AU38GniQANEFiTpr2u by calculsoberic@mstdn.social
       2023-03-27T18:42:35Z
       
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       @bronakins oh, and another abbreviation for "birdsite" is the emoji :birdsite:  @breadandcircuses
       
 (DIR) Post #AcGY0e6WSgYSeFg4ki by clive@saturation.social
       2023-11-28T12:58:13Z
       
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       @breadandcircuses Yep yepI follow nearly 5,000 people, and add several every single dayThis might sound like an unmangeable amount, but in practice only a small percentage post regularly, so the actual feed is less crammed ....... though personally, I like my feed to be busy and diverse and full of interesting strangers
       
 (DIR) Post #AcGcOSxhwIGGrGAVIO by Crispius@mstdn.crispius.ca
       2023-11-28T13:47:16Z
       
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       @clive @breadandcircuses Same. I’m currently sitting at around 1.7k. I was up over 2000 at one point but had to scale back in order to lessen the media storage burden on my instance.One cool thing I found was under Mastodon’s settings, one can go view ‘Follows and followers’ and sort by ‘dormant’ or ‘last active’ and use that as a way to unfollow accounts that haven’t posted for a while. I currently run at about a 90-day cutoff.
       
 (DIR) Post #AcGnobHwhfRFhtIbFA by clive@saturation.social
       2023-11-28T15:52:31Z
       
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       @breadandcircuses @crispius Oooo that’s so cool, I didn’t know that! Thank you for the tip
       
 (DIR) Post #AcHDcjeWNT9cysrSxE by grammargirl@zirk.us
       2023-11-28T20:45:17Z
       
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       @crispius @clive @breadandcircuses If I follow a lot of people who aren't posting anymore, does that create a burden for my instance?
       
 (DIR) Post #AcHF0HUep8oAYF2TxY by ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org
       2023-11-28T20:57:17Z
       
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       @breadandcircuses @grammargirl @crispius @clive It's not an issue for servers running on Mastodon, as it's more of an "email delivery" thing if someone posts -- ie, your instance doesn't have to do any work if someone isn't posting at all. It's a "push" model, not a "pull" model.
       
 (DIR) Post #AcHF0IGrvtNAxlaz6e by grammargirl@zirk.us
       2023-11-28T21:00:30Z
       
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       @ai6yr @breadandcircuses @crispius @clive Thanks!
       
 (DIR) Post #AcHLWfDAmAAL6RgXZY by wauz@mastodon.bayern
       2023-11-28T22:13:53Z
       
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       @breadandcircuseshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KRa4pD6ZUI@earthworm
       
 (DIR) Post #AcHPu7OQYzGAz2OAhk by Crispius@mstdn.crispius.ca
       2023-11-28T23:02:52Z
       
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       @grammargirl @clive @breadandcircuses I run a self-hosted instance through the masto.host service. I started out with the most basic tier but quickly found myself exceeding the media storage quota and moved to the second tier, which I came close to exceeding as well until I scaled back the number of accounts I followed. This page from the masto.host FAQ explains it:https://masto.host/re-mastodon-media-storage/
       
 (DIR) Post #AcHTJlaAZpW0jMnpnU by grammargirl@zirk.us
       2023-11-28T23:41:08Z
       
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       @crispius Thanks!