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       Some advice for fediverse newcomers, particularly those coming here from corporate social media:1) Follow and boost!  Following is how you find posts you like, and boosting is how you let others find posts you like.2) Alt text!  Many fediverse users are blind.  They cannot see images.  Hence, if you make a post with an an image, it's good to include a text description of the image.  This can be an "alt text," which screenreaders can read instead of the image, or it can just be text under the image.  Some people are unwilling to boost posts that contain description-free images.3) Content warnings!  When you make a post about a heavy topic, you can choose to "hide" it behind a warning which mentions the kind of content.  Anyone who sees the post can decide if they are in the right headspace to open it.  For example, if you are going to talk about what a transphobic politician is doing, you can use the content warning transphobia, politics.  Some users will only boost posts with heavy topics if they have content warnings, so using a CW can expand the reach your posts have.  If you're talking about a heavy topic, you should not try to hide it with "algo-speak."  For example, if you're talking about suicide, do not say "su*cide* or "unalive myself:" type out the actual word you mean, and use a CW.This also means if you see a post with a warning like "transphobia," it does not mean it's actually a transphobic post: it's likely made by a trans person critiquing transphobia.  If you see actual transphobia, you should report it immediately.  Speaking of which....4) Reports!  All moderation on the fediverse is done by actual living, breathing people!  There's no AI scanning all your posts to decide who to ban or whose posts to hide.  If you see a post containing bigotry or spam, press the report button (usually located near the reply or boost buttons) and write a report: the real people who run your instance will read the report and respond!  I talk more about reports in the quoted post.Also, if you receive a DM claiming to be a mod bot which tells you your account has been automatically disabled, it is a scam, and you should report it.5) Money: Your instance is run by a single person or small group of people doing it for fun, in their free time, at their own expense.  There is no company running your instance.  There are no investors.  There is no premium memership.  There are no ads.  You should keep in mind that the people running your instance are doing it for fun, and not to extract profits from you.Your instance admins might accept donations, or they might not (it's their choice).  If they do, and you can afford it, then it's good to donate to support your instance, but you will not unlock any additional features by donating.  And if you can't donate, you should not feel bad about it.#FediTips #WelcomeRE: https://transfem.social/notes/adhk91r22eiv0h80