As an alternative to FediTips, you might want to also check out @noelle's "Increasingly Less-Brief Guide to Mastodon":
https://github.com/joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon
It's got slightly different takes on many issues, but hopefully seeing a different perspective will give you a fuller understanding of how Mastodon works.
#MastoTips #Mastodon #FediTips #Fediverse
https://github.com/joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon
It's got slightly different takes on many issues, but hopefully seeing a different perspective will give you a fuller understanding of how Mastodon works.
#MastoTips #Mastodon #FediTips #Fediverse
GitHub - joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon: An increasingly less-brief guide to Mastodon
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in reply to FediTips has moved! • •Nice document !
I don't agree too much with scaring away companies that want to establish a presence on the Fediverse. Especially There is no such rule that one cannot be generally polite and have a commercial mindset.
One advantage of the Fediverse is that no mechanism will force the uninterested user to be exposed to such content. It will be of the background noise for thise who browse local and federated background, and they can choose to block that company account when it becomes too noisy.
But there will also be users that are interested in getting updates from that brand, and who knows maybe it will help users migrate to the fediverse
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in reply to Liwott • • •For example if Nintendo set up their own Fediverse instance I'd follow it, because I think they bring a bit of joy into the world for relatively little harm. Their games have helped me through some tough times.
But if Google set up an instance I would block it and encourage everyone else to block it too, because I think they're destroying our privacy. (And they would probably try to destroy/control the Fedi too)
As I said, @noelle has a slightly different perspective to me, but it's a valid and interesting one so I think it's good to check it out.
And even if you disagree with some of the takes, the guide has lots of interesting details and tips that you can't find anywhere else. Definitely worth reading.
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in reply to presgas - FeDisrooter • • •They have done terrible things to privacy and open standards.
If they tried to come onto the Fediverse, they should be blocked and defederated.
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in reply to Just Ellie π:trans_heart:β • • •(And if it's big companies, they really ought to be setting up their own instances or donating to the instance they use.)
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in reply to FediTips has moved! • • •Liwott
in reply to Just Ellie π:trans_heart:β • •Thanks for the context, that sure helps ! I would still be in favor in making that more positive, keeping the "please don't if you're planning to just dump your advertisement and not interact with the human" for the end of the answer, rather than leading on with "please don't".
Still, I specifically don't agree with the line. Let me mention a very nice analogy by Terry Hancock. I am completely fine with my local baker smiling and agreeing with me because she sees me as a client. Even if she works for an international baking company and speaks in their name. What I would not be fine with would be her wandering through town all day long shouting about the quality of their bread.
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in reply to FediTips has moved! • • •Thanks for this, itβs full of good advice, lots of things I hadnβt realised.
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