Post #2147744

2022-12-18 23:18 UTC

Quick tips for new people: ** Timelines ** Home - Who you follow Local - Everyone on Meow. Good for finding people. Federated - Everyone on every server Meow knows about. Chug that firehose. ** Post Privacy ** Public - Visible to everyone, like tweets on an unlocked account Unlisted - Visible to anyone who follows you or visits your profile, but won&#39;t show up otherwise Followers only - As it says. Like tweets on a locked Twitter account. Direct - DMs just like on Twitter #MastoTips

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@KinkyKobolds@meow.social 2022-12-18 23:21

Tips for newbies, continued Hashtags: On Mastodon, only hashtags can be searched, by design. You have to opt-in to being searched on each post. Use hashtags responsibly, ideally by putting them at the end of your toot. Alt text: Please use alt text on your images. It's useful not just for accessibility, but for cases where a server's overloaded and people might not see your pic at all. It's not an enforced rule, but it's a strongly recommended best practice. #MastoTips

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@lockelyfox@meow.social 2022-12-18 23:49

@KinkyKobolds DMs are direct but not private, which is important for people to know. I can't accidentally pull someone into a DM chain on birdsite, but I could here if I tagged them. Also instance owners/admins have access to them. Not laying any accusations of trust breaching against the folks behind any of the instances, but it is a security concern if you use DMs for business transactions.

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