Hello Tooters!

I was hoping for some help during my transition from the bird place. Having left that dumpster fire behind and found a very welcoming community here, there's really only one thing I'm missing so far, real-time news feeds.

Is there a tip or trick anyone can share to help increase the stream of information I see?

As a reward, here's a puppy. If you can find him, he's yours.

#twitter #twittermigration #twitterquitter #mastodonnews #tipsandtricks #Thanksgiving

If your instance is blocking an instance with folks you'd like to still read, you can add any Mastodon account to your feed reader (I like NetNewsWire myself) by using the following formula:

instance.name/@user.rss

#feditips #rss #mastodontips #feeds #fediverse #twittermigration #migration

Much to learn about Mastodon. And this feature is awesome. Really wished several times to be able to subscribe to or even to see some channels on other platforms or even media without having to register.

#Mastodon #RSS #TwitterMigration #Instagram

Here's how to bulk import ALL of the people you follow on Twitter:

debirdify.pruvisto.org/

Debirdify -- provides a downloadable list of people that you follow on Twitter who indicated they have an account on Mastodon in a format that you can upload to Mastodon to repopulate your follow list

#twitter #TwitterMigration

The exodus continues...

Another 100,000 new users joined Mastodon on Saturday.
Mastodon stats from Nov 19, 2022: 7,230,521 accounts, +108,944 in the last day, +582,363 in the last week
#twittermigration #NewUsers #Welcome #mastodonmigration #mastodonstats

An Incredible Day In Internet History

It started with the Twitter lockout. 10,000 new users an hour. Almost a quarter million migrated to Mastodon in one day. The servers struggled. Remarkably, admins all over the world built up capacity in real time. New users were patient. The system held.

It's running better now. There will be more hard days ahead, but people powered social media has arrived.

#twittermigration #NewUsers #Welcome

By the way, I'm now actively blocking anyone coming here to argue about the merits of donating to the NON-PROFIT that builds Mastodon.

It's absolute dirtbag behaviour when Mastodon struggles so much under a #TwitterMigration of millions of users.

Now lets put things into perspective. Last month, Twitter was employing 6,500 people. Mastodon employs 1 person who's working 14 hour days -- and only compensates himself €36,000 a year.

How is one guy supposed to take build the app that replaces Twitter when Twitter pays hundreds of engineers well over $100,000 to do a fraction of the work?

Yeah, other people deserve donations too -- so donate! Be a hero to the person who's running your instance, as well as the person who builds whatever app your instance is running.

And lest you think that I don't bang the drums on donations for other devs, this is not the case.

Last week, I told everyone to donate to @dansup. A couple of days ago, I told everyone to donate to @Are0h who, by the way, is making another app that builds safety features for marginalized communities. And I'm banging the drum all the time on @thatonecalculator@stop.voring.me and his work with Calckey.

But right now, I'm urging people to help out with Mastodon!

So if you have it in your heart to donate to a very good cause -- the continued development and existence of Mastodon -- contribute to Mastodon's Patreon. patreon.com/mastodon

Mastodon is creating Mastodon | Patreon

Become a patron of Mastodon today: Get access to exclusive content and experiences on the world’s largest membership platform for artists and creators.

^Patreon

#NewUsers Welcome To Mastodon

I'm sure you have noticed that Mastodon is running very slow today.

Well, it is your fault. Just kidding. It is great to have you here!

Be patient. This is not normal.

You did not join a slow server. Mastodon is not broken. The entire system is adjusting to the huge influx today. This happened with the last wave too. It will get sorted out.

What you will find here is a better social network. Give Mastodon a chance to adjust to your arrival.

#twittermigration

Every single Mastodon instance admin, rn…

#RIPTwitter
#TwitterMigration
#MuskEffect

I've created a curated page of links to Mastodon guides and articles. To help beginners and more advanced users find more information on Mastodon. Articles behind paywalls have been excluded.

#Mastodon #MastodonMigration #TwitterMigration

You can find the page below:
web.autistic.blog/mastodon-art…

Journalists who've joined Mastodon:

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Some greet voices there to follow....

#TwitterMigration

“Mastodon’s new sign-ups include some Twitter users with big followings, such as actor and comedian @kathygriffin, who joined in early November, and journalist @mollyjongfast, who joined in late October.”

#TwitterMigration
#Fediverse
#Mastodon

cnn.com/2022/11/05/tech/mastod…

#twittermigration

Don’t delete your #twitter account just yet! Instead put your mastodon address in your bio so we can find you using tools such as these

fedifinder.glitch.me/

twitodon.com/

There is a nice link list on joinfediverse.wiki/Fediverse_w… for new users.

You might want to have a look at it or provide it to your friends (for picking an instance for example)...

#newhere #neuhier #introduction #intro #TwitterTakeover #twittermigration

For the newcomers 👏 some of my old blog posts:

▶️ The Importance of Choosing the Correct Mastodon Instance carlchenet.com/the-importance-…

▶️ Toot to Mastodon any content of your RSS feed with the Feed2toot bot carlchenet.com/toot-to-mastodo…

▶️ Send scheduled messages to both Twitter and Mastodon with the Remindr bot carlchenet.com/send-scheduled-…

#newhere #neuhere #twittermigration #TwitterTakeover

Toot to Mastodon any content of your RSS feed with the Feed2toot bot - Carl Chenet's Blog

You’re a proud new user of the Mastodon social network and you want to share the great articles of your cool blog thanks to a RSS feed.

^{Carl Chenet (Carl Chenet's Blog)}

I have discovered you can follow hashtags, which is basically how you can be your own algorithm.

I don't know how you do it in the apps, but in browser:

(1) click on a hashtag you want to follow,

(2) at the top of the list of posts with that hashtag is the little person symbol (see pic). Click it. It will turn the + to an x, that means that hashtag will now show up in your feed.

Hope this helps those of us on the #TwitterMigration #twitterexodus

Hilda Bastian @hildabast nails it as usual. This time, thoughts on the #TwitterMigration

hildabastian.substack.com/p/sh…

Shuffling Communities and Twitter Migration

Finding new footing in the social media world - plus evidence that caught my eye this week.

^{Hilda Bastian (Living With Evidence)}

The #TwitterMigration needs to spread out to other #Fediverse platforms and respective servers. Those receiving the bulk of registrations are going to be stretched out [time and financially].

I think this list/site is a good landing page for the #Fediverse - fediverse.info/explore/project…

If I may suggest, re: project list, maybe using familiar words as such “Twitter-like”, “FB-like”, “Goodreads-like” can be helpful too, instead of just “microblogging” (which more likely only us techies understand).

fediverse.info

The bespoke fediverse guide

^{fediverse.info}

Feeling lost on mastodon?
Perhaps this will help.

#mastodon #twittermigration #skills #analogueRules

Musk believes that direct to patient advertising is a positive. The best source for medical advice is medical professionals, not twitter's advertising algorithms.

Source: twitter.com/elonmusk/status/15…
#ElonMusk #TwitterMigration

A reminder that #Mastodon doesn’t make billions from advertising. Servers are supported by individuals & orgs, hosts themselves & donations.

If like me, you’re part of the #stampede arriving from the #Twittermigration, consider adding your support to show @Gargron & others we appreciate their effort & time: patreon.com/mastodon

Mastodon is creating Mastodon | Patreon

Become a patron of Mastodon today: Get access to exclusive content and experiences on the world’s largest membership platform for artists and creators.

^Patreon

Dear #screenwriters of the #fediverse! Welcome! During this #twittermigration I have made a quick and dirty little Google Form that fills out a spreadsheet to help you find other screenwriters! I will keep this in line as much as possible, but I do get busy...

Form: forms.gle/gw2nAyYzYNjfFHt38

Sheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

If anyone has any issues with either let me know and I'll take a look at it!

Screenwriter Fediverse Finder (Responses)

Form Responses 1 Timestamp,What is your full instance handle?,What is your preferred penname? ,What are your preferred genre(s)? 11/1/2022 2:11:01,@penscratch@writing.exchange,penscratch,all of them 11/1/2022 2:11:51,@itobiasgray@mastodon.

^{Google Docs}

I swapped out Twitter for my @Mastodon instance on my news site tonight, and I have to say, it feels really good. I plan to update my other sites too.

#TwitterMigration

Small tip for #TwitterMigration folks:

Install the libredirect plugin in your browser to block Twitter from spying you while still allowing you to access content posted there : libredirect.codeberg.page/

You can even follow Twitter accounts through RSS (visit a twitter profile with the plugin enabled then add "/rss" at the end of the url).

Bonus point: Not only Twitter. Medium, Reddit, Qora and even Youtube are now simpler, safer and often faster

Hey, #TwitterMigration folks. Can we have a "real talk" moment? I wanna shoot on something for a second. (Those are both links, if either term is unfamiliar.)

I'm seeing a swell of "reply guy" behavior: folks (not solely "guys"; it just rhymes, and you're free to send me alternatives; let's workshop) who see an interesting post and rush to slap that "reply" button.

I know that other place incentivizes that behavior. If your reply is funnier, more angrily blunt, etc. than the other seven hundred people who responded similarly, you might go viral, gain a slew of new followers, even end up cross-posted to Reddit or to some Hood-forsaken Bored Panda list as tasty cud for depressed office cattle.

Please listen to your friend Billy Zane on this; he's a cool dude, he's tryin' to help you out:

We're growing, but ain't no 25,000 people seein' your post, my post, ANY post over here. You bust through the wall like ol' Kool-Aid to deliver the same idea that four other people already have? Y'ain't gon' impress.

Just click the goddamned post and look at the whole conversation. There are not 382 replies to scroll through; there's like, on average, five.

And if there are more? Well, that sounds like an engaging, nuanced conversation. You don't want to be the rando that walks up to a table of seven in a restaurant to add a bland, uninformed opinion that the group moved past while they were waiting for apps.

We love it here. We want, sincerely, to love having you here.

Click the goddamned post. ​

There's a tool to find #mastodon handles of your #Twitter followers - and to bulk-follow them here on #Mastodon! Big thanks to @jwildeboer for pointing this out.

For all folks coming in via #twittermigration (#heuhier, #IchBinNeuHier):

==> fedifinder.glitch.me/ looks for your Twitter followers on Mastodon and let's you download a CSV which you can import on (Settings -> Import and Export -> Import on Mastodon web).

CC: @mainec @ahrkrak

This is mostly for the #twitterMigration set (welcome! have a 🍍!) because it ​ keeps ​ coming ​ up:

You're right, it's a glaring absence, but it's not a new absence, and it's not going to change. Eugen is Mastodon's BDFL, and he's not going to add quote tweets. I know it's frustrating when you're so accustomed to that interaction pattern, but getting snarky and annoyed is not gonna help your argument.

Your reasoning about why quote tweets should be a standard feature, and how screenshotting a post is basically the same so why make it harder, and how it's not always for dunking, sometimes it's friendly or contextual, is not new to the discussion. Please, if you're going to weigh in, read up on the history first, and maybe read this more recent analysis from @graue.

If you desperately need quote tweets, try another #fediverse hub like Misskey or Fedibird. You'll still be able to keep up with Masto buddies, and you can quote-tweet to your heart's content!

#mastoMeta #noxp

Cage the Mastodon

A year ago I wrote about Mastodon’s improvements over Twitter’s lacking protections against abuse and harassment. Development in that area has not been standing still, and it’s about time we do another comparison.

^{Official Mastodon Blog}

Hi! I'm new here, part of the #twittermigration. Excited to learn from everyone here! Posted an intro over on infosec.exchange:

infosec.exchange/@mle/10925160…

mle✨ (@mle@infosec.exchange)

🌊 #introduction 
HI! I'm a data scientist/security researcher interested in weird things on the Internet. In particular, I love following rabbit holes around phishing emails and infrastructure, C2s, and botnets.

^{Infosec Exchange}

"I'm shocked!" —said anyone urging members of marginalized communities to stay on the bird app

#TwitterMigration

Hewwo mastadon coming from the #twittermigration I am a nerdy bi transwoman [she/her] who streams games on twitch and looks to share things i enjoy ❤.

Here is a pic of my cat loki

You're not truly free until you're open source 😉

#Twitter #TwitterMigration