Louie Stowell@Louiestowell@mastodon.social
Just remembered I have an account here after someone posted a mastodon thing on bluesky. Do I know how to use it? No. Do I know where to start? Also, no.
Louie Stowell@Louiestowell@mastodon.social
Shaula Evans@ShaulaEvans@zirk.us
@Louiestowell@mastodon.social
1. Follow @FediTips@social.growyourown.services! It's a wonderful account that will get you up to speed fast.
2. Fedi Groups and Newsmast Channels may be helpful to: A) follow to find content you like, and B) tag to promote your work to interested followers.
https://about.fedigroups.social/directory
https://home.channel.org/search/newsmast
I hope it's good home for you this time around.
Stuart :progress_pride:@slowe@mastodon.me.uk
@Louiestowell@mastodon.social Welcome back! It's been a while. I got one of your books (ABC Pride) for my great-nephew for Christmas.
Paul Kuyper 🇺🇸
@8bit_PK@universeodon.com
@Louiestowell@mastodon.social I found the best place to start is the Trending section. Follow some people you find interesting. Then search a few hashtags of things you are interested in and follow some there.
Without algorithms you need to find people to follow. Respectful replying can help to start to build a group of people that you interact with.
Louie Stowell@Louiestowell@mastodon.social
@slowe@mastodon.me.uk Aww lovely!! Trying to work this place out again - I got so confused last time I tried.
Stuart :progress_pride:@slowe@mastodon.me.uk
@Louiestowell@mastodon.social Anything we can do to help it make more sense?
Louie Stowell@Louiestowell@mastodon.social
@8bit_PK@universeodon.com Hello Paul! I came a few years ago, got very confused, left, so gonna try again. I follow people already - can you help an eejit out and say where they'd appear?
Louie Stowell@Louiestowell@mastodon.social
@slowe@mastodon.me.uk actually yes! Can you recommend hashtags to follow for if I want to talk about publishing, children's books, comics for kids, reading for pleasure/national year of reading...? I've tried the "on the nose" ones and there's nowt. But also other interesting hashtags that have lots of activity and chat esp NON US stuff in english (cos everything everyehwere is so US dominated).
Stuart :progress_pride:@slowe@mastodon.me.uk
@Louiestowell@mastodon.social I'm not sure I know of good hashtags for book stuff but I've asked people I know for suggestions.
I haven't really followed many hashtags myself (only #parkrun) because I get enough activity from people I follow (and "Trending" on the web interface and "Explore" on the Mastodon app).
Some hashtags that I notice other people using in my stream are #catsofmastodon (cats), #caturday (people's cats on a Saturday), #mosstodon (moss etc), #SilentSunday (photos), #UKpol (UK politics).
Paul Kuyper 🇺🇸@8bit_PK@universeodon.com
@Louiestowell@mastodon.social yes!
The people you follow would appear on your Home feed, which should be the main feed you see when you open your app. Without knowing which app you use, I don’t know specifically.
Also, this website is pretty good at helping people get started: https://fedi.tips here is the Mastodon account you could follow too @FediTips@social.growyourown.services
Hashtags will also be your friend. You can follow them, which will put them into your Home feed.
Stuart :progress_pride:@slowe@mastodon.me.uk
@Louiestowell@mastodon.social It might be that @FediTips@social.growyourown.services has tips on good (children's) book/comics/reading related hash tags?
Fedi.Tips@FediTips@social.growyourown.services
@slowe@mastodon.me.uk @Louiestowell@mastodon.social
You might want to follow !@bookstodon@fedigroups.social which is a discussion group about book-related topics. After you've followed it, you can post to the group by mentioning it and it might be a good place to ask about hashtags?
Louie Stowell@Louiestowell@mastodon.social
@8bit_PK@universeodon.com @FediTips@social.growyourown.services Oh and also: I'm seeing stuff in my home feed from ppl I don't follow, how do I stop that? (THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE) xxx
Louie Stowell@Louiestowell@mastodon.social
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services Followed! Thank you!
Shaula Evans@ShaulaEvans@zirk.us
@Louiestowell@mastodon.social You will see posts from people you don't follow if:
A) Someone you follow boosts that post.
B) You follow a hashtag on the post.
You can mute or block people if you want to remove them from your home feed.
You can also go to an account you follow and hide boosts from that account.
I hope this helps!
Fedi.Tips@FediTips@social.growyourown.services
@ShaulaEvans@zirk.us @Louiestowell@mastodon.social
Yup, agree with all this.
This is what you see in your feed:
-Posts from accounts you follow
-Posts shared by accounts you follow
-Posts with a hashtag you're following
You can check which hashtags you're following by various methods depending on how you access Mastodon. If you're on the official mobile app go to your profile page and click the # icon at the top. If you're on the website click the "Followed hashtags" option.
Fedi.Tips@FediTips@social.growyourown.services
@ShaulaEvans@zirk.us @Louiestowell@mastodon.social
Yup, agree with all this.
This is what you see in your feed:
-Posts from accounts you follow
-Posts shared by accounts you follow
-Posts with a hashtag you're following
You can check which hashtags you're following by various methods depending on how you access Mastodon. If you're on the official mobile app go to your profile page and click the # icon at the top. If you're on the website click the "Followed hashtags" option.
Louie Stowell@Louiestowell@mastodon.social
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @ShaulaEvans@zirk.us AHHH grand so home pools "people you follow" and "hashtags you follow" in the same place? Perfect, I get it! THANK YOU BOTH!
Louie Stowell@Louiestowell@mastodon.social
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @ShaulaEvans@zirk.us AHHH grand so home pools "people you follow" and "hashtags you follow" in the same place? Perfect, I get it! THANK YOU BOTH!
Fedi.Tips@FediTips@social.growyourown.services
@Louiestowell@mastodon.social
Yup, that's it!
Fedi.Tips@FediTips@social.growyourown.services
@Louiestowell@mastodon.social
Yup, that's it!
Louie Stowell@Louiestowell@mastodon.social
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services cheers bossman!
Louie Stowell@Louiestowell@mastodon.social
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services cheers bossman!