How to have a good time on #mastodon / #calckey / #fediverse
A guide by me based on my first week here!
1. Search for and follow #tags / #hashtags related to interests you have, e.g. #flowers
2. If you find a post you like, check that person's profile, lots of people will have enough info just in their bio for you to tell if you'd like to see more from them, but if not, check their post history. As a rule though, you might as well follow them and you can unfollow if they post stuff you aren't into.
3. Look at all the other tags on posts you see in your searches or home feed to see other ways people might tag similar content, i.e. in our #flowers example you'll find #bloomscrolling !
4. Once you've followed a few people and/or tags, your home feed will start to populate with content and you can repeat points 2 and 3!
5. Use what you see as inspiration for your own posts, be they text or image posts. If you post images, you should ALWAYS add alt-text for #accessibility. Many #fediverse users will simply not follow accounts or boost posts without alt-text. It's easy and actually kinda fun to think about what a vision impaired person might need in a description, so just do it!
Make sure you also use #tags so others can find your posts and put content warnings on sensitive content (this will vary from instance to instance check your local rules and use common sense)
6. Search/follow the #feditips tag for more tips and tricks!
And that's it! Anyone who knows more than me and sees this, I'd love to hear your #feedback on anything I missed or that seems off.
Other than that I wish everyone who reads this a lovely day and happy scrolling/posting.
#fediguide
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