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   Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Saturday, 17-Dec-2022 05:47:32 JST Evan Prodromou

   Hey, new friends from Twitter! Welcome to the #fediverse. <gestures broadly>

   Thanks for coming to help us build a rich and varied social network.

   If you appreciate having this network to come to, you can show it by:

   - sticking around
   - posting regularly
   - connecting with people
   - engaging in conversation

   We know you need to talk about Twitter right now. That's OK! But we're more than just an anti-Twitter support group, so make sure to bring more of yourself here.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Saturday, 17-Dec-2022 05:48:05 JST Evan Prodromou

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     If you are just getting oriented, there's a well-established way to start building your network here.

     1. Add your Mastodon handle to your Twitter bio. That helps people find you here!

     2. Use one of these tools to automatically follow your Twitter friends here:

     https://debirdify.pruvisto.org/

     https://fedifinder.glitch.me/

     https://www.movetodon.org/

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Saturday, 17-Dec-2022 06:05:39 JST Evan Prodromou

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     Here are some things we do differently!

     - Content warnings -- we use them a lot! Even for things you don't think are a big deal. They are a chance to be considerate to your audience.

     - Image captions -- for accessibility. The default here is to use them. It's OK if you forget, but don't make a habit of it.

     - Boost *a lot*: boosts are like retweets. We use them a lot more than on Twitter.

     - No quote tweets: they're hard to do. There are some workarounds, but it's best to just get used to it.

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     benx (benx@kolektiva.social)'s status on Saturday, 17-Dec-2022 06:07:18 JST benx

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     @evan

     I was able to change my handle (for how long I don't know) but not able to link to either mastodon.social or my own instance.

     I could still retweet an old post linking over to Mastodon though.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Saturday, 17-Dec-2022 06:07:18 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • benx

     @benx pinning those old posts helps, IIRC

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Saturday, 17-Dec-2022 10:39:02 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Rev. Jesus “H” Christ

     @reverendjesus good point

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     Rev. Jesus “H” Christ (reverendjesus@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 17-Dec-2022 10:39:04 JST Rev. Jesus “H” Christ

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     @evan
     3. Run whichever tool a few days later, because more and more people are putting their info in their bio.