Notices by Izzy Kamikaze (izzykamikaze@mastodon.ie)

I wonder would it be possible to have a #Mastodaoine open night once a week for a couple of hours to help new people (esp people from bird site migration) to find friends & get engaged in conversations? Mastodon is a lot less "live" than the bird site. Newcomers are responding to posts cross-posted from bird site & getting no response & finding it frustrating. I think lots of us being live on that # at the same time could make a difference.

If this is a stupid suggestion, please forgive me!

I'm pretty new here myself & trying to find my feet, but I'm having a lot of conversations with bird site followers, encouraging them to come over here & one of the things I'm hearing is that they set up profiles already, but found it hard to get any engagement, so I'm just wondering what might help.

I'm trying to get people on the bird site to come over here, but some of them have tried already & found it hard. Can anybody point me to a really basic "How to" guide that explains instances, the fediverse, the interface & how to get started? Lots of people (esp older people) are interested, but don't know how to get started.