2026-06-07T05:03:48Z https://yabu.me Tabitha :corgi:🖊️:therian: https://yabu.me/npub1rlj2de2ruzzw0u03druaynjgek2qn0tcdrlctsu850qskhv7ld5qhrz7yk https://cdn.macrofurs.social/accounts/avatars/110/657/840/466/493/384/original/bf8703be0af4bd41.png https://cdn.macrofurs.social/accounts/avatars/110/657/840/466/493/384/original/bf8703be0af4bd41.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9wvuftpmtfxaxudr8whxye2ygzp89gqurqagt4g99jlmmaqp83ggzyq07ffh9g0sgfel37950n5jwfrxegzda0p50lpwrs73uzz6anmaksmt8gre I&#39;m actually seeing some folks here sticking around from BlueSky after yesterday, so I decided to write a little mini-guide to Mastodon emphasizing points I think are important. I&#39;m sure there&#39;s other stuff but this is what came to mind and could fit in one post:<br/><br/>1) There is no algorithm here. Everything is displayed in chronological order and your feed is self-curated. In other words, you have to be the one to make things appear in your main (&#34;Home&#34;) timeline. You may only be stumbling upon this post because one of the few people you follow boosted it. So you know, there are multiple timelines to choose from: Federated feed (which I do not fully understand how it populates but I think it has to do with your follows and followers), your &#34;Local timeline&#34; which is other users on your instance, and a followed hashtag timeline which I don&#39;t personally use but you can ask others about and they&#39;ll happily answer. Speaking of which:<br/><br/>2) There is no shame in reaching out and asking for help if you don&#39;t understand how Mastodon works. We get it, it&#39;s weird and confusing at times and we like to see y&#39;all stick around, so we&#39;re happy to offer the tools you need to make that comfortable.<br/><br/>3) Some users will refuse to boost things unless you add something called &#34;Alt text&#34; to images, which are image descriptions. This can seem very intimidating at first because you&#39;ll see photographs with elaborate detail that you might not feel you can /possibly/ replicate. In actuality, all you need is a basic description: &#34;a drawing of an anthropomorphic cat with brown fur smiling and waving&#34; is all you need to get the point across. The reason we all care so much about alt-text isn&#39;t only that it helps users with sight impairment. It can give context to a joke, it can let someone enjoy an image when they have a slow connection, and sometimes it lets someone else actually understand what they&#39;re seeing, among other things. If you&#39;re an artist who&#39;s trying to get their name out there, alt-text /will/ make a difference. And along those lines...<br/><br/>4) You will probably not get as many followers as before in terms of sheer numbers. The numbers themselves won&#39;t be as large because unless the other major social media sites go down, Mastodon and the Fediverse in general aren&#39;t going to be as populated. It can be discouraging to have to go from like 10,000 to maybe 200 or so. The trade-off is worth it: you get a lot more genuine interactions and a /lot/ less trolls and -phobes. Yes, there are some bad actors but that&#39;s unfortunately the case with everything, but the difference here is that you can actually report someone and expect something to be done about it. That said: your numbers will go up over time, it just usually takes longer than elsewhere.<br/><br/>5) A lot of people here like to babble about tech stuff and you might not understand any of it. Let them babble and know that if for whatever reason you&#39;re having a tech issue you /will/ encounter someone who knows how to help you. You&#39;ll also possibly encounter someone who&#39;s a snobby tech-twat and ridicules you for it, but I&#39;d argue there&#39;s a risk of that happening everywhere. If you encounter someone like /that/ just block and try to move on with your life.<br/><br/>Mastodon isn&#39;t the only part of the Fediverse, there&#39;s things like akkoma and sharkey but Mastodon&#39;s the one I&#39;m most familiar with. The nice thing is that if you&#39;re not happy with where you&#39;re currently located instance-wise, you can migrate somewhere else without much difficulty.<br/><br/>Hopefully this helps! 2026-04-17T13:22:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw2n8t69w8clda036r3qu5nh6aj0gxqz2yd6uujve6fqau2f9u0dczyq07ffh9g0sgfel37950n5jwfrxegzda0p50lpwrs73uzz6anmaksxfxpam Woof, I say! Woof! 2025-11-06T19:29:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyuqjl46t9ds5k07hr0sd8efwvs95u0u390hrn952kucsd2s36skqzyq07ffh9g0sgfel37950n5jwfrxegzda0p50lpwrs73uzz6anmakspz3kpv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz6arcyekpaxaf2mv9upqs7d2czlcqrc8wcrnkvfpdh69eggn8meg5mswae'>nevent1q…swae</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think it&#39;s useful as an art gallery (but not exclusively) and a place to browse art, but other than that not much point to it<br/><br/>Seems to be heading in the right direction but who honestly knows? 2025-09-25T21:54:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0xk5p4exjcpvjapsaldlarkdqk2w3yzd9w9xu7z3s0fp0y84uvqczyq07ffh9g0sgfel37950n5jwfrxegzda0p50lpwrs73uzz6anmaks4dj4zx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2xumpsumhfhx8n2fag2y5uhjw06h50farypfq63s7xxu2jh3ggxqz9ampz'>nevent1q…ampz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Okie dokie! *Scoops you up in paws, lays on back and kneads you around in them, passing back and forth between paw-pairs* :blobfoxfloofhappy: ❤️ 2025-09-21T19:26:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2l84kmprv046gnc68rdt0wzkg6xa85fyclrxfm0mf3lrj0wr6kdczyq07ffh9g0sgfel37950n5jwfrxegzda0p50lpwrs73uzz6anmaks89hp7h Taurgi paws!<br/><br/>*displays* 🐾 2025-09-21T19:18:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyhxednv4acnhr54vtvnhs7cadzj5g608hw8zyv26nwfuswzudzsszyq07ffh9g0sgfel37950n5jwfrxegzda0p50lpwrs73uzz6anmakscx00f8 M&#39;leggy! *Sticks it out too far, accidentally kicks the moon out of orbit* shit 2025-07-07T20:45:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxfz6mu552gsgyuexq4ewnellj52ktywkwkp8dny3wqdg50dqhd8qzyq07ffh9g0sgfel37950n5jwfrxegzda0p50lpwrs73uzz6anmaksmmmtjf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0wkeqnwxucvvxlvpujj02rv525yrlvmjwcv4l6j3c2qk9njuh3lgn0nyyy'>nevent1q…nyyy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>nuzzle into my paws for a few hours, problem solved 2025-03-05T11:57:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9a8hnqg323uf7wjgqhqswtgq590w3fmtc4352txfm4tajgeeuswczyq07ffh9g0sgfel37950n5jwfrxegzda0p50lpwrs73uzz6anmaksu9crg8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszfzdy8ykpm8rsyd440yqwslgjusdmcuy0fmjph4su03hlsqzdqxgqawpu4'>nevent1q…wpu4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes! *Pats you repeatedly with taurgi pawb* :neofox_pat_up: ❤️ 2025-01-20T20:40:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs84kzjjj5jdnv24d6fc39se3yyskn9w9und7zmtwt2phuczajzxdqzyq07ffh9g0sgfel37950n5jwfrxegzda0p50lpwrs73uzz6anmakshvj5p9 Have you considered: my paws?<br/><br/>You should, I think they&#39;re nice. I mean I&#39;m decidedly biased but still 2025-01-20T20:34:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfa6006kjx4tmgmzdfmvnhfdgn8sj326husrw5ym6l8axya09c7fczyq07ffh9g0sgfel37950n5jwfrxegzda0p50lpwrs73uzz6anmakszqs2e7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxupf4y084rmyqtjszz5cgtxm90w88cv6d3l5y0zljcmvuwmwwkhccpcs0f'>nevent1q…cs0f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If English teachers are reading what I&#39;m writing as part of a curriculum, then we will have reached a peak of kink-friendly society X3 2025-01-08T16:45:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2d7vpxdqkyqlp0qjewqwwxpeph0x3fvej49s7pczzfmxkcm2tqggzyq07ffh9g0sgfel37950n5jwfrxegzda0p50lpwrs73uzz6anmakse87792 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspqfj4j6fjct0rnc2auy79plfns7xf5n8dtew4r0lhv4mdq3yzcqq8q0uqh'>nevent1q…0uqh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;I am outlawing pronouns now! I can do that because I AM THE NARRATOR! :blobfoxtableflip:&#34; 2025-01-08T15:56:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrskwwheh396e0ha2x6gyt7xyd06zurlw3y952lyhfuwg49s22clgzyq07ffh9g0sgfel37950n5jwfrxegzda0p50lpwrs73uzz6anmaksdmjeq2 Accidentally misgendered a character and am re-reading the entire thing to make sure it&#39;s consistent<br/><br/>aaaand noticing some spots earlier on that could use some tweaking<br/><br/>Things seem to happen for a reason 2025-01-08T15:49:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxvs3sfyuu40hallytqsx0chaqveulnfun43jufrwgrlsuy44v0kczyq07ffh9g0sgfel37950n5jwfrxegzda0p50lpwrs73uzz6anmaksccmu85 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy9y8fzswyypth64av0d9e6n7pmjt8hjv58hh50s8ahn7qk86e7yclv7glc'>nevent1q…7glc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The current challenge is I haven&#39;t quite figured out a character&#39;s vibe and it&#39;s kind of malleable at the moment x3 2025-01-06T16:13:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9p7sgzaa5v34axqhr8fyymjgljm48kguzxzeduwa0ta2z5f40h9szyq07ffh9g0sgfel37950n5jwfrxegzda0p50lpwrs73uzz6anmaksvnr39n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8v0vg0jwn4fwaksqx482ydq0wapppdpgedvzusegft5a04n2scccpyjdgt'>nevent1q…jdgt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I dunno, what do you think? 2025-01-06T16:05:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8v0vg0jwn4fwaksqx482ydq0wapppdpgedvzusegft5a04n2sccczyq07ffh9g0sgfel37950n5jwfrxegzda0p50lpwrs73uzz6anmakslwp8u6 Just realized that I tend to default to M/F stories because &#34;she&#34; and &#34;he&#34; helps me to differentiate characters through pronouns without having to clarify<br/><br/>now am wondering if I should shift genders of this story just to get a bit more representation or just go with what I&#39;m doing 2025-01-06T16:03:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxfa70gkhgchf88wh9frnnvwfguufzlffmxvuwdtsumpkgcp3qy5qzyq07ffh9g0sgfel37950n5jwfrxegzda0p50lpwrs73uzz6anmaks2lpvfd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrxk70kglkzjs0059esnr9twutwywp378nchxqgxz9hlalr8wa09g50n492'>nevent1q…n492</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well then /Daisy/ would be the one like &#34;gonna go fuck myself now&#34; while Luigi and Bowser do the boinkage 2024-10-30T12:38:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqumhu42sg2xnn2nqvtu0jhw48txqvfk4gpswtvr5rxjx4yeclf9czyq07ffh9g0sgfel37950n5jwfrxegzda0p50lpwrs73uzz6anmaksnf7p8v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspu0g5yxam0r9fw7nh9n7s4w02lrudr8gy7745d5cr3y0kxsmn5tqfe2gw0'>nevent1q…2gw0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>:blobfoxthink:<br/><br/>If you overthink it, Mario could be the pizza guy and the plumber 2024-10-30T12:31:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspu0g5yxam0r9fw7nh9n7s4w02lrudr8gy7745d5cr3y0kxsmn5tqzyq07ffh9g0sgfel37950n5jwfrxegzda0p50lpwrs73uzz6anmaks2qla5j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs83xe9ec0cw2an7um3v2wzrd890d4umvwyu36s97y0p0h962fpsjgx6ksn7'>nevent1q…ksn7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I needed that laugh, thank you x3 2024-10-30T12:30:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspfu54w8gdwp92t3vnzrghmyahms35aw054x9ewaj043sr2tf2vfczyq07ffh9g0sgfel37950n5jwfrxegzda0p50lpwrs73uzz6anmaksrcpwx6 And then I remembered &#34;wait a minute there&#39;s no such thing as too contrived here, I&#39;m writing /smut/&#34; 2024-10-30T12:26:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg4urjjdnskdezrvljhggwd6zkmknzul3hmt52hrw23u974w068vszyq07ffh9g0sgfel37950n5jwfrxegzda0p50lpwrs73uzz6anmaksuanxpn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqeud92xtc3d7fhrzefhm23ys3wv65ufwtq3695szmpqjfsvxu5jcxyggu2'>nevent1q…ggu2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I studied English for an entire summer for a teaching job that didn&#39;t work out, and the only thing I really remember is that Old English had consistent rules, then the Norman Invasion happened in 1066 and then it became a mishmash of linguistic rules and exceptions that tend to contradict each other 2024-10-26T11:07:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg7z5xkj6x7e6ruw6jx0wd3jfchpzjm3dcs4pngrlvy5m0ayzppkgzyq07ffh9g0sgfel37950n5jwfrxegzda0p50lpwrs73uzz6anmaks2cyxl3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv6vyvq7f9zyrqy3kvqqzkaljz4jx705esqqsrxt62n2y9qq4ceeqjqeqfh'>nevent1q…eqfh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>English is such a mess x3 2024-10-26T10:49:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2cwh3wz59nx7mdk80gqfq5mxr2tugqqg3ee8au594h8mc3hf5twqzyq07ffh9g0sgfel37950n5jwfrxegzda0p50lpwrs73uzz6anmaks5rmhw2 Today I learned that molding for like, houses (the little painted jut-out strip-thingy madoos) is actually spelled &#34;Moulding&#34;<br/><br/>So that means it&#39;s distinctly British and/or Canadian 2024-10-26T10:46:33Z