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mastodon pro tip: if you want to have more interactions checkout your instances timeline (it's the icon with the three people) and start interacting with others on your server. If that doesn't get updated enough, then try the federated timeline (the world icon) and do the same.

Just be nice to people, respond, favourite, and boost liberally

It's probably already making the rounds, but I'm going to reshare it and tag it with #MastoDev :
Here is an in-depth area where @Gargron needs development/knowledge help, for a feature that would make Masto even better/more reliable in terms of timelines sorting:
https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/1059

Feel free to boost, poke people you know, and contribute. :trumpet:

#PSA
Remember to report bad behaviour which you do not feel comply the CoC of your server.

You can report individual posts (you get an option to tag several) when it's done.

If you do not report the baddies, we can't help as easily! If you are literally getting harassed, we need to know!

If you report but nothing happens within 24hrs, don't hesitate to contact us directly.

/ support

Healthcare via single-payer and a socialized provider system.
Education via free public schools and universities (and doing something about private ones, not sure what exactly)
Housing through socialized housing development and the abolition of landlordism
Access to food and other necessities via a basic income.
Transportation through a robust public mass transit system including regional and long-distance high-speed rail

if your response to someone discussing their lived experiences with harassment is "move on, it happens!", you are an apologist

While we're talking about helping, here's how to help Syrian children: http://www.nudaysyria.net/

I honestly think having more Black People/PoC/LGBT people working on the Mastodon code would be good. Really any marginalized group.

Given that harassment is rampant everywhere, we would have good insights that a cishet allo white guy might not tbh

Folks complaining about Francophones in the timeline: twitter is a better place for your bigotry. Leave.

:clap:let:clap:them:clap:speak:clap:french:clap:

I will continue to mainly toot in French.

I see complaints that it "pollutes" the federated timeline.
No it does not. Yes there is a lot of French. I think / hope that we will see more and more languages on the federated, most of them I won't understand AND THAT IS OKAY.
Toot in your own language!

If you want to only read english join an instance that is english-speaking only and look at the local timeline only!

Federated is for everyone. Other languages are not "polluting" it.

being a nice person isn't easy. this world is saturated with bigotry and hatred, that diffuses into you from birth. it is a radical step to understand that you have internalized this hatred, and that to be a good person you have to work against it.

the first step is listening to people, understanding where they're coming from, understanding that your life isn't prototypical and there are experiences you don't have. you need to use empathy

Dear Fellow Anglophones,

People are allowed to speak their own language in public. We do not own the internet.

I repeat:

WE DO NOT OWN THE INTERNET.

Sheesh!

Dear Francophones (and other non-anglophones)

I'd say "feel free to carry on" but you don't need my permission.

I am sorry people are jerks though.

Message to all the non-anglophones:

Please toot in your language as public as you want. Let's share culture. I want to read all your toots.

I want to read EVEEERYTHIIIING.

another srs post here, wont be long:

we are happy there are more folks here but FYI newbies, Mastodon's community was founded by gays, trans folx, POC, furries. Not only do we take no BS from Nazis, we won't have you ruining this place for us.

YOU ADJUST TO US. Mic drop 🎤

Asking for donations on-line so I don't starve, run out of gas, or something else is a pain in the ass. If you care to help: venmo.com/DarlingVictoria
https://t.co/sQhyfuHupc

#transcrowdfund #disabilitycrowdfund #femmecrowdfund

Hey, server hosts/admins. I'm probably going to make a #patreon roundup post with a server list / similar to the list in this post http://kinkymal.se/2017/04/mastodon-new-twitter-101/

The aim is to help you pay for your servers and spread the love. 🎺 me your info (patreon + instance domain) please!

#fediverse #mastodon

(I'll accept non Mastodon servers too ofc <3)

1hr of @Support work done.

If you like what I do you can support _me_ at patreon ;)

https://www.patreon.com/maloki

#support #patreon #payvolunteers