Florian Haas<p>Replying in a language different from the post being replied to (for example, replying in German to an English-language post) is _______ .</p><p>Boosts appreciated.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediquette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediquette</span></a></p>
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Harald<p>Liebe Fedis,</p><p>ein Post, in dem fast jedes Substantiv mit # beginnt ist lästig und schwer zu lesen.</p><p>Ich komme meist nicht über die erste Zeile raus, oft fange ich inzwischen nicht einmal an zu lesen, wenn das Schriftbild verwaschen aussieht (starke Konditionierung bereits). Und dann ist stummschalten und blockieren auch nicht mehr weit.</p><p>Bin ich der einzige?🤔 Unwahrscheinlich.</p><p>Wenn du also gelesen werden willst, schreib die #-es lieber unten drunter.</p><p>Gerne weitersagen.</p><p><a href="https://nrw.social/tags/fedihelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fedihelp</span></a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/fediquette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediquette</span></a></p>
Valerie Roney<p>Query re fedi-quette in our lil node around food: </p><p>Do folks who filter for that prefer a CW (chose when to engage) or just a <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> tag to filter it out entirely? </p><p>I don't talk about food much, but have some hivemind problem solving I want to toot out while avoiding making others go urk! </p><p>For myself I can skim over text re food, but crikey! do I appreciate those lil blurs over photos of food. 🤢<br><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/fediquette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediquette</span></a></p>
Jonathan Kamens 86 47<p>Proposing a new acronym to reply with when someone posts a link to the fedi without explaining what's in it or why they're posting it: NDDR, "No Description so Didn't Read." <a href="https://federate.social/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meta</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/FediMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediMeta</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Fediquette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediquette</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Netiquette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Netiquette</span></a></p>
Leonardo Giovanni Scur<p>Aperiodic reminder that on the Fediverse, we are the algorithm. Different people use it for different purposes!</p><p>Readers can hide posts based on content, but the content need to be there on the poster's side. Here's what I ask of you:</p><ul><li>Speaking about a contentious or heated topic? Hashtag it.</li><li>Speaking about a specific individual? Mention them if they're here, or use the common name for public figures. Do not exclusively use pet names or derogatories. You can use those too if you want, just make sure you have the actual name somewhere in the post.</li><li>Heck, just always over-hashtag!</li></ul><p>Please continue posting what you care about, I'm only asking you keep the options open for me. 😃 I can mute accounts that <u>only</u> post about topics I don't want, but that's unfair for people who mix it up.</p><p><a href="https://functional.cafe/tags/mastometa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastometa</span></a> <a href="https://functional.cafe/tags/fediquette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediquette</span></a> <a href="https://functional.cafe/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://functional.cafe/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a></p>
Jonathan Kamens 86 47<p>This is your periodic reminder that when posting a link of any sort you should include at least a sentence or two describing what it's about, because many fediverse apps (including e.g. the Mastodon web app) don't display useful previews for many types of links.<br>Be polite: don't make people click through the link just to find out whether they actually care about what's in it.<br><a href="https://federate.social/tags/fediquette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediquette</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/feditips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>feditips</span></a></p>
Fishercat<p>Hey, folks who use screenreaders. I often use asterisks and parentheses in my writing, because the structure forms as I write. I've just realized that may make my stuff less accessible for you. </p><p>Is there a different way for me to add short snippets of clarifying text that's more accessible?</p><p>Thanks!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blind</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VisuallyImpaired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VisuallyImpaired</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fediquette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediquette</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Community</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ScreenReaders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScreenReaders</span></a></p>
neatchee<p><strong>FFER</strong> !!--!! Friendly Fedi Etiquette Reminder</p><p>When you are self-replying (i.e. creating a long thread) it is courteous to <em>set the visibility of all self-replies to "Quiet Public"</em> </p><p>Otherwise you will fill the local and federated timelines with individual posts that appear in reverse order. They won't make sense to anyone, due to lack of context, and will usually be split up by other posts on the timeline anyway.</p><p>So add an indicator to the top-level post that you're creating a thread (like the 🧵 emoji or a [1/?] sequence counter) then kindly switch to "Quiet Public" visibility.</p><p>Thanks! :RemHug: </p><p><a href="https://urusai.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://urusai.social/tags/etiquette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>etiquette</span></a> <a href="https://urusai.social/tags/fediquette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediquette</span></a> <a href="https://urusai.social/tags/thread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thread</span></a> <a href="https://urusai.social/tags/visibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>visibility</span></a> <a href="https://urusai.social/tags/QuietPublic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuietPublic</span></a></p>
Toot Engineer<p>PSA: If you're sharing an article from a news site, please copy and paste the relevant *news* of the article or provide a summary rather than just the clickbait title. </p><p>Many news sites are pay-walled or region restricted and so sharing these links without any context, means people open the page, load a bunch of javascript malware into their browser and then close it in frustration, it wastes time and resources. And it makes you, the person who shared the paywalled clickbait, seem less trustworthy. </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Feditips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Feditips</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/fediquette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediquette</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
KING CONSULT | Kommunikation<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@eWe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eWe</span></a></span> </p><p>Schöne Kurzanleitung, Dank!</p><p>Ergänzungsvorschlag:</p><p>Wenn euch etwas wirklich sehr gefällt:<br>- passiv bleiben<br>+ aktiv & konstruktiv beteiligen: tröten, Leuten in die Diskussion holen, ergänzen, bedanken etc.</p><p>btw: Gibt es einen Hashtag <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/FediQuette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediQuette</span></a> oder ähnliches, damit <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/NeuHier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeuHier</span></a> und <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/AltHier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AltHier</span></a> sich zu solchen Dingen austauschen können? </p><p><a href="https://berlin.social/tags/KommunikationsKulturFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KommunikationsKulturFirst</span></a></p>
Nerio Fenix<p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AskMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AskMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AskFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AskFedi</span></a> </p><p>Since <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Substack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Substack</span></a>'s CEO decided to go full fascist as well and endorse <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>'s and <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/MarkZuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarkZuckerberg</span></a>'s positions, what do you suggest as a secure, privacy oriented and free (I can't really afford any kind of subscription right now, i've been without a job for two months and my stuff will never require a payment) alternative to Substack? I'm also a <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/noob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>noob</span></a> so don't tell me to do difficult things on computers please.</p><p>EDIT: please don't suggest me to use another instance/Fediverse platform. When I ask for a Substack alternative, I'm asking for something of that kind, meaning a proper blogging platform with formatting tools and the possibility to send what you write via email. Postcard is the best option for me so far, as you may understand if you read the whole thread. Don't take it personally, it's just a matter of <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/fediquette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediquette</span></a>. This is not Facebook, let's try to be conscious users.</p>
Problemulv<p>Thought about the neologism <a href="https://venner.network/tags/fediquette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediquette</span></a> yesterday (in danish: <a href="https://venner.network/tags/fedikette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fedikette</span></a> ) for etiquette on the fediverse. I like it. And it turns out it's already a thing, see e.g. this article from '22 <a href="https://aires.fyi/blog/fediquette-mastodon-culture/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aires.fyi/blog/fediquette-mast</span><span class="invisible">odon-culture/</span></a></p>
Sphinx of Black Quartz<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@BellaRJ" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BellaRJ</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@elaterite" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>elaterite</span></a></span> </p><p>A hashtag is a keyword related to the subject of the post, preceded by a # (hash) symbol. For example:</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/welcome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>welcome</span></a> <br><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/fediquette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediquette</span></a> </p><p>That tells potential readers what the post is about (a bit like a subject line in an email) and can also improve search visibility.</p><p>I hope that helps, and welcome to Fedi!</p>
MDMRN<p>TFW someone drops some cool art or pics, but they don't include alt text.</p><p>"Guess I'm only liking this..."</p><p><a href="https://urusai.social/tags/Fediquette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediquette</span></a> <a href="https://urusai.social/tags/Fedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fedi</span></a> <a href="https://urusai.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a></p>
Moon over Mastodon 🌙 📷<p>New name beta test: 'Moon over Mastodon' 🌙</p><p>Still the same mission as always — sharing, retooting & boosting your <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photos</span></a> of the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a> (up to the Moon?). We've been using the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/hashtag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hashtag</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MoonOverMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoonOverMastodon</span></a> through 2024 and that seems to work ok. We don't want to break any <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Fediquette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediquette</span></a> norms. Currently, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> will not let us change our identier <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@KronoMoonPhotos" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>KronoMoonPhotos</span></a></span> or we would lose our toot history (hundreds of photos). Any thoughts you can comment below or send us a private msg. </p><p>"The Moon never sets on the Fediverse." </p><p>'Moon over Mastodon' is part of the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/KrononautMoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KrononautMoon</span></a> Project. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://me.dm/@KronoMoon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>KronoMoon</span></a></span> 🔗 <a href="https://KronoMoon.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">KronoMoon.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>Thx & Happy Holidays to All!</p>
Ölbaum<p>Petit rappel : merci de mettre un CW sur vos posts de politique française, pour réduire la charge mentale de celles et ceux qui s’en Baléléc. <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/politique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politique</span></a> <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/france" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>france</span></a> <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/netiquette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>netiquette</span></a> <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/f%C3%A9diquette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fédiquette</span></a></p>
Jupiter Rowland@<a href="https://loma.ml/profile/feb" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Matthias</a> <blockquote>Was mich aber am meisten abgenervt hat, dass sind die sogenannten "Regeln des Fediverse", von denen ich noch nie im Leben gehört habe (meinen ersten Account habe ich in 2008 angelegt). Du MUSST eine CW setzen, es heißt Trööt, alles was länger als 500 Zeichen ist, gehört in ein Blog und weitere dämliche Vorgaben.</blockquote><br>Und genau die kommen von den Leuten, für die das Fediverse entweder ausschließlich aus Mastodon besteht oder ausschließlich aus Mastodon bestehen sollte.<br><br>@<a href="https://mastodon.social/@DieFurie" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Die Furie</a> Das tut es übrigens nicht. Ich hoffe, das liest du jetzt nicht nach zweieinhalb Jahren zum allerersten Mal, aber das Fediverse ist nicht nur Mastodon. Der eine User, auf den du geantwortet hast, ist auf Friendica und nicht auf Mastodon. Und ich antworte dir von Hubzilla.<br><br>Und so leid es mir tut, aber einige der Anmerkungen waren durchaus gerechtfertigt, wenngleich sie dir vielleicht etwas sehr oberlehrerhaft oder gar übergriffig vorkamen.<br><br>Tatsache ist: Nicht jeder im Fediverse trötet. Denn nicht jeder im Fediverse ist auf Mastodon. Friendica, wo @<a href="https://loma.ml/profile/feb" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Matthias</a> ist, ist nicht Mastodon. Hubzilla, wo ich bin, ist auch nicht Mastodon. Beide sind zwar im Fediverse und mit Mastodon verbunden, haben aber mit Mastodon nicht das Geringste zu tun, sie sind völlig anders als Mastodon und sind auch nicht nachträglich an Mastodon drangebaut worden, sondern tatsächlich sogar älter als Mastodon.<br><br>Folglich tröten die Nutzer auf Friendica und Hubzilla nicht, ebensowenig wie die Nutzer von Pleroma, Akkoma, Misskey, Calckey, Firefish, CherryPick, Iceshrimp, Sharkey, Catodon, Mitra, GoToSocial, Socialhome, micro.blog, (streams), Forte usw. usf. Die sind aber auch alle im Fediverse, und die sind (fast) alle mit Mastodon verbunden.<br><br>Tatsache ist auch: Das Fediverse-Projekt, also die Serveranwendung, die du nutzt, die heißt zwar Mastodon. Aber das ganze Netzwerk heißt eben <em>nicht</em> Mastodon. Wie @<a class="" href="https://hub.hubzilla.hu/channel/pepecyb" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Der Pepe (Hubzilla) ⁂ ⚝</a> aus gegebenem Anlaß auf seinem Blog schrieb und auf seinem Kanal @<a class="" href="https://hub.hubzilla.hu/channel/pcw" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">PepeCyB's Welt</a> (beides auf Hubzilla, aber sehr wohl Teil des Fediverse) verteilte: <strong>"<a href="https://hub.hubzilla.hu/item/3157da11-92bc-458b-b21d-2c7a774f194b" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Es gibt KEIN Mastodon-Netzwerk!</a>"</strong><br><br>Wer auch immer dich da korrigiert hat, noch dazu auf eine Art und Weise, die dich verwirrt haben dürfte, hat sich vermutlich ganz einfach daran gestört, daß du zwar möglicherweise das ganze Fediverse gemeint hast, es aber als "Mastodon" bezeichnet hast.<br><br>Nicht öffentlich zu antworten, scheint mir wiederum der Versuch zu sein, etwas durchzusetzen, wovon irgendjemand glaubt, es sei Teil der Fediquette und der Mastodon-Kultur. Denn auch wenn das auf Mastodon noch ginge: Je weiter man sich im Fediverse von Mastodon entfernt, desto weniger ist das überhaupt möglich.<br><br>CC: @<a href="https://mastodon.social/@diekehrseite" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Kehrseite … aufgewühlt …!</a><br><br>#<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=Long" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Long</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=LongPost" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">LongPost</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=CWLong" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">CWLong</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=CWLongPost" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">CWLongPost</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=LangerPost" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">LangerPost</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=CWLangerPost" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">CWLangerPost</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=FediMeta" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">FediMeta</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=FediverseMeta" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">FediverseMeta</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=CWFediMeta" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">CWFediMeta</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=CWFediverseMeta" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">CWFediverseMeta</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=Fediverse" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Fediverse</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=Mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Mastodon</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=NichtNurMastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">NichtNurMastodon</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=Fediquette" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Fediquette</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=MastodonKultur" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">MastodonKultur</a>
Markus Redeker<p>Please be so good and de-clickbait the title of a news article that you share!</p><p>The problem with clickbait titles is that one need to follow the link to the article in order to find out whether one should have followed the link. </p><p>So please add to the link that you share a short summary of its content. Or write the title that the article should have had. Or quote the one or two sentences in it that show the most important points (in your opinion).</p><p>Anyway, give us your reason why we should read the article.</p><p>Remove the bait from the click!</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Clickbait" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clickbait</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Fediquette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediquette</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/FediTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediTips</span></a></p>
Jupiter Rowland@<a href="https://social.wedistribute.org/users/damon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">damon</a> It doesn't help that Mastodon itself is largely a bubble.<br><br>Some 70% of all Fediverse users are on Mastodon. But it seems like that within Mastodon itself, at least 95% of all posts originate from Mastodon. Maybe even more.<br><br>There are several reasons for this.<br><br>First of all, other projects don't federate with Mastodon that much.<br><br>Misskey is huge in East Asia, especially Japan. And Japanese Misskey users who hardly know English or not at all won't be interested in connecting with Western Mastodon users, so a large chunk of the second-biggest free project in the Fediverse is out of the equation.<br><br>Lemmy is the third-biggest, but Lemmy federates with Mastodon only barely so, also because Lemmy is all about discussion groups and enclosed conversations, both of which Mastodon simply doesn't support. Lemmy users can't follow Mastodon users because Lemmy users <em>can't follow users</em>, full stop. And Mastodon users have to wrap their minds around how to federate with Lemmy. It isn't as straight-forward as communication within Mastodon. And so they simply don't.<br><br>Other examples include Hubzilla and (streams) channels having ActivityPub off on purpose to keep ignorant and obnoxious Mastodon users out.<br><br>But this goes the other way as well. Mastodon can be outright hostile to non-Mastodon users. Why? Because they don't behave like what Mastodon users are used to from Mastodon and, by extent, partly also Twitter. And they have joined the Fediverse in expectation of something that's one big distributed but homogenous Twitter clone. Anything that deviates from that may be disturbing.<br><br>There are Mastodon users who, upon seeing a post with over 500 characters, and be it in the federated timeline, <em>block the poster</em>. This alone cuts into the reach of everything that isn't Mastodon. Not few wish for a switch with which they can permanently filter out all posts with over 500 characters.<br><br>Others may block everyone who uses text formatting. Either it simply goes on their nerves. Or they can't imagine that it's even possible to format text in the Fediverse because they can't do that on Mastodon, so they think it's all some Unicode trickery. And as this Unicode trickery is not accessible and inclusive because it irritates screen readers, they deem whoever uses text formatting ableist and therefore blockworthy.<br><br>Then there's the issue of content warnings. They must be provided the Mastodon way, or you risk being blocked. However, not everything out there provides a) the right text field with b) the right label on it. Non-Mastodon projects may still label the summary field a summary field instead of a CW field like Mastodon does.<br><br>Friendica, for example, has done away with that text field entirely and users BBcode tags instead. Hubzilla doesn't provide any means of adding a summary/a Mastodon CW to a reply. And both have had their own way of adding CWs since long before there was Mastodon which their own users consider vastly superior to Mastodon's way.<br><br>In general, boosts are very important on Mastodon. I'd say that most activity on Mastodon is boosts because they're so easy to do on a phone without a hardware keyboard. Your reach on Mastodon depends on boosts.<br><br>But if you don't play exactly along Mastodon's written and unwritten rules, and if you don't adhere to the "Fediquette" which is entirely defined by only Mastodon users and geared towards only Mastodon's features (or lack thereof), you're boosted far less.<br><br>If you post more than 500 characters at once, it takes a lot for your post to get boosted.<br><br>If you post an image without alt-text, the post will be boosted dramatically less because not exactly few Mastodon users refuse to boost image posts without alt-text. You may even be muted or blocked for not providing alt-text. But alt-text only is a thing on Mastodon, and hardly anyone provides it outside Mastodon.<br><br>In general, anything that deviates from the standards defined by vanilla Mastodon will cut into your visibility on Mastodon deeply.<br><br>CC: @<a href="https://social.fedcast.ch/users/Hiker" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Hiker</a><br><br>#<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=Long" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Long</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=LongPost" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">LongPost</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=CWLong" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">CWLong</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=CWLongPost" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">CWLongPost</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=FediMeta" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">FediMeta</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=FediverseMeta" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">FediverseMeta</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=CWFediMeta" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">CWFediMeta</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=CWFediverseMeta" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">CWFediverseMeta</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=Fediverse" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Fediverse</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=Mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Mastodon</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=NotOnlyMastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">NotOnlyMastodon</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=AltText" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">AltText</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=AltTextMeta" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">AltTextMeta</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=CWAltTextMeta" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">CWAltTextMeta</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=CW" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">CW</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=CWs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">CWs</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=CWMeta" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">CWMeta</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=ContentWarning" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">ContentWarning</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=ContentWarnings" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">ContentWarnings</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=ContentWarningMeta" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">ContentWarningMeta</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=Fediquette" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Fediquette</a>
Oblomov<p>I'm starting to develop a profound dislike for accounts that post on the Fediverse screenshots of Fediverse posts without linking to them. It's not the screenshot themselves that I dislike, it's the lack of link to the original post.</p><p>This isn't Facebook or Xitter, you don't get penalized for putting links in your posts. Be a good netizen.</p><p><a href="https://sociale.network/tags/netiquette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>netiquette</span></a> <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/fediquette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediquette</span></a> <a href="https://sociale.network/tags/linking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linking</span></a></p>
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