currently on cybre.space @maunzikation@computerfairi.es

Hey fellow writers and people who like writing and/or reading and/or the written word:

The hashtags I've seen around are
- #writing (for generic writing stuff)
- #amwriting (for quotes and process stuff I think?)
- #tootfic / #mfic / #microfic (microfic+)
- #writingprompts (prompts)

(Are there any others?)

Also be aware of writing.exchange, which is a Mastodon instance dedicated to writers and the like (I'm @kibigo there)

Quick reminder (and heads-up for the new folks!) that the "Mastodon Creatives / Artists / Musicians / Illustrators / Animators / Filmmakers / Game Designers" sheet is a thing that exists, thanks to @pseudomichael - go take a look, and add yourself if you're a creative!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RijFCUasnrtZdLO2BOrkN1H-1i0wGj8YzdtF8FvciGE/edit

For all the newcomers ;
We're working on a website (https://fed.ialis.me/) to explain Mastodon, the Fediverse etc, and we need contributors, specially to write the content.
There is also a list of
interesting accounts to follow (https://fed.ialis.me/directory/). Feel free to pm @href or I if you want add some !

NETWORK STATS
users: 723,980 (+5759 today)
instances: 1,485 (+2 today)

CYBRESPACE STATS
users: 495 (+36 today)
connections: 1,228 (+4 today)
pings: 55,775 (-1295 today)

pretty

https://mastodon.social/media/02S7NzqhYO_aN_fgcY0 https://mastodon.social/media/xtPCylKHp93IfFenWeo https://mastodon.social/media/JjoQfoR8Wk3P77RfvLo https://mastodon.social/media/E9KqD5YwkJH6UKF-lVI

Historical note: ITS BEEN began as a spoof of / means of testing CW's when they were first introduced months and months ago and is probably one of the most Masto-specific memes

Most of us came from Twitter once, too. Be patient, and answer questions if you got the spoons.

if we aren't calling "report", "mute" and "block" reportoot, mutoot and blootck then what is the point

A reminder about free/open source software for new ppl:

Twitter is a big corporation that has many programmers, designers, user support ppl, etc. Mastodon doesn't.

We just have average people doing this on the side, often in their underpants at 2 a.m., on a volunteer basis/for donations. It's up to US to help improve Mastodon.

To help out:
https://discourse.joinmastodon.org/
https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon
https://www.patreon.com/mastodon

also new and old masto users alike: while we're a lot more secure & private, mastodon code does allow your admin(s) to look for anything your post, including DMs. i'm betting there are no DM-snooping admins out there right now, but it does mean you have to trust your admin to maintain good security practices to keep hackers out, & to just generally be a decent human. it also means you should look at the code of conduct for your instance and make sure it's in line with your own values & needs.

the most important ways in which instances differ from each other are:

- moderators and moderation policy
- the public timeline, i.e. connections to other instances. some instances connect with new ones automatically, while others do it manually and are more selective
- the local timeline - basically, your instance neighbors!