currently on cybre.space @maunzikation@computerfairi.es

Kitty.Town is open for new registration a short while this morning. 😸

I am Progressive Crypto-Keynesian

from https://political-generator.herokuapp.com/

Welcome new Mastodon users! Wondering what an "instance" is? Trying to figure out what the deal is with all these 🍍? The answers to these and other burning questions can be found here: https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Using-Mastodon/FAQ.md

Happy Tooting!

the nice thing about that pawoo music instance is that since mastodon is AGPL you can create your own music instance: https://github.com/pixiv/mastodon/tree/pawoo-music

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mastodon.art - for posting art

chaos.social - anarchism (i think?) and good content policies

anticapitalist.party - anticapitalist politics, good content policy, invite only

kitty.town - general (cws for politics though) good content policy

glitch.social - experiments with mastodon settings, good content policy

todon.nl - netherlands-based for "progressive people"

i'll update this list with more instances as i get through them later!

i just stayed up all night looking through a third of the complete #instances page so for anyones ref heres some i thought seemed interesting so far:

mastodon.host - one of most federated due to @federationbot

lgbt.io - lgbt focused

queer.town - lgbt focused

social.wxcafe.net - social justice activism & lgbt focused

nog20.social - social activism

tusk.social - general with good content policies

witches.town - lgbt/feminism/anarchism, largely french

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Hey newbie tooters, if you're queer and want a more sedate, curated federated timeline and close-knit community, sign up to http://queer.town/

We're new too and need active community members to build our town. Please boost this toot, can't stop the signal etc.

So apparently there isn't an emoticon (emoji? always get them mixed up) for a white heart in the Android or iOS keyboards (at least, none that I've been able to find)... So when doing the NB flag in hearts, I've opted for the following, which you're welcome to use yourself if applicable:

💛👻💜🖤

Enjoy!

#introduction OH a thing for new users: Adding a cw to a post doesn't hide the images! It maybe should, but afaik currently you still have to use the nsfw button to hide images, even if you are using a content warning.

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 !