first off: **_please_** practice good etiquette. a lot of older users don't do that so block them. respect that other people do what they do and they will not cater to your every whim or try something else because you told them to. if you don't like what someone says then you have tools […]
ok with that out of the way: mastodon is unique in that it's a site where you can follow people on other sites without leaving your own. it's so seamless that you won't even notice. this is something that bluesky also kind of does but in a different way.
content warnings are super useful because you can hide any post under a short little string of text. nsfw? nsfw in a highly specific way? need to let it all out but don't want to subject everyone to it? want to make sure that you don't set off someone with an eating disorder? that's what it's […]
you can control who sees your posts and if you want it to get picked up by search engines etc. on mastodon, you get four options:
* **public** (anyone can see it and search for it and it'll show up in any feed)
* **quiet public** (anyone can see it but they can't search for it and it won't […]
one thing that you should also note about being on a site that lets you talk to people on different sites is that those different sites don't _also_ have to be mastodon. if you have a friend on pixelfed then you can follow them right here! they'll also be able to see your posts with images […]
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that's also why you have a username […]
* **public** (anyone can see it and search for it and it'll show up in any feed)
* **quiet public** (anyone can see it but they can't search for it and it won't […]
* search and quoting were not implemented at first because they were considered to be ways to harass people. these are being worked on now and you […]