Andrew German @_german@mastodon.social

It's called a "toot"! 😄

I’ll never forgive the internet for training a generation of artists and writers to call what they make “content.”

Boxes have contents. You’re a fucking ARTIST. You make ART. Own it.

"What is Mastodon?"

"It's a competition to see who can find the funniest domain name for their instance"

"I thought it was a social network?"

"Yeah it's that too, I suppose"

Amazing that all human ventures are motivated by trying to recapture the feeling of taking the cushions off the couch as a kid

Blocking a Mastodon instance is so cool because it's like one of those shared block lists on Twitter but the Nazis add themselves to it willingly

CWs are more art than science. In the current Mastodon culture, some topics like politics, NSFW, violence, etc. are almost required to have CWs.

For other stuff it's up to your discretion: alcohol, food, selfies, eye contact, etc. Mental health topics often use "mh" with a +, -, or ~ for positive, negative, or neutral.

A good CW can set up the punchline to a joke! A bad CW can spoil a joke. It's tricky.

Ultimately it's about empathy for your readers. You'll get the hang of it. 🤗