Looks like Tumblr is having issues and Fedi is getting another wave of new folks.
Welcome to the Fediverse, new folks!
A couple tips:
Boost freely
Try to put up for yourself an introduction post with the hashtag #introduction or #introductions or both listing stuff you're interested in
Use hashtags freely, they help folks find you and what you're posting!
Use Alt-Text in your pictures. It helps a lot!
#Welcome #Fediverse #Mastodon #Tumblr #Hashtags #Hashtag #FediTips #MastoTips
Apparently, Tumblr's CEO stepped on his crank and outed himself as a TERF. We does not abide the TERF. No we doesn't.
If you're fleeing #Tumblr and checking out the #fediverse, welcome! I hope you find a home here. You have quite a few options with #Mastodon, #Miskey, #Firefish #Sharkey (I'm posting this from sharkey.world), and the practically thousands of instances within those. Each have their own flavor and features, so don't feel you have to settle on one off the bat. It's not unusual to see new users sign up on one instance, then eventually move to another, then another before they find the community that fits them best.
Here are some guides to help get you started:
Mastodon
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/08/mastodon-quick-start-guide/
Sharkey
https://thefedi.wiki/sharkey/home
Firefish
https://thefedi.wiki/firefish/user/home
Miskey
https://thefedi.wiki/misskey/home
Looking for something more "bloggy"? Bear Blog and Pika are two services offering simple blogging tools with an emphasis on "small blogging". They are unassociated with the major blogging platforms and offer a fresh alternative to them.
Bear Blog
https://bearblog.dev
Pika
https://pika.page
Again, #welcome, and I hope you find your home here in the #fediverse!
Wow it gets worse. This is a post from someone who used to work at Tumblr talking about Matt Mullenweg:
"A disproportionate amount of queer people have been fired or forced to leave in the last year, bc he has personally been sending messages pressuring all leads to pick a "weak link" and going on about culture fit in ways that are fucking loaded."
Some important context as this news breaks:
#WordPress is an open-source project, available at WordPress.org.
One of its co-founders, Matt Mullenweg, is CEO of #Automattic, which runs WordPress.com and owns #Tumblr.
They can’t sell what they don’t have, so “WordPress” here refers to WordPress.com, *not* self-hosted WordPress instances.
BUT many self-hosted instances use the Jetpack plugin, which does send data to WordPress.com, so that might be sold 🤬
I joined mastodon today because the CEO of #tumblr had a complete meltdown recently when people called him out for deleting a trans woman's blog because she posted a transition timeline. The vibes were definitely off, just doesn't feel like a safe place right now. I'd love to follow more #trans and #queer folks on here! This is my second social media account (third if you count myspace. omg should I go back to myspace??) so I need all the help I can get with navigating this place.
Ok so to turn off the fucking wordpress "steal my stuff" option, go to admin page of your blog, click on settings, then scroll till you find "Prevent third-party sharing for (blog url)"
#wordpress #tumblr #plagiarism #theft #noAI #orphanCrushingMachine #enshittification
Hiya everyone! I'm Noo, an Australian #indiecomics author, artist, and a refugee from #tumblr after they pulled a Deviantart!
I'll primarily be posting my #art and #writing stuff, plus the occasional shitpost.
Glad to be here, big fan of open-source, decentralised stuff, Linux and not having algorithmic content shoved down your gob.
Can't wait to meet some fellow indie comics peeps too!
👋 Hello #fediverse ! Abelio is a new work-in-progress federated media publishing platform aiming to become a #tumblr and #photoblog alternative for #artists and any sort of #creators (#writers included).
I don't have any demo to show you yet but i needed a way to announce and ask for things - so if you care, please follow! Here is how admin panel looks so far.
Spreading the info and participating in discussion highly appreciated! ❤️
#activitypub #development #projects
🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.8 👩🚀
The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 3: #Friendica)
https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-is-here-a-show-and-tell-part-3-friendica/
with shout-outs to @anubis2814 @dansup @fedidb @heidilifeldman @tchambers @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews @ryanbroderick @caseynewton @ferrante @informapirata @russandro @hankg @tio
#TheFutureIsFederated #tech #Fediverse #activism #bigtech #socialmedia #FOSS #blog #activitypub #diaspora #bluesky #tumblr
