Mastodon for Dummies - Minnick, Chris

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Résumé :

Introduction 1

About This Book 1

Foolish Assumptions 3

Icons Used in This Book 3

Beyond the Book 4

Where to Go from Here 4

Chapter 1: Exploring Mastodon 5

A Brief Definition of Mastodon 6

A Brief History of Mastodon 7

Comparing Mastodon to Twitter 8

On Mastodon, conversation is the focus 9

Mastodon is a home, not a site 9

Mastodon is built to serve its community 10

Algorithms aren't allowed on Mastodon 10

Users aren't tracked on Mastodon 11

Ads aren't acceptable (yet) on Mastodon 11

Welcome to the Fediverse! 12

Understanding Federation 13

Chapter 2: Digging into Mastodon 15

Choosing a Server 15

Browsing your options 17

Understanding sign-up speed 18

Reading the rules 19

Previewing a server 19

Meeting the admin 19

Seeing why smaller is better 20

Signing Up 20

Choosing your username 21

Choosing a display name 21

Choosing a password 22

Following the suggested people 23

Customizing Your Profile 24

Starting with the basics 24

Setting options and metadata 26

Viewing and tweaking your profile 28

Choosing featured hashtags 29

Setting Your Preferences 30

Choosing your preferred language 30

Checking out the themes 31

Trying out the advanced web interface 31

Looking at animations and accessibility preferences 32

Glancing at the other options 32

Getting Verified 32

Getting your verification link 33

Linking back to Mastodon 34

But can I have a blue check mark? 34

Securing Your Account 35

Getting an authenticator app 35

Setting up two-factor authentication 36

Understanding Mastodon's Three Timelines 37

The home timeline 37

The local timeline 38

The federated timeline 39

Signing in Using the Mobile App 39

Chapter 3: Finding and Following Friends and Strangers 45

Searching for Users and Hashtags 46

Searching for users 46

Searching for hashtags 47

Following Other Users 48

Follow freely 48

Finding recommendation lists 49

Following accounts boosted by friends 50

Exploring 50

Following Hashtags 51

Viewing Trending Topics 52

Viewing top hashtags 52

Learning from history 53

Blocking and Filtering 53

Filtering content 53

Finding out who's blocked 55

Blocking and muting users and servers 56

Unmuting and unblocking 57

Reporting users 58

Chapter 4: Developing a Following 59

Finding Your Friends on Mastodon 59

Searching for fellow Twitter refugees 59

Inviting friends and family 64

Boosting and Favoriting 66

Joining in the Conversation 68

Introducing yourself 69

Asking for advice 69

Asking big questions 69

Being funny 70

Being respectful of others 70

Posting about Mastodon 70

Using Direct Messages 70

Writing and sending direct messages 71

Remembering that direct is not private 72

Chapter 5: Toot, Toot: Writing Effective Posts 73

Knowing the Lingo 73

Instances, nodes, and servers 73

Toots and posts 74

Avoid using birdsite terms 75

Content warnings (CW) 75

Minding Your Manners: Mastodon Etiquette 76

Review the code of conduct 76

Be conversational 76

Build community 77

Using Hashtags 78

Enhancing Your Posts 79

Illustrating your posts with videos and images 81

Creating a poll 83

Setting post privacy 85

Adding a conten...

Biographie:
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Sommaire:

Chris Minnick is an experienced tech educator and writer. He is the author of JavaScript All-in-One For Dummies.

Michael McCallister has over twenty years' experience as a technical writer. He is passionate about simplifying complex tech topics for novices....