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Hello newcomers! Don’t worry, you can have fun wasting time here just like at the old place. My #mastodonAdvice: 1) use preferences to stop autoscrolling 2) search hashtags you like and follow people who post to them 3) add a photo and brief bio to your profile so people will follow you back 4) don’t worry about the slowness, it’s server overload from new sign-ups 5) hashtag your posts so people can find and follow you 6) there are lots of spreadsheets of scholars by discipline to find people

—@rachelcleves

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For those who don’t know, Bookwyrm is basically a better, federated Goodreads. Because it speaks ActivityPub, you can subscribe to someone’s Bookwyrm feed from directly in Mastodon and see the book reviews they post!

https://joinbookwyrm.com/

Also there are 2 spots remaining in the Bookwyrm patreon to pay $40/mo and support the project in a huge way *and* have @tripofmice run a server for you and 50 of your bookwormiest friends: https://www.patreon.com/bookwyrm

—@darius

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A few recommendations for life on Mastodon:

1) Follow anyone you think looks potentially interesting; you can always unfollow later, and they may lead you to new people via boosted posts.

2) Boost posts you think are worthy, so others can discover new content.

3) Don’t obsess on replicating your Twitter follows on Mastodon; let it be its own experience, and grow it organically. Obvs follow anyone you miss from Twitter, but this isn’t a 1:1 replacement; have fun, follow your instincts.

—@davetroy

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I think it's great that Twitter may finally be adding end-to-end encryption for DMs, at least according to strings in leaked code for their Android app. But I have questions: First, who's going to build it, given the state of staff and who's going to ensure it's done right, given the lack of security staff? Because it would be very bad to claim end-to-end encryption only to find out that it's not actually encrypted when there's a massive data breach. #infosec #privacy

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American Council of the Blind: ACB and its affiliate @GDUInc are conducting a survey to collect information from guide dog users who’ve been denied rides by rideshare drivers due to the presence of their guide dog. Access the survey at:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Rideshare-Denial

To take the survey by phone, call (202) 467-5081.

#accessibility #disabled #GuideDogs #ServiceAnimals

—@ppatel