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Made an iOS Shortcut to let you follow someone from a different Mastodon instance without the copy/paste hoop-jumping.

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/e109c8e6b8c0420c902134049b13c064

Once added to your Shortcuts app, you can share a Profile (or webpage or text that contains a profile link or username) to this Shortcut to be taken to the Follow confirmation page without ever copying or pasting anything.

Let me know if you find it helpful or run into any issues.

#iOS #Shortcuts #Projects

—@justin

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A few folks have asked for tips on #Mastodon so here goes:

– Use hashtags. It helps to connect with interesting people who have similar interests. (ex. I found fellow #science themed bakers!)

– Mastodon isn’t #Twitter & there’s more to social media than outrage & doomscrolling. Cross posts from the birdsite & RTs look odd.

– Don’t worry about follower counts. Tailor the experience to what you want to see.

– Share what you’re passionate about! That’s why so many of us are enjoying it here.

—@Sheril

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I made a Spreadsheet with InfoSec account names! Twitter-Mastodon mapping to aid finding in the new place.
Add yourself here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxXz9Y7Y2xWs2mRyX6jZWe0UR4nFKBAXfXWsw-zEkxRuEZqQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
The list is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t13k5_cNhP9_TgoUmqDZk2ROkWkF6Bg3O5269vKIqWw/edit#gid=2024884983

#cybersecurity #list #TwitterMigration

—@LukaszOlejnik

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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