Ambassador @ambassador@photog.social

📣 Useful Info 📣

The link below heads to a really good break down of Mastodon, the UI and more. It's a really good starting point for some of the non-obvious aspects of Mastodon.

https://github.com/joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon/

It was put together by @noelle and we thank them very much for keeping it up to date for all this time.

Today’s update of the “Official” Mastodon app now includes the local timeline.

However, it is a bit hidden. If you’re using that app, press the magnifying glass icon, then scroll the tabs at the top to the right and click on Community.

Example:

Since we're a photo-based site, this #tip might be very handy for you. If you click the Cog (Settings) above your toot box area (far left column), you can disable the Crop view. This allows you to see the whole image in your feed as a preview.

Good Morning new people!

Since a lot of you have come from Twitter (known colloquially as Birdsite on the fediverse), did you know there is another federated service that acts more like Instragram?

pixelfed.social

If that's your thing, go check it out. You can follow people from there, here, and vice-versa. Just search for them with the fully qualified name, eg:

person@pixelfed.social
differentperson@photog.social

etc.

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Image descriptions help the blind community via screen readers.

Aim for no bigger than 1280px on the long edge. Larger is pointless and just wastes server resources.

Your posts are federated across most of the Mastodon and ActivityPub Fediverse. Sometimes people will report you or you will report others. Those reports will go to the instance owner to action, both your instances admin and the admin or the instance being reported. Actions can be taken on either end.

Welcome new people!

We're seeing a high number of new signups recently (high for our small instance that is), so I thought a quick intro to some mastodon features and community expectations was in order.

Content Warnings (CW) are heavily used on Mastodon for everything from nudity to eye contact, to food. While it is definitely a personal choice, please try to be aware of the wider community's feelings.

Image descriptions are highly recommended (click "Edit" on the image). ...1/2

Poll time.

As a photographer, I'm acutely aware of appropriation of work. As such, I'd like a feel for what the community thinks.

Should we enforce a "Post only you OWN work" rule?

Find to Boost other people's work, but not to post under your own account.

Thoughts?

I'm leaving this poll running for a week and will update site rules based on your decision.

We're back.

There was an outage on masto.host, but it seems to be resolved now.

📣 PSA 📣

After many years it's time to hand over the management of photog.social to a more engaged human. I've been busy and not as present as I'd like to be as an instance admin.

As such I've contacted @david about taking over the duties of admin and "ambassador" for this instance.

They have graciously agreed to take over from me and we are in the process of doing the hand off.

I've known David for many years on Fedi and trust they will be a great admin for this instance.

TY and much ❤️

Welcome @titanoterio!

Welcome to photog.social, a growing community of photographers. If you're into photography you've found the right instance. Our benevolent @ambassador is on a mission to create a great space for photographers.

Photographers also use #Photography and #Photo heavily to surface content across the federverse.

There is also a great intro guide at https://github.com/joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon/ explaining Mastodon's quirks.

Welcome @mari!

Welcome to photog.social, a growing community of photographers. If you're into photography you've found the right instance. Our benevolent @ambassador is on a mission to create a great space for photographers.

Photographers also use #Photography and #Photo heavily to surface content across the federverse.

There is also a great intro guide at https://github.com/joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon/ explaining Mastodon's quirks.

Welcome @ci!

Welcome to photog.social, a growing community of photographers. If you're into photography you've found the right instance. Our benevolent @ambassador is on a mission to create a great space for photographers.

Photographers also use #Photography and #Photo heavily to surface content across the federverse.

There is also a great intro guide at https://github.com/joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon/ explaining Mastodon's quirks.

Welcome @reymous!

Welcome to photog.social, a growing community of photographers. If you're into photography you've found the right instance. Our benevolent @ambassador is on a mission to create a great space for photographers.

Photographers also use #Photography and #Photo heavily to surface content across the federverse.

There is also a great intro guide at https://github.com/joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon/ explaining Mastodon's quirks.

Welcome @Jellyfishdisco!

Welcome to photog.social, a growing community of photographers. If you're into photography you've found the right instance. Our benevolent @ambassador is on a mission to create a great space for photographers.

Photographers also use #Photography and #Photo heavily to surface content across the federverse.

There is also a great intro guide at https://github.com/joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon/ explaining Mastodon's quirks.

Welcome @oleklamas!

Welcome to photog.social, a growing community of photographers. If you're into photography you've found the right instance. Our benevolent @ambassador is on a mission to create a great space for photographers.

Photographers also use #Photography and #Photo heavily to surface content across the federverse.

There is also a great intro guide at https://github.com/joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon/ explaining Mastodon's quirks.

Welcome @laurentC!

Welcome to photog.social, a growing community of photographers. If you're into photography you've found the right instance. Our benevolent @ambassador is on a mission to create a great space for photographers.

Photographers also use #Photography and #Photo heavily to surface content across the federverse.

There is also a great intro guide at https://github.com/joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon/ explaining Mastodon's quirks.

Welcome @heimeigan!

Welcome to photog.social, a growing community of photographers. If you're into photography you've found the right instance. Our benevolent @ambassador is on a mission to create a great space for photographers.

Photographers also use #Photography and #Photo heavily to surface content across the federverse.

There is also a great intro guide at https://github.com/joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon/ explaining Mastodon's quirks.

Welcome @ClairEyed!

Welcome to photog.social, a growing community of photographers. If you're into photography you've found the right instance. Our benevolent @ambassador is on a mission to create a great space for photographers.

Photographers also use #Photography and #Photo heavily to surface content across the federverse.

There is also a great intro guide at https://github.com/joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon/ explaining Mastodon's quirks.

Welcome @Just_reii!

Welcome to photog.social, a growing community of photographers. If you're into photography you've found the right instance. Our benevolent @ambassador is on a mission to create a great space for photographers.

Photographers also use #Photography and #Photo heavily to surface content across the federverse.

There is also a great intro guide at https://github.com/joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon/ explaining Mastodon's quirks.

Welcome @nono!

Welcome to photog.social, a growing community of photographers. If you're into photography you've found the right instance. Our benevolent @ambassador is on a mission to create a great space for photographers.

Photographers also use #Photography and #Photo heavily to surface content across the federverse.

There is also a great intro guide at https://github.com/joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon/ explaining Mastodon's quirks.