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1. Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Oct-2023 05:35:23 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

   • TILvids
   • Framasoft
   • Mastodon

   If you're trying to explain to someone else how this place works, there are some short simple videos which may help:

   "Mastodon in 180 Seconds" by @tilvids
   https://tilvids.com/w/wx2iLhD3pTipbKFJKLyx5t

   "What is Mastodon?" by @Mastodon
   https://fedi.video/w/m9L9gYXJypnywSyChQLxnd

   "What is the Fediverse?" by @Framasoft

   Each of these takes a different approach, with the first video being the simplest, but they are all aimed at a general non-technical audience.

   #FediTips #Fediverse #Mastodon

   • Linux_Is_Best (linux_is_best@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Oct-2023 08:20:07 JST Linux_Is_Best

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     @feditips @tilvids @Mastodon @Framasoft

     Please remember, everyone, don't just share this video here on Mastodon. Most of us here know what Mastodon is (we're using it).

     This video works best outside of Mastodon to help people learn and encourage them to join.

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Oct-2023 09:25:16 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

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     • Linux_Is_Best

     @Linux_Is_Best

     Exactly, these videos all work outside Mastodon too!

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Oct-2023 00:46:10 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

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     • Azraph

     @azraph

     Mastodon has a built-in invitation system, more info about that here: https://fedi.tips/inviting-people-onto-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/

     As for DMing people, you'll have to message them on other platforms because by definition they won't be on here yet.

     You could for example generate an invitation link and post this on your social media elsewhere (Facebook, Twitter etc)? You can generate links that work for multiple people. That way you don't have to send out lots of messages either.

   • Azraph (azraph@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 22-Oct-2023 00:46:11 JST Azraph

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     @feditips @tilvids @Mastodon @Framasoft

     As a new user of Mastodon, I'd say my main concern now would be: how to DM my friends/followers with an invite link, a message explaining my reasons for making the move, encouraging them to follow the invite, and the links to these explaination videos.

     I'm no techie, but I suppose some app(s) that automate the sending of DMs would encourage faster adoption in greater numbers.

   • Azraph (azraph@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 23-Oct-2023 04:03:00 JST Azraph

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     @feditips

     Yes, I meant small apps, developed for FB/IG/X that the user authorizes to access their friends/follower list, select a bunch of them or all of them, to send out DM's with the invite links.

     The public post might be a good solution for those with thousands of following, although the post won't reach all of them, it would reach enough of them.

     But for people with 100's of friends, a public post won't be as sufficient as a DM.

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Oct-2023 04:03:00 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

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     • Azraph

     @azraph

     I don't know of anything like that, I am guessing anything which sends hundreds of identical DMs might trigger spam filters anyway?