if any newbs are confused about what all these different timelines mean:
Home: people you follow
Local: all of Switter
Federated: all of Switter, PLUS anyone from *any other instance on Mastodon* who follows one of us. (basically, the more we interact with normies outside of the Switterverse, the more people we'll get connected to, so don't sleep on that Federated TL! try to be friendly & social to the civvies so we can broaden our reach within the greater Fediverse.)
#themoreyouknow 🤓🌈🌟💚
correction: the Federated TL is Switter + people on other instances that Switter users follow. (not the other way around as i said. confusing, i know, but it essentially boils down to this: we are gonna start appearing in normie TLs/instances the more we interact, so let's be respectful of Mastodon's non-SW communities and make sure our bits are covered/marked sensitive before posting them. it's not censorship, it's consent, which is v sexy imo.) #themoreyouknow 🤓🌈🌟💚
@DrSue yup, we've been trying to push this message hard. avatars & header images should be SFW only.
@omgheatherjana @DrSue so I must change my pic ...😒
@MeetMsJackson @DrSue from what i can see you're not showing anything explicit in your avatar, so i feel like this is an acceptable standard of nekkid to inflict upon the greater Fediverse? idk, not really my call to make, but i think that pic is fine. (if you want to post actual NSFW/nudity on your TL, feel free! just please make sure to mark it as sensitive media first.)
@omgheatherjana I still have no idea how this works, but that helps. I did take care to mark all of my posts sensitive in the settings.
@RileyLuvyna happy to help! (oh, and if you didn't see, there is an option in the Settings that allows you to check the sensitive media box, where all of your media will be marked sensitive so you don't have to individually click it every time. there's also a box to check that will show you sensitive media w/o having to click the image itself to see it, that's a good box to check too if you don't mind seeing n00dz.)
@omgheatherjana Awesome thanks i'm gonna do that!
@omgheatherjana @RileyLuvyna thanks for this info! Was trying to figure out how to do it 😂
@IvyAdams you're welcome
@omgheatherjana So all of the furries, artists, witches, anarchists, communists, queer folks, hackers, etc on mastodon are "normies" now that the sex workers have arrived. 🤣 😉
But seriously, yes, I have a "normie" job and sometimes check mastodon form the office so correct tagging of #nsfw is appreciated.
Welcome to mastodon! Hope you like it here! 🍍
@sharp lol true, Mastodon is fully of brilliant unconventional progressive weirdos, that's kinda why i love it here so much! i prob shoulda used "civvies" which is what we call civilians/non-SWers but i figured more people would understand the former. 😂✌💋
@omgheatherjana I know there's a few flowcharts explaining how federation works but I can never find them when I google for them lol.
@NicoletteBellerose yep, there are some floating around, i think i boosted one yesterday maybe? 🤔
@omgheatherjana A good thing to note also is even with a CW anyone can go into settings and check "always show sensitive content" so people who want to see it will, it's not hidden for everyone.
@swjohn71 yup, it's been noted several times. :) check my TL for tips/tricks for navigating things around here. (you can also check the setting for "always see sensitive content" which is also helpful to have turned on if you don't mind NSFW in your feed.)
@omgheatherjana Hello-I just signed on in the last day or so and want to be sure I'm following prototcol. So where do I find the guidelines for pictures to be sure I'm posting the naughty bits appropriately. I'm probably guilty of some boobie shots occasionally but that is the most I'll show (vs the southern ladyparts which I'll not be showing nude on any forum).
@SophiaStJohn the @switter rules as of right now are: mark all NSFW content (ie: nudity) as sensitive before posting. you can do this from the toot composition window by clicking the eyeball icon. (if it has a blue strike thru it, it's sensitive.) your profile is already set to mark your media sensitive, but you can turn this off when creating individual posts. keep all avatars/headers SFW. #NSFW tags will also filter as sensitive. (@j @e are working on a more comprehensive solution this week!)
@SophiaStJohn the CW tag is just an additional layer of protection/consent, so if you wanted to post some pink bits (or perhaps discuss a sensitive topic; other communities use them to hide stuff like politics) it might be wise to employ this tag. by clicking the CW icon.
but the rules here are entirely up to us, as a community, so feel free to chat about what you'd like to see. this place is ours to shape in whatever way we want.
decentralized social media: it's lit! 🤓🔥🌈
@omgheatherjana @switter Thank you! 💋
@omgheatherjana @SophiaStJohn @switter @j @e when i touch the eyeball on my picture and a line goes through it.. that means ive marked it sensitive? this is what switter wants us to do with sensitive content right? thanks in advance 😇
@omgheatherjana @SophiaStJohn @switter @j @e thank you 😍
@SophiaStJohn the rules can also be found on @switter's profile page. but bear in mind they're kinda in a bit of flux at the moment while we/they (the devs) are still figuring out how to reconcile our presence within the greater Mastodon Federation. 💜
@omgheatherjana
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i hope ive been toot correctly van you pkease check my bio to see if my images arr marked sensitive if you dont mind also what a instance thank beautiful
@omgheatherjana Which is why we should keep the avi's clean. ✌️