w00t! @w00t@freegaff.club

More on #Mastodon #ActivityPub and the #Fediverse open source social media

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S57uhCQBEk0

If any of our new members feel they're in a position to bring in people in their communities, get in touch about becoming a #moderator - you can send your own invites and do admin-level tasks on this #Mastodon instance.

I would suggest that 150 people - Dunbar's number - would be a good initial aspiration for membership.

@Monica is our first #moderator. Monica moves and shakes the western #Homeopaths group centred around Galway. Feel free to invite the list, Monica, welcome.

Welcome to all of our new members @Fiachra @Leaves @GrainneMhaol @Berniem @Knikkqui say hi #intros or use #hashtags

Three levels of posting (see globe icon underneath toot box) - Global and federated, appearing in the timeline. Then public but unlisted on the timeline (as with a conversation) Or finally - for the local Freegaff.club instance only and not federated.

Toots are not encrypted, so treat all posts as public, as with twitter. #Mastodon are working on encrypted on-server messages

@Monica are you able to toot now?

Hi I'm w00t the admin user. Currently I'm @mark. Looking forward to hearing your #intros

Use #hashtags like in twitter and insta, for making threads and groups

Introduce yourself so folks can see and follow you #intros

Welcome to FreeGaff.club - a mastadon instance hosted for a tribe of 500 people but also capable of connecting or "federating" with other tribes in other instances.

There's no techical upper limit to membership but 500 is a good number because
- research has shown that, while Dunbar's number is 150, the broader tribe or social circle numbers approximately 500.
- 500 is a manageable and affordable number for your local admin. Simple is sustainable.
- if an instance "fills up", start another.

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