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1. Jeremy Puma (He/Him) (jeremy@me.dm)'s status on Thursday, 02-Mar-2023 17:56:22 UTC Jeremy Puma (He/Him)

   Oh hey, another reminder for newbies to #MeDm (or anybody really): if you "favorite" a post it makes the author of the post feel good, but doesn't have any impact on the post's visibility (unlike on that other site). What's important on Mastodon is #BOOSTING!

   #Boost liberally-- it increases the visibility of the post you're boosting AND increases the visibility of your entire instance.

   (#Favoriting is still good too!)

   #feditips #Medium #NewHere

   • Gregorio Espadas (gespadas@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Mar-2023 17:56:16 UTC Gregorio Espadas

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     @jeremy A honest question... What is boosting? 🙈

   • Gregorio Espadas (gespadas@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Mar-2023 18:06:19 UTC Gregorio Espadas

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     @jeremy Thanks! I found where is the problem: In my spanish interface, that icon says «Retootear» (resembling «Retweet»). I just switch to english interface, and it says «Boost». That's why I didn't know what «Boosting» is.

   • Jeremy Puma (He/Him) (jeremy@me.dm)'s status on Thursday, 02-Mar-2023 18:06:20 UTC Jeremy Puma (He/Him)

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     • Gregorio Espadas

     @gespadas Good question! It's essentially the mastodon version of "retweeting" or sharing. You click the little "boost" doohicky at the bottom of a post to share it:

   • Gregorio Espadas (gespadas@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Mar-2023 18:13:42 UTC Gregorio Espadas

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     @jeremy That would be awesome, thanks! 🙂

   • Jeremy Puma (He/Him) (jeremy@me.dm)'s status on Thursday, 02-Mar-2023 18:13:43 UTC Jeremy Puma (He/Him)

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     • Gregorio Espadas

     @gespadas Oh interesting! Thanks for the reminder that non-english interfaces exist; in the future i'll include screenshots/visuals more often in how-to posts to try to make them more accessible. 🙏