Notices by Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator :masto: (curator@mastodon.art)

We have over 2,000 user accounts in the queue waiting for approval. I've temporarily closed registration (and removed user's abilities to generate invite links) until we've processed the current queue and the server is stable. It might be a day or two. <3

#Bookwyrm is a free and open source alternative to Goodreads that runs Activity Pub, meaning it's a part of the federated network of platforms like Mastodon, and you can cross-communicate between here and accounts on Bookwyrm ^.^

If you enjoy the #fantasy and #scifi genres and want to diversify your #reading list, I have a curated list of #books here by non-straight-white-cis-male authors ;)

https://bookwyrm.cincodenada.com/list/13

📚 :frida_y_animalitos:

Secret Mastodon Tip for people viewing on browsers:

You can switch between the normal single-column layout and the 'advanced' multi-column layout by going here:

https://mastodon.art/settings/preferences/appearance

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@machinesbleedtoo If you can't fix it with a negative margin is it even worth fixing tbh

I'm focusing on sharing fabric art and clay today! if you're uploading, these are the tags I'm watching:

#fabric #yarn #clay #pottery #knitting #crochet #fiberart #fiber

:D

Current server costs are 280 EUR a month. :O

If you can help, it would be very much appreciated, especially considering we will probably need to upgrade again going forward to cater to new users coming over from birbsite.

https://www.patreon.com/mastodonart

https://liberapay.com/Curator/

paypal.me/delsdoodles

.ART runs entirely on community funding. There are not and will never be ads, and everything is moderated and managed by real people. <3

https://mastodon.art/about/more

Yesterday morning, this 'home to' number was in the late 13ks.

In the past 24 hours, we've approved 800 new users.

You can see how many new users we get month to month in the other image, too.

Thank you, Melon Husk, for making .art an even more viable place for creators to make a new, cozy, wholesome home.

PSA for new users!

If you've come here to build a community/following around your creations, there are two things that will hugely help your work get seen:

1) Hashtags. People use them here. The most common for art are #MastoArt #CreativeToots #fediart .

2) Image descriptions. It's increasingly common that people won't boost (retweet) media that doesn't have an image description. It's also just generally nice and good practice in terms of accessibility. :bear_hugs:

Time for #CuratorPrompts #CuratorPrompts17 :D

Sketch for practice (try a #2MinuteSketch or #5MinuteSketch for a challenge), re-create in your own style, or just be inspired ^.^ What about some #Tootfic inspired by the images, some short poetry, or even a little piece of music? 🎶

Sources:
https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-warbling-white-eye-ornithology-7127630/
https://pixabay.com/photos/forest-fog-nature-trees-outdoors-6862143/
https://pixabay.com/photos/girl-student-model-stairs-book-7029035/
https://pixabay.com/photos/nature-coast-house-travel-6862612/

#ArtReference #CC0

@beehiveth
1) Elon Musk is not on it
2) No advertising ever
3) See #1
4) Nobody can buy it out
5) You get to choose a community with rules you like and agree with, and if that changes, you can move to another community
6) Bad behaviour actually gets actioned here
7) See #3
8) No algorithms deciding what you see and when - just pure content
9) A FAR more wholesome community with genuine support, including financial, for artists (people here like buying art!)
10) See #7