Welcome to post.lurk.org

This page is for new users of post.lurk.org. Here we have compiled some information that can help you with the software we use, including resources that explain what the Fediverse is about. If some links are dead, please let us so we can update this page!

What is an instance? =

In brief: the Fediverse is a is an ensemble of interconnected servers that are used for all sort of services (microblogging, file hosting, video sharing). An instance is the name given to the server, and sometimes by extension the community, around a particular

Terms of Service and Server Rules

Super important, if you did not read them yet, please check our terms and rules. https://post.lurk.org/about/more

Discovering content and people

The Fediverse and Mastodon are not super intuitive. The most difficult thing is to discover content and people you find interesting.

For that there are generally two strategies:

• First, you can post and subscribe to hashtags. This is currently the best way to find particular conversations. For example you could look at or post to #fediverse to find others interested in that topic. Most commonly #introductions is used to describe briefly what you are interested in, that way people can follow you. We recommend that you write such an #introductions post so that some of us can boost you for visibility.
• The second strategy is to make use of both the 'Local' and 'Federated'/'Global' timelines. The local one shows all posts written by people on post.lurk.org. The 'Global' timeline shows all posts by people followed by people on post.lurk.org but who are themselves on a different part of the network.

Post visibility

Mastodon has quite granular visibility settings for your posts, you find them in the message compose field. Here is how they work:

In addition to those we have another option (the chain link) which makes your posts not federate, meaning they are only visible on post.lurk.org.

Account Settings

Look'n'Feel

It is possible to switch to different colour themes and even a multi-column layout in your preferences: https://post.lurk.org/settings/preferences/appearance

Moving Out

If you want to move to another instance, no problem! You can migrate your social graph here: https://post.lurk.org/settings/profile

Invitations

If you know of other people who could feel at home on post.lurk.org, please invite them by generating an invite code. https://post.lurk.org/invites

Further Reading

If you wanna do some serious reading on what else is possible, and perspectives on the Fediverse, here are some pointers:

• https://github.com/joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon
• https://monoskop.org/images/c/cc/Mansoux_Aymeric_Abbing_Roel_Roscam_2020_Seven_Theses_on_the_Fediverse_and_the_Becoming_of_FLOSS.pdf