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Mr. 30㎝ 🍆💦 :over18: 🔞 [nsfw.social]

Here's why your #boosts matter so much on the #Fediverse:

There is no algorithm here. Nothing is going to insert #content into your #timeline that an algorithm thinks you might be interested in.

Your timeline consists solely of the content from the people you #follow, and the content they #boost.

No boosts and you will never find out about that cool artist that started posting their artwork. You will never find out about the photographer that just joined a Pixelfed instance and is sharing their amazing photos.

Likes don't show up in the timelines of the accounts that follow you.

The only way for people to find new and cool content and accounts to follow is by you and I #boosting their content.

#boosts#Fediverse#boosting
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Colin Purrington

Probably TMI but here's a draft flowchart of what goes through my brain when I'm considering whether to boost an image. Not included but of course important: (1) Is image made by a human? (2) Is there something in the body of the text that's mildly interesting? (3) Is account an actual person active on the platform? (4) Are number of hashtags in Goldilocks zone? #boosts #AltText #copyright #photography #accessibility #boosting #CreativeCommons

Flowchart that starts with "Should I boost that post with cool image?" Decisions inside triangles include "Was image created by poster?", "Does poster say, "by permission of ...?", "Is image public domain?", Does poster include Creative Commons code?", "Does image have Alt Text?", and "Does Alt Text describe the image?"
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Tuckers Nuts Resist! 🇺🇦 

Eye'll admit it, Eye boost a heckuva lot.
My bio even announces that Eye do.
Some people can accept that because they like the stuff that Eye boost.
For those of you who are convinced that Eye boost too much, there's THIS:
social.growyourown.services/@F

social.growyourown.servicesFedi.Tips (@FediTips@social.growyourown.services)Is there an account you follow that boosts other people too much? Do you like reading their own posts, but you don't want to see their boosts? In Mastodon you can hide an account's boosts by doing the following: 1. Go to their profile page 2. Click the ⋯ button on their profile 3. Select "Hide boosts" You will still see their posts, it will only hide boosts. If you change your mind, go to ⋯ and select "Show boosts". They will never know you have hidden their boosts 🙂 #FediTips #Mastodon
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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Nudging or #boosting – which behavioural approach works best for decision-making? 🤔 In a review paper, researchers MPI for Human Development suggest that #boosting - empowering rather than steering - can lead to lasting, informed decisions even amid manipulative choice architectures. Read the review paper here▶️: annualreviews.org/content/jour More: mpg.de/24041444/0121-bild-boos

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CornOnTheGob

Poll: What is boosting etiquette?

When you see inspiring things, should you boost lots of things, or does that flood the feeds of followers and just make them want to mute?

Should content creators just post content?

Is boosting recommended, but only sparsely, in moderation?

Do you only recommend multiple account juggling for this?

As one gains in followers, it will be tougher to boost everything.

I do not want to flood peoples feeds in an upsetting way.

Recommendations?

#poll#boost#boosting
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Judi Anderson

Still using #chromebrowser. This Tuesday they deactivated my uBlock origin. I found an acceptable replacement for that.

What I am still missing terribly though, is a replacement for #imagus. I use it A LOT (or I did until they deactivated it, too). I don't download images from the web, but I depended on it to enlarge images on mouseover--so that I could read text or see the larger image.

All the suggestions I'm finding for replacing it are for people who want to download photos on a webpage. Not my intent or desire. I used it to enlarge (for viewing) the small images I see in posts here and all over the web.

If you know of another tool that will perform similarly, I would greatly appreciate a reply, or #boosting for visibility. I'm really lost without my #imagus.
#help #techhelp #oldperson #boostplease

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