I’m not the only one who’s done hours of unpaid work in the last 6 months explaining the bare bones basics of the fediverse to the Titter migration. Imagine if the fediverse really took off and starting growing 10 times as fast? How quickly would our community connectors burn out? I would love to have some of this work automated, please and thank you.
To the degree there is anything universal to how the fediverse works, every new account needs to receive a TL;DR explanation of these and links to more detailed ones. Concepts like;
- interoperating instances
- @mention addresses
- hashtag search and its limits
- instance-based moderation
- silencing and defederation
New accounts on each app also need to receive TL;DR of the key concepts for using their app, again with links to more detailed explanations. Eg for Mastodon, this might include;
- posting levels
- report/ mute/ block
- mute conversation
That way, newcomers are at least introduced to these concepts, and have somewhere to look for more details. The work of community connectors can be focused on welcoming them, introducing them to others with similar interests, and answering questions about anything that still confuses them.