Independent WoW OC ○ Death Knight (WrA-H) ○ Semi-selective / Cross faction / AU friendly!
“ This isn’t a life I chose myself. It was forced on me just like it was others of my kind. If I had my way, I’d be six feet under in the comfort of a permanent grave. But, no, this is no mercy. This is hell and I might as well make the most of it despite the blood I carry on my hands. “
please follow me on twitter, my following/those who commission me are how I make enough money to pay the bills. If you would like to keep supporting me and enjoying my art I will be posting mainly there from here on out. This blog, however, will not be deleted and possibly updated depending on tumblrs state after this fiasco.
replying is how you make friends! reply to anything you want and be friendly. don’t make rude jokes if you’re not friends already though!
quote retweeting is a no-no. when you “retweet with a comment” it’s not liked by content creators because it makes a new tweet out of their tweet and they don’t get the likes and retweets they would get if you’d just retweeted it straight up. if you want to comment on a retweet, reply to it or post a new tweet starting with “LRT” which stands for “last retweet” (it’s fine to quote retweet dumb memes and so on.)
you can make your tweets private. this means no one but your followers will be able to see what you post and no one will be able to retweet your content. you can switch back and forth between private and public at will. some people make a separate private account to tweet personal stuff and let mutuals follow it only. it’s a good way to keep things separate.
what is privatter? privatter is a third party web app that content creators can allow to be attached to their twitter. it lets them tweet content that they can make exclusive to logged in users, followers, mutuals, or a specific list of users. as long as you are logged in to twitter and fall into the intended category, you’ll be able to see it.
you can mute people you follow. (and those you don’t, ofc.) you can also mute words and phrases and entire conversations. if you mute someone you follow and they reply to you, that reply will still show up in your notifications. it’s a good way to keep the peace!
you can limit notifications to people who follow you or to mutuals. (notifications from people you follow will still show up regardless of which option you’ve selected.)
miscellaneous tips and warnings: if you accidentally unfollow and refollow someone, it won’t show up in their notifications as long as it’s within a couple minutes. no more accidental stuff. everyone can see who everyone follows so watch out. people will know if you unfollow. if you want to report someone and want them gone forever, report a tweet where they used a curse word. screenshotting tweets for harassment is a no-no and can get you banned. don’t be lame. don’t be a dick. vaguing others is generally really bad form and so is complaining about content within a fandom you’re in. use the mute tools at your disposal and don’t be a spoiler. you won’t come back from a rep like that and everyone sees everything.
that’s it! happy tweeting!!
how do i keep all my content together on twitter?
threads are your best friend!! you make a tweet with your commission info and links and so on and pin it to the top of your page. then reply to that tweet with a copy and pasted link to the tweet where you posted the art/fic/etc you want to not lose. reply to that new tweet with the next piece of artwork and so on. you can also make a unique hashtag for your content to use when you post, so that when you search that hashtag later you’re able to see just your art. good luck!
Oh this is good to know. I have no idea how twitter works really.
Totally disagree on the quote tweeting thing. Most Twitter users are savvy enough to know that they can interact with the original content by clicking through. It also gives the original poster and opportunity to promote their content by RTing and liking the quote, thus bolstering impressions and interactions which works alongside the algorithm for highlights/while you were away/in case you missed it notifications. The quote tweet can and will get you more impressions and interactions and is the best way to have a conversation show up on your followers’ timelines.
Also Moments are a thing and they are excellent for portfolios. People can easily scroll through all of your work from different times and the moment itself can be tweeted and pinned. As your thread grows in length, replies can be hidden and sometimes threads glitch and disconnect in certain spots. Some people also exclusively use their “likes” as a way to categorize work, while others use unique hashtags and bookmarking.
Not to mention that LRT doesn’t work because twitter likes to re-arrange items in the …in case you missed it section so they will actually get even less context than a quoted tweet.
okay im going through the rules and stuff on matsodon rn and
sexworkers are good here as long as what they post is tagged. the gore thing is :// but like the person said sexworkers are supported here.
all of this. all of this is hot as hell.
they actually have specific rules disallowing pedophiles and nazis+the terfs from the last screenshot.
dogpiling and harrassment and stalking is listed as a no go thank fucking god??
there is not one specific staff account as each member of staff has their own thing so it’d be most likely easier to get in touch with them
and the best part
a peek at the list of blocked domains?
ive legit been on this site for ten minutes and i feel safer on this site than ive ever been on tumblr. again im not like, leaving tumblr but this place is nice as hell.
(YEP, YOU CAN POST ART OF LOLIS AND SHOTAS, PLEASE, PLEASE STAY SAFE OR I’LL FRIGGIN LOSE IT!)
Okay, so it looks like there’s a bit of misunderstanding. That’s okay, this sort of thing is to be expected the first time you come across something decentralized like this!
One benefit of decentralized hosting is that you are in absolute control of whether your content stays up, barring hacks and/or intervention from the law/internet companies. For preventing situations like what tumblr is going through, it’s GREAT! If you want to post something against the site’s rules, there’s nothing preventing you from spinning up your own server! This is true whether it’s LGBT content, fandom content, or… well… what you found.
What the community can do, and in this case does, is maintain a blacklist. Since there’s no central authority to manage the instances, the federation has taken it upon themselves to create a list of instances with questionable or illegal material and their recommended response.
So the Mastodon instance in your picture is listed as “Suspended” for this content. This means the federation recommends making it so that “No content from the server is stored or displayed, no communication with the server is possible.“ This means that whatever goes down on the server won’t affect Mastodon.social.
You may also notice that some of the servers are “Sandboxed” due to harassment, or gore, meaning that content on the servers is only shown if you look for them or follow someone in the servers. This makes sense, especially when you look at the kinds of servers that are sandboxed – ones that you may legitimately want to follow, but would be tough to moderate. To make that content available only when users want it, these servers have been sandboxed. This can be reversed once the problem is handled.
Through this blacklist system, the community has developed a moderation system to keep its servers safe, even without the same tools. And with the helpful explanations as to why each server was blocked, and a central authority to maintain it, server hosts can feel much more comfortable trusting in it to provide their own serves with a clean experience.
So kids, if you venture to Mastodon, please be mindful to avoid suspended parts of the blacklist, and be extra cautious when entering a sandboxed area!
