JollyOrc @JollyOrc@octodon.social

@koos then do it in whatever format is most fun for you. That way it's less a chore :)

@kknowlton so basically, those bots try to expand the number of people to show in their respective federated timeline?

@koos apart from that outline (aim, problem, solution) not really.

If you want your content to be found by search engines: Put yourself in the shoes of the folks who have the same problem, then include their most likely question into your post.

@koos I usually blog technical stuff in a sort of post mortem format: What did I try to do, why did it go wrong, what is the technical lesson.

Examples: https://www.orkpiraten.de/blog/why-i-dont-identify-as-sysadmin-anymore and https://www.orkpiraten.de/blog/subsonic-with-caddy

while I'm at asking noob questions: What is it with all those follow/federation bots that keep following me? Is this just technology made visible, or are they scanning me to determine if I'm a spammer?

@MonsieurJ well, my home TL is only starting to fill, so..

still: I regard this as a feature, especially as it helps me to peer out of my filter bubble.

@koos that depends on your intent: What do you want to achieve with your blog posts? (Depending on your answer, I might be completely unable to give advice though)

Ok, I just now grokked the upside of the local/federated timeline thing:

When I just asked a question, I had four followers. Only one of those particularly active. But due to the fact that my question showed up on the timeline of others too, them knowing that I am part of their instance/group, they helped me.

Immediate upside to Twitter, I like that! (also, 500 characters for the win!)

@WeeMadHamish awesome, thanks!

Twitter has this thing with sort-of threaded conversations being shown. Does Mastodon do something similar somehow? Just in case I see a reply and wonder what it's for..

And once again, cat #1 has decided that it's mandatory bathrobe cuddle time. Guess that's what I'll spend the next hour for...

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