Does anybody have any tips they can give me on how to better use/understand this platform? Since I only joined earlier on today, any form of advice would be appreciated. Thanks. 🙂
Bottom line, it's mostly just nice folks casually chatting.
If you have any technical questions about how to use various features, and there are many more than you can even guess, just ask.
My advice would be, just remember that everyone here is a real person.
(except @Alfred, our resident AI assistant)
Show them the courtesy and respect you would like for yourself, and everything else will come easily.
@ceorl True, I think I’m just going to have to get into the habit of checking the “mentions” section when it comes to replies I haven’t yet answered on here. If a bookmarks feature gets added, great, but if not, I guess at least there’s a workaround. 🙂 Are there any other differences with CoSo and other platforms you’ve noticed? And yes, it’s nice to feel liberated, I agree, but as I’m not someone who actively goes out of my way to ghost people, I prefer to reply when I can, even if it may take
And yes, the notifications work great. The All category includes everything of course, but it can help to specifically check things like Follows or Mentions to make sure you haven't missed anything you care about.
If you are on a PC, you can even allow CoSo to send you system notifications for instant alerts. I don't choose to do that though, as I prefer to just check when I am moved to do so :)
@rosielebontennant
And another thing :)
Filters are used by most of us heavily, removing any content from our feeds if it contains words we simply don't want to be annoyed by.
My filter list is fairly long. So I simply don't see things people post if it includes words I can live without.
It is all about curating our own experiences here, and avoiding conflict.
Keeping the Peace ;) ☮️
@ceorl …me a while at times. I don’t like being rude and would rather reply late to someone over not doing so at all. And tbh, that’s all I ask from others when it comes to getting back to me as well. 🙂💖💙 Xxxx
Ah, since you mention "ghosting" as being a rude thing, that might be an expectation to adjust here.
We are actually encouraged to mute or block anyone for any reason if they are not enhancing our experience at the moment, e.g. too much politics, sports, word puzzles, murders or whatever else you are not enjoying.
Give it some time and you will notice which folks are stuck on broadcast, and which are more conversational.
Nobody owes anyone a response here though.☮️ ✌️
@rosielebontennant
I missed bookmark-like likes, and full text searches at first too, but I have come to see these little differences between CoSo and other platforms as kind of brilliant ways of keeping us in the present.
Your notifications column works pretty well for keeping track of responses to you, or mentions of you, but it is no big deal if you miss some things.
I feel kind of liberated from my "permanent record" here ;)