<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">That's one reason I miss twitter now as well. It's how I've connected with a lot of authors when I've done book reviews for them. I hate twitter got pretty much destroyed and wish there was another way to get authors to come over to mastodon, but so far, no luck from what I could tell.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
<div>May Anderson</div><div><a href="mailto:Maymanderson@gmail.com" class="">Maymanderson@gmail.com</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 28, 2023, at 9:15 AM, Sherry Gomes via NFB-Mastodon <<a href="mailto:nfb-mastodon@nfbnet.org" class="">nfb-mastodon@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">You’re not late to the party. I’ve been completely baffled about mastodon for months. Now that twitter isn’t usable for us, on the computer specifically, I’ve lost contact with many followers and those I follow, both on my personal and my author profile. Social media is crucial for my work as an author, as a place for fans to reach me, and as a way to follow other authors, writing resources and more. Not to mention the personal followers I have there and nowhere else. But for the life of me, I’m befuddled by mastodon and the concept of having different servers, how to sign up, how to find people and feeds of interest, the whole bit. I’m normally excellent with new apps but this one has eluded me.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">Sherry<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">Author of Haven, book 1 in the Haven Valley Series, available from amazon and audible.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Haven-Sherry-Gomes-ebook/dp/B09889YJSH/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2Z838OQBUO9GD&keywords=sherry+gomes&qid=1647716068&s=digital-text&sprefix=sherry+gomes%2Cdigital-text%2C121&sr=1-1" class=""><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">Haven - Kindle edition by Gomes, Sherry. Contemporary Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Haven-Audiobook/B09VP6VP4Z?qid=1647714928&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=ZT179DKFB31Q6GTZW916" class=""><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">Haven by Sherry Gomes | Audiobook | Audible.com</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">Follow me: twitter: @sgomes_author<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">Facebook:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://facebook.com/sherrygomesauthor" class=""><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">https://facebook.com/sherrygomesauthor</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">Group:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://facebook.com/groups/hHavenHappenings" class=""><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">https://facebook.com/groups/hHavenHappenings</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">Or visit my web site:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.sherrygomes.com/" class=""><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">www.sherrygomes.com</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span class="">From:</span></b><span class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>NFB-Mastodon <<a href="mailto:nfb-mastodon-bounces@nfbnet.org" class="">nfb-mastodon-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>portillo.jim--- via NFB-Mastodon<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, June 27, 2023 11:36 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:nfb-mastodon@nfbnet.org" class="">nfb-mastodon@nfbnet.org</a><br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:portillo.jim@gmail.com" class="">portillo.jim@gmail.com</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[NFB-Mastodon] Getting Started with Mastodon<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Greetings,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I realize I am probably late to this party, but lately, I have been hearing a lot about Mastodon and how several blind people are joining this new Social Media platform.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I literally know nothing about it except for what little I’ve heard recently. If some of these questions have already been answered, my apologies.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">What is the easiest way to join or sign up? Is this a platform best used by phone or on the computer? For instance, I use Facebook on both, and at times, I use it differently depending on what I am using to access it. Will this be the same with Mastodon?<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Also, is there a client people are using for easier use?<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Thanks for any information. I will do my best to keep up with things here as well.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Jim Portillo<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">_______________________________________________</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">NFB-Mastodon mailing list</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><a href="mailto:NFB-Mastodon@nfbnet.org" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">NFB-Mastodon@nfbnet.org</a><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-mastodon_nfbnet.org" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-mastodon_nfbnet.org</a><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFB-Mastodon:</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-mastodon_nfbnet.org/maymanderson%40gmail.com" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-mastodon_nfbnet.org/maymanderson%40gmail.com</a></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>