Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator @Curator@mastodon.art

Hello my lovely #MastoArt-ists!

Looking for other creative instances to try out? Take a look at these excellent choices:

General #art:
http://imaginair.es
http://mastodon.art
http://muses.gallery
http://raconteur.ink
https://redroo.ml
http://artalley.porn (18+, NSFW)

#Photography:
http://photog.social

#Writing:
http://writing.exchange

#Animation:
http://socel.net

#Comics/Narrative art:
http://comics.town
http://comicscamp.club

[1/2] #MastoTips

While I'm at it, I'm going to make one more thread of posts, and that's about how you can support •ART.

As many of you know, to accommodate our recent influx of new users I had to purchase a server upgrade to handle the extra weight.

Our instance is fully hosted and managed by @mastohost, who does such a fantastic job keeping us updated and running smoothly!

But it also costs money every month, and we rely on the support of our users to keep going.

Mastodon.ART also has a Profile directory:

https://mastodon.art/explore

You can opt-in to add yourself to it in your Preferences page. Any hashtags in your profile will be used to help find you in the directory, too

Check it out, and consider adding yourself if you feel comfortable with it. It's a great way to find new folks to follow!

I'm going to start a thread of quick #MastoTips for new users. Apologies for any hiccoughs, these toots aren't planned, so they may seem a little haphazard.

First of all: Welcome to Mastodon! If you're coming from Twitter you'll find some things very similar. Mastodon is a microblogging platform for sharing thoughts, photos, music, video, etc.

Posts on Mastodon are affectionately called "toots". You can laugh, it's OK. We found it funny too when we first joined.

•ART will never serve you ads, track you, sell your data, or charge you to use our site. But there are still costs related to running one of the largest artistic communities on Mastodon, and we rely on the generous support of our users to keep the lights on.

If you have the means and inclination, you can support us in two ways:

https://www.patreon.com/MastoArt

https://liberapay.com/masto-art

Otherwise, just keep on inspiring the with your amazing art! Thank you!

Hello my lovely •ARTists!

I have an exciting announcement today! We have a new moderator here on •ART. Everyone give a warm welcome to:

@katwylder

Kat has been an unflinching supporter of •ART for a very long time, and is such a wonderful member of our community. We're so excited to have her as part of our mod team! Don't hesitate to contact her if you need help with anything!

Take care, everyone!

#Housekeeping