OERu learner support/Links/FAQs/Mastodon concepts

Boost

An action to share a toot with your followers (called a "Retweet" in Twitter).

Hashtag

A user generated keyword prefixed with the hash or pound sign (“#”) without any spaces, for example “#LiDA101”. Hashtags help with searching for toots that contain the keyword tag. It OERu we recommend that you tag toots using the course code.

Instance

Instance is the location of the Mastodon community you join. Mastodon is a federated technology with the ability to connect with multiple instances. You will find the OERu instance at mastodon.oeru.org.

Favourite

An action to "like" another user's toot by clicking the star icon underneath. It signifies that you are "listening', agreeing or offering support to the ideas expressed in the original post.

Follow

An action to follow toots from a user on Mastodon

Home

The home column lists toots from people you are following

Notifications

The notifications column lists boosts, favourites, mentions and who has followed you.

Reply

An action to reply to a user's post which includes the @username of the original poster and displays the reply as a "thread" in the context of the original post.

Toot

Refers to a message posted on Mastodon (in Twitter, messages are called a "tweets").