Announcing Foxy Social
After a bit of consideration, we’ve decided to launch our very own Mastodon instance (well, Akkoma actually, but same thing really, yay fediverse).
It’s meant to be a place for our users to dip their paws (and other limbs) into the fediverse, seeing how Twitter has basically been steadily killing itself for the last few months, and especially lately (thanks Elon). You’ll need a separate account on the site (we don’t sync Furbooru accounts with it, but we may introduce integrations, and a name-squatting policy), but everyone is welcome to join! If you got a friend who has been wanting to get into the fediverse, they may register there as well!
Here’s a bit of a question-answer section outlining the most important things:
Q: Why?
Because we can. Unlike Twitter.
Q: Can I log in with my Furbooru account?
No. You’ll need to register on Foxy Social separately.
Q: How do I increase the visibility of my posts?
Use hashtags. Mastodon users follow hashtags to find content they like, meaning that without hashtags your post is as good as completely gone. They use Twitter-style hashtags, so an average picture of a wolf character would potentially have the following hashtags: #art #sfw #furry #furryart #furryartwork #wolf
Q: I don’t want to use it. Do I need to do anything to opt out?
Foxy Social is entirely opt-in, you don’t have to use it if you don’t want to, and it doesn’t pull any of your private data from Furbooru.
Q: What’s the point of being affiliated with Furbooru then?
We will introduce the ability to instantly repost your Foxy Social image upload to Furbooru (provided you enter Furbooru-style tagging). We will also have a bot to post hourly/daily/weekly top scoring images from Furbooru as a convenient Twitter-style feed. We’re currently dipping our paws into this and are ourselves not entirely certain of the intricate inner workings of the Fediverse.
Q: How do I tie my Furbooru account to Foxy Social?
Right now there’s no clean way to do so, but there will be in the future. In the meantime, you can edit your profile and add your Furbooru profile link to it!
Q: Does Foxy Social work with the Mastodon app?
Yes.
Q: Can I follow people from other Mastodon instances?
Yes, that’s the whole point of the Fediverse.
Q: The UI is awful. Can I change it?
Q: Why Foxy Social when I can register at <name of popular furry mastodon instance>?
We’re small and have very friendly policies, and we won’t close registrations no matter what. Smaller instances are easier to get following at, unlike large instances that have way too many users.