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That's interesting, haven't heard that combination of circumstances before!
Instead of muting the account, you could try putting it on a "List" using Mastodon's Lists feature. These optionally let you hide the account's posts from your main timeline, so that the posts only appear on the list. It shouldn't affect notifications.
More info about how to use Lists at https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-the-lists-feature-on-mastodon/
@RolfBly @Karen5Lund @noondlyt
There are many good well-run instances that have been around for years, here is a small human-curated selection: https://fedi.garden/servers-sorted-by-founding-year
Yeah. Some of the best-run servers already do this, they deliberately close signups when they feel they are at the limits of what they can moderate and keep sustainable.
Ah okay... how would you define the right audience for the hashtag #FediBlog in a few words?
Can it be for someone talking about their blog, for example? Someone saying "Hey check out my coffee blog" for example?
I get that's the theory, but in practice it hasn't worked out like that 
Mastodon.social has become an increasing percentage of the Fediverse since it was placed as a "default" server on the official Mastodon app. If mastodon.social keeps growing it will put the network in danger.
I'm guessing new people are reluctant to move once they've signed up, so to protect the network it would be better to have them sign up on other servers?
p.s. The Fediverse can only keep being resilient like this as long as we stay spread out on many servers. If we congregate on one server, that puts the network in danger of major outages.
That's one of many reasons why it's a bad idea to sign up on a supergiant server like mastodon.social, and much better to sign up on a different server. You can find lots of good reliable human-curated servers at https://fedi.garden and https://joinmastodon.org/servers
They are trying to con people into giving their credit card details as a form of verification. Then they can drain the card of money.
The reason they're doing this is because so many sites are actually asking for this, for example Apple is now demanding all its UK users give credit card details to verify their age. This gives scammers a really good cover to do scams.
Fediverse platforms don't do this, but not everyone realises this.
Hiya!
I've done a guide here on all the different ways to customise what is on your timeline: https://fedi.tips/does-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-use-algorithms-does-it-start-pushing-stuff-at-me-based-on-my-interactions
Let me know if you have any specific questions 
Yeah, agreed. It would be like posting #Mastodon on every Mastodon post, it would overwhelm discussion of Mastodon as a platform.
I've added #FediBlog to the list of non-obvious hashtags at https://fedi.tips/fun-and-useful-hashtags-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-wider-fediverse to help people discover it.
I'm not sure about their timestamp settings but there are also alternative third party web interfaces you might want to try such as https://elk.zone and https://phanpy.social
There are also desktop apps: https://fedi.tips/desktop-apps-for-mastodon/
Hi Howard 
There's a guide to all the different ways of discovering accounts at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends
There's also a guide to making your own account and posts easier to discover: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-get-more-followers-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse
Feel free to ask any other questions, and there's also lots of other guides on the website at https://fedi.tips
As far as I know there's no scheduled boost option. As Deborah said there is a post scheduling system, but as far as I know it's just for posting rather than boosting?
The nearest workaround I can think of is scheduling a post with similar content to be posted later, but that might look weird on your timeline?
According to tags.pub's website you can stop it sharing your posts by blocking the domain tags.pub or by including #NoBots in your profile.
It seems to be a site boosting posts with particular hashtags to increase their reach, but it operates on an opt-out basis which means people are taken by surprise when their posts are boosted by it. It should probably be using opt-in instead so that only people who want extra reach are boosted.
@abhayakara @NatureMC @molly0xfff
Ghost can be set up through managed hosting services which do all the technical stuff for you. I have tried this myself, it was very easy
Servers on the Fediverse are totally independent of each other, with no centralised infrastructure at all. If one server goes down, other servers can keep going. The essence of the Fediverse is that it does not put all its eggs in one basket.
There are also many other advantages to decentralised networks:
️ https://fedi.tips/why-is-the-fediverse-on-so-many-separate-servers
It's also why many people have alternative accounts on different servers, so they will always be able to post:
️ https://fedi.tips/using-multiple-accounts-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse
Yes, but the FediGroups.social provider (which is currently the main provider of these kinds of groups) also has moderation tools for screening posts and members, and options for hiding discussions etc.
p.s. The main advantage Groups have over hashtags is that they federate much more effectively. Every post in a group is federated to everyone who follows that group, no matter which server on.
You can use hashtags and groups simultaneously by including both relevant tags and a relevant group mention in the same post, which lets you get the best of both worlds.
Fediverse groups are a really useful way to discover posts on lots of interesting topics. They're really simple to use:
1. Follow a group
2. The group's posts will start showing up in your timeline
3. You can post to the group by mentioning it
You can find out more about groups including how to discover, use and create them in this guide:
️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse
The guide also answers lots of questions such as how groups differ from hashtags, how they are moderated etc.
Yes, you can use Mastodon's Lists feature to add them to a list, then choose the option to hide that list's accounts from your timeline. More info at https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-the-lists-feature-on-mastodon/
(You do have to follow them to add them to a list, but you can hide their posts from your timeline.)
Welcome Susan, your post worked fine
Ask if you want help using this place, and there is also lots of help for new people on the website at https://fedi.tips