Articles & Books From General Social Media

Bluesky For Dummies
The first and most trustworthy guide to the hot new social media platform Bluesky has been taking the social media world by storm. The platform offers users a high degree of control over what information they view and share, abilities they've lost on other platforms. Bluesky For Dummies serves as your guidebook to navigating the new platform.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 04-08-2025
Some readers like to thumb through a book and flag pages that they think are important. If that’s not you, we have you covered with this handy-dandy cheat sheet! This sheet contains all the important stuff you need to know about posting on Bluesky: rules for posting text, images, and videos and Bluesky’s community guidelines so your posts contribute to a healthy community.
Video / Updated 08-15-2023
Social media can be a great thing, but for parents, it can also be a scary thing. How do you give your kids the freedom to enjoy social media while still protecting them from the darker side of it?In this video, Amy Lupold Bair, author of the popular parenting blog Resourceful Mommy, offers her advice for setting family rules for age-appropriate social media use, as well as how to monitor your children and what to do when a child is faced with peer criticism or cyberbullying.
Article / Updated 08-03-2023
Mastodon is a decentralized social media platform that's made up of thousands of separate computers (also known as servers or instances) that have all agreed to speak the same language and share certain data.When you create your Mastodon account, you get a username, which will be tied to one of these servers. Each server in the network has its own personality — and some servers pride themselves in having no particular personality.
Article / Updated 04-14-2023
On the left side of the Twitter Account page, you’ll notice lots of links. Each one of those links has settings that can improve the time you spend on the Twitter platform. Here’s a short overview of some of what you can set in Twitter. Privacy and Safety is the best area for being sure you have a pleasant time on Twitter.
Article / Updated 03-27-2023
The Internet, especially social media, has some mysterious words of its own that are not always understood by those over 30. Understanding (and using) these acronyms may help you chip away at a possible bias. Plus, it’s an eye-opener when you understand the secret (ever-changing) language of internet slang kids use today.
Article / Updated 02-17-2023
As Mastodon has become more popular, millions of people have flocked to it from Twitter. Perhaps you, too, first heard about Mastodon on Twitter. As a migrant from Twitter to Mastodon, you're in good company. Finding members of your Twitter flock on Mastodon isn't difficult, and it's a great way to get a head start with building a following.
Article / Updated 02-16-2023
The chaos surrounding Twitter after Elon Musk acquired it in October 2022 led many Twitter users to begin checking out other social media platforms, including Mastodon. Here, we'll go over some of the major differences between the two platforms.The first thing to know about Mastodon is that it isn’t just one site, like Twitter.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 02-16-2023
Even though thousands of people join Mastodon every day, the number-one concern of new users is that they can't make the shift over from Twitter entirely because many of the people they follow on Twitter haven't set up a Mastodon account yet. Here, you discover some of the best ways to start meeting and engaging with new people on Mastodon.
Mastodon For Dummies
A little birdy told us you needed to know more about Mastodon Ready to escape the drama of existing social media platforms and try something new and awesome in the world of social media? In Mastodon For Dummies, experienced tech trainers Chris Minnick and Mike McCallister show you exactly how to use Mastodon, the hot decentralized social media offering on the web and destination for thousands of social media migrants.