Add Fediverse greeting

content/about/index.gmi

@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ My username is Seirdy on Reddit, Hacker News, Lobsters, Tildes.net, Linux Weekly
 
 My secondary Matrix account for Synapse-only rooms is @seirdy:fairydust.space. My Matrix account used to be @seirdy:envs.net but I've since migrated to my own Conduit server.
 
+If you want to follow me on Fedi, read this first:
+=> ../fediverse-greeting/ Fediverse greeting
+
 
 If you find a "Seirdy" somewhere else and don't know whether or not it's me, please contact me and ask instead of assuming that it must be me.
 

content/about/index.md

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 I used to have the Matrix ID `@seirdy:envs.net`. I sometimes use `@seirdy:fairydust.space` for technical reasons (seirdy.one runs a Conduit server but certain features only work in Synapse rooms).
 
+If you want to follow me on the Fediverse, [read my Fediverse greeting first](../fediverse-greeting/)
+
 <small>Poggies</small>
 
 </div>

content/fediverse-greeting.gmi

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+Hey, I’m @Seirdy@pleroma.envs.net. Please read the “Follow requests” section before following me on the Fediverse (Fedi). The rest is optional.
+
+## Follow requests
+
+If you want me to consider accepting your follow request, you need to have made multiple posts. Your profile should also contain at least three of the following:
+
+* A profile picture
+* A bio
+* Your pronouns
+* A personal website
+
+If you send a follow request and you haven’t done the above, I’ll wait a day or two before checking again. If you still haven’t done the above, I’ll reject it.
+
+If you frequently and knowingly interact with hateful instances, I will respond to your follow request by blocking you. And possibly muting your instance.
+
+## Moving
+
+I’ll eventually move from Pleroma to my own Gotosocial instance, for many reasons. I’m first waiting for Misskey to fix its HTTP signatures so that it can federate with Gotosocial.
+
+## Fedi practices
+
+If I say something insensitive or interact with someone I shouldn’t, please let me know so I can be better.
+
+I try to always always add content-warnings (CWs) to sensitive topics. Sometimes, I CW “regular” topics; common examples include “TechPost”, “accessibility”, and “shitpost”. The latter type of CW allows you to reduce the prevalence of some of my interests in your timeline.
+
+I am okay with you using whichever post-visibility you wish when replying to me, but I speak only for myself. If I want to talk to you privately I will use an alternate means of communication.
+
+If I want to make a well-thought-out post that could benefit others, I’ll post it to my website’s “notes” section and syndicate it to Fedi with the “#POSSE” (Publish on Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere) hashtag.
+
+=> https://seirdy.one/notes/ My notes
+=> https://indieweb.org/posse POSSE
+
+My notes also have a dedicated Atom and RSS feed. This is much lower-volume and “cleaner” than my Fediverse profile, if that’s what you prefer.
+
+I will probably not boost pictures lacking alt-text, descriptions in the post body, or captions in comments. If I see a nice un-captioned picture, I’ll comment with my own caption instead. I often use a screen reader to reduce overstimulation and eye strain, and I sometimes use textual clients that can't display images; alt-text is really important to me!
+
+I restricted my followers after I already had a few hundred so be aware that I didn’t approve them all.

content/fediverse-greeting.md

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+---
+outputs:
+    - html
+    - gemtext
+title: Fediverse greeting
+description: "Fediverse-related information about Seirdy. Follow-request information, Fedi practices, etc."
+date: "2022-06-11T18:20:00+00:00"
+---
+Hey, I'm [@Seirdy@pleroma.envs.net](https://pleroma.envs.net/Seirdy). Please read the "Follow requests" section before following me on the Fediverse (<abbr title="Fediverse">Fedi</abbr>). The rest is optional.
+
+Follow requests
+---------------
+
+If you want me to consider accepting your follow request, you need to have made multiple posts. Your profile should also contain at least three of the following:
+
+- A profile picture
+- A bio
+- Your pronouns
+- A personal website
+
+If you send a follow request and you haven't done the above, I'll wait a day or two before checking again. If you still haven't done the above, I'll reject it.
+
+If you frequently and knowingly interact with hateful instances, I will respond to your follow request by blocking you. And possibly muting your instance.
+
+Moving
+------
+
+I'll eventually move from Pleroma to my own Gotosocial instance, for many reasons. I'm first waiting for Misskey to fix its HTTP signatures so that it can federate with Gotosocial.
+
+Fedi practices
+--------------
+
+If I say something insensitive or interact with someone I shouldn't, please let me know so I can be better.
+
+I try to always always add content-warnings (<abbr title="content-warn or content-warning">CWs</abbr>) to sensitive topics. Sometimes, I CW "regular" topics; common examples include "TechPost", "accessibility", and "shitpost". The latter type of CW allows you to reduce the prevalence of some of my interests in your timeline.
+
+I am okay with you using whichever post-visibility you wish when replying to me, but I speak only for myself. If I want to talk to you privately I will use an alternate means of communication.
+
+If I want to make a well-thought-out post that could benefit others, I'll post it to [my website's "notes" section](../notes/) and syndicate it to Fedi with the "#POSSE" ([Publish on Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere](https://indieweb.org/posse)) hashtag. My notes also have a dedicated Atom and RSS feed. This is much lower-volume and "cleaner" than my Fediverse profile, if that's what you prefer.
+
+I will probably not boost pictures lacking alt-text, descriptions in the post body, or captions in comments. If I see a nice un-captioned picture, I’ll comment with my own caption instead. I often use a screen reader to reduce overstimulation and eye strain, and I sometimes use textual clients that can't display images; alt-text is really important to me!
+
+I restricted my followers after I already had a few hundred so be aware that I didn't approve them all.
+