If you're new to Mastodon I'd totally ignore people telling you how to run your own account.
Crosspost from other sites all you want. Post whatever you want. It's your account.
Too much clubhouse gatekeeping.
#Newcomers to #Mastodon keep in mind when you see people telling you how easy things are and telling you how to do things, someone on Mastodon just ran a poll with hundreds of responses and 1/3 of the people said they ran their own email server.
So take it all with a grain of salt.
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