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You can now set your quote posting privacy preferences on Mastodon. You can allow anyone / just your followers / nobody to quote you:

1. Log into your server's website
2. Click ⚙️ Preferences (if you're on a phone it's ☰ in bottom right and ⚙️ Preferences)
3. Click "Other" (if you're on a phone it's ☰ in top right and "Other")
4. On "Who Can Quote" menu select option you want
5. Click "Save Changes" button

The actual ability to quote post will be in the next Mastodon update.

#FediTips #Mastodon

Do you want to make sure you notice posts by certain accounts?

If you're using Mastodon, go to the account's profile page and click on the 🔔 bell icon. When this is activated, you will be additionally notified every time that account posts anything. Their posts will appear in your timeline as normal, the bell just adds an additional notification in your "Notifications" section too.

More info at:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-be-notified-when-someone-posts-on-mastodon

#FediTips #Mastodon

If someone you follow boosts too much stuff, you can hide just their boosts from your timeline by doing the following:

1. Go to the person's profile in Mastodon
2. Click the button with three dots (looks like ︙ or ⋯)
3. Click "Hide Boosts" or "Hide Reblogs" (they mean the same thing)

The person will not know you've done this, and it won't hide their own posts.

If you change your mind and want to see their boosts, repeat the same process but select "Show boosts".

#FediTips #Mastodon

Wow, a lot of new people have appeared on here! Welcome! 👋 Do you want some help using this place?

If you have any questions about using Mastodon and the Fediverse, feel free to reply to this post or @ me or DM me!

This account also has a website full of easy-to-understand beginners' guides here:

➡️ https://fedi.tips

#FediTips #Mastodon #Fediverse

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#FediAlgo v1.1.19 is deployed. Minor bugfixes and improvements to the customizable timeline algorithm / filtering system for your Mastodon feed.

* Link: https://michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed/
* Code: https://github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed
* Video of FediAlgo in action (slightly out of date): https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/114395249311910522

#activitypub #algorithm #algorithmicFeed #algorithmicTimeline #Fedi #FediTips #FediTools #Fediverse #Feed #FOSS #GoToSocial #hashtag #hashtags #MastoAdmin #Mastodon #MastodonApi #mastohelp #mastojs #nodejs #nod #opensource #socialmedia #SocialWeb #timeline #TL #typescript #webdev

There is a built-in translation system on Mastodon. If it's present on your server, you will see a "Translate" link below posts in other languages. Clicking the link will translate the post.

However, translation systems cost money to run, so not every server has it activated. If you're unsure whether your server has it or not, ask your admin. (You may also consider donating to them to help with their server bills.)

#FediTips #Mastodon

PEOPLE! Maybe this is old news to you, but if you’ve been trying to find a way to explain the Fediverse, Mastodon, or whatnot to your friends, I finally found *the* article that explains it best!

David Pierce at The Verge did an amazing job of distilling down what the Fediverse is all about, in a truly accessible article from last month.

Lay your eyes on this: https://www.theverge.com/24063290/fediverse-explained-activitypub-social-media-open-protocol

… and please boost!

#FediTips #FediHelp #fediverse #mastodon

There's a strong tradition on here that you should add alt text descriptions to any images, videos or audio files you attach to a post. These descriptions are important because they make attachments accessible to blind and/or deaf people

However, some people can't write alt texts due to their own disabilities. If that's the case, they can include the tag #Alt4Me in their post to request help. Others who want to help can reply with an alt text description and the tag #Alt4You.

#FediTips

In case you missed it, there is now a Fediverse alternative to Strava called Wanderer:

➡️ https://wanderer.to

There is a public server list at:

➡️ https://wanderer.to/servers

To sign up on a server, click on "Create Account", then "Login", then "Make One".

If you're running your own public Wanderer server you can add it to the list at https://github.com/Flomp/wanderer/discussions/361

Techy people can self-host using instructions at https://wanderer.to/run/installation

#FediTips #Fediverse #Strava #Komoot #Outdoors #Hiking

Do you want help with using Mastodon or the wider Fediverse?

You can ask questions by replying or messaging, and I'll try to find you some answers 🙂

Don't worry if a question seems simple, there is no such thing as a stupid question.

If you prefer to look stuff up yourself, there is lots of help for using Mastodon and the Fediverse on the website at https://fedi.tips (new people might especially like the "Quick Start" section at the top).

#FediTips #Mastodon #Fediverse

If you're an ordinary Mastodon user, the "block domain" option does not block servers, it just mutes them. It hides their posts from you, but does not hide your posts from them.

Only server admins can do actual blocks through defederation, preferably on a server that has activated "authorized fetch".

For example, if you want to avoid threads.net, you need to join a server that has defederated threads.net. (You can find nice servers that block threads.net at https://fedi.garden)

#FediTips

If you ever have trouble logging into your Mastodon account, don't panic!

You can always contact your server's admin without logging into Mastodon by sending them an email instead. Your server admin's public email address is displayed on your server's website's "About" page.

More info about how to contact your server admin in this guide:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-contact-the-people-who-run-my-server-how-do-i-find-out-what-my-servers-rules-are

If you can log in and want to ask your admin about something else, their Mastodon account is listed too.

#FediTips #Mastodon

There is an unofficial reminder bot on the Fediverse. It can remind you minutes, hours, days, weeks, months or years later. To use it, just mention the bot in a post or reply and include the period you want to be reminded after. For example:

@ remindme @ mstdn.social 1 week

To be reminded in a DM, include the word "dm" in small letters:

@ remindme @ mstdn.social dm 1 week

(Remove spaces in the address to make it work, I've only included spaces to avoid setting off the bot!)

#FediTips

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#FediAlgo (the customizable timeline algorithm / filtering system for your Mastodon feed) v1.2.2 is deployed now. Has a switch that makes sure any #hashtags / users / etc. that you follow are displayed as filter options even if they don't meet the minimum number of recent toots threshold.

Also a bunch of bug fixes and small improvements.

* Try it here: https://michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed/
* Code: https://github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed
* Video of FediAlgo in action (slightly outdated): https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/114395249311910522

#activitypub #algorithm #algorithmicFeed #algorithmicTimeline #Fedi #FediTips #FediTools #Fediverse #Feed #FOSS #GoToSocial #hashtag #hashtags #javascript #MastoAdmin #Mastodon #MastodonApi #mastohelp #mastojs #node #nodejs #opensource #socialmedia #SocialWeb #timeline #TL #typescript #webdev

Recommended add-ons:
Archive Page: https://github.com/JNavas2/Archive-Page - work-around for most paywalls
Share on Mastodon: https://github.com/ushitora-anqou/share-on-mastodon - FF only, but similar probably exists for Chrome etc

#Feditips #Mastodon

Thousands of sites using the popular #Ghost platform are now Fediverse compatible, so you can follow them from Mastodon etc 🥳

Here's how to discover and follow them:

1. Go to https://explore.ghost.org
2. Click category tab you want (swipe categories right to see more)
3. Click on a site to preview, then box-arrow icon to go to it
4. Copy the site's domain name
5. Paste @ index @ (domain name) into the search box in Mastodon etc without spaces
6. Click the profile and then "Follow"

#FediTips

Dica para quem tem mais de um perfil nesta #Federação:

Acho ótimo, ao ver algo com uma das contas, poder interagir com outra, algo que #Fedilab permite de maneira muito útil e que sinto falta em outros ambientes.

No exemplo capturado, pretendia — resolvi escrever isto primeiro — abrir uma publicação de @cadusilva, vista a partir do perfil do Snac, com outro perfil entre os quatro registrados no Fedilab, de domínios e sistemas diferentes: #Akkoma, #Mastodon, #Snac e #Pixelfed.

Isso está disponível de forma ágil ao pressionarmos longamente botões de responder, impulsionar, favoritar, bem como quando compartilhamos algo do Android com o Fedilab: ele pergunta com qual conta desejamos redigir a publicação.

#UX #UI #GUI #Android #dicas #fediTips

The Fediverse is deliberately spread out on thousands of independent servers running many types of software, which connect together to form a single social network.

But why is it like this? Why go to all this trouble? Wouldn't a single large server be easier?

Here is a complete list of reasons why it is very important for a social network to be spread out on many independent servers:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/why-is-the-fediverse-on-so-many-separate-servers

(If I'm missing a reason, let me know in the replies!)

#FediTips #Fediverse

Are you in #tech and running your own #Fediverse instance? You might want to join an Activity Pub relay instance!

My relay at https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com has currently 139 instances connected, mostly tech related sharing the same mindset and interests like #Linux, #BSD, #Ansible, #Proxmox, #Coding, and many more! You can easily join from your instance when using #Pleroma, #snac (#snac2), #Mastodon and its forks 🙂

#fedi #fediworld #fedicommunity #community #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #homelab #Python #Debian #RockyLinux #Feditips

Did you know you can install Fediverse servers' websites as apps on your phone? These "web apps" let you have the most fully-featured versions of Mastodon, PeerTube, Pixelfed etc as apps on your home screen, including notifications, full screen interfaces etc.

It's very easy to install web apps on Android and iPhone/iPad, full instructions in this guide:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-install-web-apps-for-mastodon-and-the-fediverse

Most web apps have more features than app store apps, due to restrictions in app store rules.

#FediTips

Can I ask a favour?

If you see someone who is asking for help using this place, and if no one else is helping them, could you tag me into the conversation and/or link to my website https://fedi.tips?

I'm trying to provide unofficial tech support for people using Mastodon and the wider Fediverse. I'm especially keen to help new people who want easy-to-understand advice, but they won't see me and I won't see them unless someone tags me.

Thanks 🙏

#FediTips #Fediverse #Mastodon

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#FediAlgo, the customizable timeline algorithm / filtering system for your Mastodon feed, is now deployed on Github Pages and can be used from your web browser.

* Link: https://michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed/
* Code: https://github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed
* Video of FediAlgo in action: https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/114395249311910522

#activitypub #algorithm #algorithmicFeed #algorithmicTimeline #Fedi #FediTips #FediTools #Fediverse #Feed #FOSS #Masto #MastoAdmin #Mastodon #mastohelp #MastoJS #nodejs #nod #opensource #SocialWeb #timeline #TL #webdev

Are you a Mastodonian? Do you like finding things with search engines? If so, please read my guide on Mastodon’s search, complete with visuals.

It will help you find your stuff. Find other people’s stuff. Find other people.

Search with intention. Search like a boss. I got you.

https://markwyner.medium.com/guide-for-using-mastodon-search-2594cd0e21e2

#Mastodon #Fediverse #FediTips #MastodonHelp #MastodonTips #Search #Help #Guide #Documentation

Would you like to make your PeerTube accounts and videos more visible? Do you want to reach more viewers and more followers?

I've done a guide to promoting your PeerTube accounts, channels and videos at:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-promote-your-peertube-videos-account-and-channels

I've tried to list everything I could think of, let me know if I've missed anything! 🙂

#FediTips #PeerTube #Fediverse

You can use Mastodon on many retro computer systems:

Apple II - https://www.colino.net/wordpress/en/mastodon-for-apple-ii

Apple Macintosh (pre-OS X) - https://github.com/smallsco/macstodon

Commodore 64 - https://github.com/Havoc6502/MOStodon

Commodore Amiga - https://github.com/BlitterStudio/amidon

MS-DOS - https://github.com/SuperIlu/DOStodon

MVS - https://github.com/mainframed/BREXXTODON

Palm OS - https://github.com/knickish/heffalump

Windows 95 - https://github.com/meyskens/mastodon-for-workgroups

#FediTips #RetroComputing #1980s #1990s