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I'm getting tons of 503 errors on mastodon.social - everything is loading slow, I can't use the bell icon, is it just me?

#mastodon #mastodonhelp

Greetings queer world 🙏🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🌈
Am a queer leader and a human rights defender advocating for LGBTQ refugees in East Africa.
And am here today kindly requesting for everyone's support so that we can celebrate our Eid festivities,any one with any help can please donate to our fundraiser 🙏😭
Any coin makes a big difference to us
https://fundrazr.com/LGBTKakuma
#lgbgtqi
#lgbt
#lesbians
#lgbtqi
#mutaualaid
#BlackFedi
#lgbtqrights
#mastodonhelp
@interneteh
@transactualuk

@felicityhannah

Question: I'm quite new to Mastodon (I dumped Twitter and am on Bluesky (which I like but of late it's getting a little echo chamber and doom and gloom). I'm not looking to hide from the world, but I'd be grateful for recommendations on people to follow about:

Canadian news
Canadian politics
Higher education - teaching

Any suggestions would really be appreciated.

#MastodonHelp
#Fediverse
#NewHere
#Cdnpoli
#HigherEd
#AcademicMastodon
#PublicPolicy

Question: I'm quite new to Mastodon (I dumped Twitter and am on Bluesky (which I like but of late it's getting a little echo chamber and doom and gloom). I'm not looking to hide from the world, but I'd be grateful for recommendations on people to follow about:

Canadian news
Canadian politics
Higher education - teaching

Any suggestions would really be appreciated.

#MastodonHelp
#Fediverse
#NewHere
#Cdnpoli
#HigherEd
#AcademicMastodon
#PublicPolicy

Question: I'm quite new to Mastodon (I dumped Twitter and am on Bluesky (which I like but of late it's getting a little echo chamber and doom and gloom). I'm not looking to hide from the world, but I'd be grateful for recommendations on people to follow about:

Canadian news
Canadian politics
Higher education - teaching

Any suggestions would really be appreciated.

#MastodonHelp
#Fediverse
#NewHere
#Cdnpoli
#HigherEd
#AcademicMastodon
#PublicPolicy

Question: I'm quite new to Mastodon (I dumped Twitter and am on Bluesky (which I like but of late it's getting a little echo chamber and doom and gloom). I'm not looking to hide from the world, but I'd be grateful for recommendations on people to follow about:

Canadian news
Canadian politics
Higher education - teaching

Any suggestions would really be appreciated.

#MastodonHelp
#Fediverse
#NewHere
#Cdnpoli
#HigherEd
#AcademicMastodon
#PublicPolicy

Question: I'm quite new to Mastodon (I dumped Twitter and am on Bluesky (which I like but of late it's getting a little echo chamber and doom and gloom). I'm not looking to hide from the world, but I'd be grateful for recommendations on people to follow about:

Canadian news
Canadian politics
Higher education - teaching

Any suggestions would really be appreciated.

#MastodonHelp
#Fediverse
#NewHere
#Cdnpoli
#HigherEd
#AcademicMastodon
#PublicPolicy

Okay, a bit miffed now.

Was going through the list of accounts that I follow to see if there were any inactive ones or any that I don't wish to follow anymore & I was finding that when I went to several profiles (on different servers) that most of them displayed as if I was not following them.
The button that should say Unfollow showed up as the Follow button.
On a couple I clicked the Follow button to see what would happen & it brought up a dialogue box asking me to sign in, offering a field to enter my full handle in. This makes no sense as I'm already logged in on my instance & I doubt me logging in to their instance would work as I do not have an account there.

Could someone explain what that's about as it's a little disturbing to a non-tech head?

Thanks 🙂

#Tech #MastodonHelp #TechHelp

Okay, a bit miffed now.

Was going through the list of accounts that I follow to see if there were any inactive ones or any that I don't wish to follow anymore & I was finding that when I went to several profiles (on different servers) that most of them displayed as if I was not following them.
The button that should say Unfollow showed up as the Follow button.
On a couple I clicked the Follow button to see what would happen & it brought up a dialogue box asking me to sign in, offering a field to enter my full handle in. This makes no sense as I'm already logged in on my instance & I doubt me logging in to their instance would work as I do not have an account there.

Could someone explain what that's about as it's a little disturbing to a non-tech head?

Thanks 🙂

#Tech #MastodonHelp #TechHelp

EDIT: Had my explanations, so I'm a little wiser now 😃👍.

Okay, a bit miffed now.

Was going through the list of accounts that I follow to see if there were any inactive ones or any that I don't wish to follow anymore & I was finding that when I went to several profiles (on different servers) that most of them displayed as if I was not following them.
The button that should say Unfollow showed up as the Follow button.
On a couple I clicked the Follow button to see what would happen & it brought up a dialogue box asking me to sign in, offering a field to enter my full handle in. This makes no sense as I'm already logged in on my instance & I doubt me logging in to their instance would work as I do not have an account there.

Could someone explain what that's about as it's a little disturbing to a non-tech head?

Thanks 🙂

#Tech #MastodonHelp #TechHelp

Okay, a bit miffed now.

Was going through the list of accounts that I follow to see if there were any inactive ones or any that I don't wish to follow anymore & I was finding that when I went to several profiles (on different servers) that most of them displayed as if I was not following them.
The button that should say Unfollow showed up as the Follow button.
On a couple I clicked the Follow button to see what would happen & it brought up a dialogue box asking me to sign in, offering a field to enter my full handle in. This makes no sense as I'm already logged in on my instance & I doubt me logging in to their instance would work as I do not have an account there.

Could someone explain what that's about as it's a little disturbing to a non-tech head?

Thanks 🙂

#Tech #MastodonHelp #TechHelp

EDIT: Had my explanations, so I'm a little wiser now 😃👍.

Okay, a bit miffed now.

Was going through the list of accounts that I follow to see if there were any inactive ones or any that I don't wish to follow anymore & I was finding that when I went to several profiles (on different servers) that most of them displayed as if I was not following them.
The button that should say Unfollow showed up as the Follow button.
On a couple I clicked the Follow button to see what would happen & it brought up a dialogue box asking me to sign in, offering a field to enter my full handle in. This makes no sense as I'm already logged in on my instance & I doubt me logging in to their instance would work as I do not have an account there.

Could someone explain what that's about as it's a little disturbing to a non-tech head?

Thanks 🙂

#Tech #MastodonHelp #TechHelp

I downloaded a gen AI image from a post because of its text error... Now I cant remember the post it came from. Can anyone help? It was about 4 hours ago.

#help #starmer #rawstory #mastodonhelp

自分の投稿を検索する時はみなさんどうされていますか？
from:meというショートカットを使ってもなかなか出てこなく
ハッシュタグを使った投稿以外は見つからないんですが、みなさんはいかがでしょうか？ :meow_puffypleading:

Do y'all have any tips for how to search your own posts?
I've tried the from:me thing, but it always comes up empty
My only success has been with posts that include hashtags :( I want to search for other things, but no dice thus far

#MastodonHelp

Is there a way to mute posts that have links to some outside sources?

I want to mute posts that link to X, YouTube, FB and Instagram.

I don't want to mute the accounts, or do it on each post.

Any idea?

#MastodonHelp #mastodontips #mastodon

Ich nutze sehr gerne für Mastodon die Browser-Deck-Ansicht.
Da vermisse ich jedoch die Möglichkeit mir Beiträge übersetzen zu lassen.
Schade ist auch, dass ich in den Einstellungen keine Möglichkeit finde, dass ich mir die Ansicht individuell einstellen kann - in Schriftgröße und Farben.

Hat da jemand eine Lösung oder vielleicht sogar eine Alternative?

#mastodon #deck #mastodonhelp #fediverse

Any tips on how to recover my password? I’m signed in on my phone, but can’t log in on my laptop. I keep entering the email address used for Mastodon and get the message that a link will be sent, but I’m not getting anything (also not in spam folder). If I log out on my phone, I won’t have access to this account. Any ideas welcome.
#help #mastodonhelp #PasswordRecovery

Any tips on how to recover my password? I’m signed in on my phone, but can’t log in on my laptop. I keep entering the email address used for Mastodon and get the message that a link will be sent, but I’m not getting anything (also not in spam folder). If I log out on my phone, I won’t have access to this account. Any ideas welcome.
#help #mastodonhelp #PasswordRecovery

Any tips on how to recover my password? I’m signed in on my phone, but can’t log in on my laptop. I keep entering the email address used for Mastodon and get the message that a link will be sent, but I’m not getting anything (also not in spam folder). If I log out on my phone, I won’t have access to this account. Any ideas welcome.
#help #mastodonhelp #PasswordRecovery

There is a push to try and build a greyhound racing track in Orange, NSW.

Please sign and share this petition widely!
https://communitybeforegreyhoundtracks.nationbuilder.com/petition

(also, today is Poppy's Gotcha Day—we've had her for two years. It'd be a great Gotcha Gift!)

#Dog #Dogs #DogsOfMastodon #Greyhound #GreyhoundRescue #DogsOfFedi #GreyhoundAdoption #MastodonHelp #PleaseShare #PleaseHelp #Petition #Bathurst #BathurstNSW #RegionalAustralia #Australia #Orange #OrangeNSW

Am I being dense but I wish you could like quote posts? Like quote tweets? Unless I’m missing something? #question #askmastodon #askfediverse #askmeanything #newbie #newbiequestions #helpneeded #helpwanted #advice #advicewelcome #adviceplease #questionandanswer #qanda #supportneeded #mastodonhelp #mastodonhelp4newbies #twittermigration #twittermigrant #madtwitter #madmastodon #disabled #disability #spoonie #mentalhealth #mentalillness #bpd #bpdfam #chronicillness #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #cfs

For everyone on here a favorite is a nice gesture but completely irrelevant a boost gives the post more reach so if you see something you like give it a boost and make others see it

Also really important use hashtags

#FediTipps #mastodontipps #mastodonhelp

For everyone on here a favorite is a nice gesture but completely irrelevant a boost gives the post more reach so if you see something you like give it a boost and make others see it

Also really important use hashtags

#FediTipps #mastodontipps #mastodonhelp

Hey y'all. What's up?

I’m trying to install Microsoft Word on Windows but running into issues. Downloaded Microsoft 365 from the official site, opened the EXE, and it keeps saying “could not install.” Anyone run into this before or know a fix?

Also open to alternatives for writing that sync well between phone and computer if Word keeps acting up.

#Windows #Microsoft365 #MicrosoftWord #Accessibility #ScreenReader #TechHelp #AssistiveTech #BlindTech #MastodonHelp

Looking for a #mastodon #instance that allows more than 500 characters and that I can frequently #post my #poems and #chronicles but to #help promote it.
#mastodonhelp #mastodontech #chat #ti

#mastodonhelp Voy casi todos los días a estudiar con y sin peque a la biblio del pueblito y la bibliotecaria que es amor, me pregunta si conozco a alguien para hacer talleres de inglés. Todo lo que se hace en la biblioteca lo organizamos entre vecinos de forma voluntaria, así que no sería remunerado.
Si alguien está interesado puede escribirme por privado y le digo dónde obtener más información.

Gracias familia! Os agradezco un impulsito
#granada #ingles #biblioteca

Finding that direct messaging accounts on other instances is not quick and easy.

Is there a simple workaround that avoids having to make multiple accounts?

#DirectMessaging
#Help
#MastodonHelp

There are two effective ways of participating in a discussion topic: #groups and #hashtags.

For example, choose your <topic> and type <topic> in the search box at the top of your screen. Then:
- "Profiles": spot one ending in "@a.gup.pe" then on the right push "Follow";
- "Hashtags": spot an item and then in the top right-hand corner "Follow the hashtag".

You may enter a peculiar discussion below, if it piques you:
#moralBeauty
#SpotAndDiscard [… what distracts from autonomy]
#institutionsDeceive
#judicialBias
#unitary
#fragility
#proZionism [support, allies]
#israelism [foreigners raised to unconditionally love Israel]
#JewishState [citizenship]

@breton

#NewHere #Newbie #beginner #howTo #FediverseTips #FediTips #FediHelp #MastodonHelp #Mastodon #MastodonTips #MastodonHowTo #resource #resources #ToFollow #ToBeFollowed

Mastodon can be installed as a #PWA

On iOS (in safari) you need to click the share button -> Add to Home Screen -> Add👇🏽

#TodayILearnt #Fosstodonhelp #Fosstodon #MastodonHelp #MastodonApps

Guía rápida para usar Mastodon

https://write.as/antipanoptico/guia-rapida-para-usar-mastodon

#libertaddigital #anarquismo #fediverso #mastodonhelp

#Mastodon Experts: Why do some URLs show thumbnail previews, and some do not? For example, if I share a YouTube link, my post shows a generic YouTube gray thumbnail. On other user’s posts, sometimes it’s literally just the URL text at the bottom of their posts, without any thumbnail. Finally, on other user’s posts, there is a thumbnail preview. What causes this?

Thanks in advance!

#MastodonExperts #MastodonHelp #MastodonHelp4Newbies

@[email protected]
@mastodonmigration
@[email protected]

How come some images won't load from other Mastodon instances?

#Mastodon #MastodonHelp #MastodonHelp4Newbies #TechSupport #MastodonEtiquette

@fulelo oh how strange! Someone else just followed me yesterday! Maybe there is someone who know why you can't follow me? #mastohelp #mastodonhelp4newbies #mastodonhelp

So I've been using the #mastodon app and it doesn't exactly work correctly every day so does anyone know if there's a better app to use for it? My notifications won't go away most of the time and I don't get notifications for everything and I miss stuff that otherwise I'd reply to.

So if anyone has a suggestion, please let me know ✌️💜

#app #android #help #mastodonapps #mastodonhelp #Mastodonhelp4newbies #mastodonnewbies

@nazokiyoubinbou

One of the best aspects of Mastodon is the friendly, welcoming culture. People are eager to help. Real people. And the people who are helping are doing so because they like helping. If you have questions about Mastodon, try using these hashtags with your question. 🙂 I'll bet nobody asks you for your phone number.

#mastodontips #mastodonhelp #mastodonapp #mastodonhelp4newbies

Can anyone recommend the best app for accessing Mastodon on? I've tried Ivory, but there are a lot of strange blanks 🤷

Thanks in advance!

#mastodonhelp #Mastodonhelp4newbies

Does anyone know if there’s a way to make the news feed more appropriate for me? It’s incredibly USA centric. A historic thing happened today with the Northern Ireland protocol and not a peep on the news page
#mastodonhelp4newbies #mastodontips #mastodontipsandtricks #mastodonhelp #Fediverse

I forgot to add a text reader description to my last post but when I try and edit to add it, it comes up with an error. Has anyone else had this problem? I don't want to delete and redo the post as I only noticed hours later, and it has comments.

#mastodonhelp #mastodonhelp4newbies

Dearest peers, is there a way to comment something you boost? Like, to give context or add extra info to a boost? Thank you!

#feditips #mastodonhelp #mastodonhelp4newbies #newbie

I am currently using Mastodon's official app but I keep hearing about other apps that let you follow hashtags. Although I see the official app has added this to its IOS version, so I assume, at some point, the android app will get this feature too? But this would be a very handy feature to have.

What app are you using? Should I swap?

#mastodonhelp #mastodonhelp4newbies #mastodonapps

The only website I have is an Adobe Portfolio site that is linked to my Behance account. I do have my own domain redirected to it. I don’t think I can create a button or text link with the Mastodon verification anchor tag. Adobe also restricts what can be in an iframe to certain major companies like YouTube. Anyone know a workaround so I can verify using what I have described? #MastodonHelp #MastodonHelp4Newbies #verification

You may consider hosting your social data out of the USA.
Here is a search tool of Mastodon instances that filters on country:
https://mastodon.fediverse.observer/list 🧵

#howTo #EuropeanAlternatives #decoupling #nonAligned #alternatives #nonUS #MastodonMigration #search #discoverability #MastodonGuide #privacy #GDPR #Mastodon #NewHere #Newbie #beginner #FediverseTips #FediTips #FediHelp #MastodonHelp #MastodonTips #MastodonHowTo #resource #resources

Für unsere Instanz haben wir eine Relais-Anfrage gestellt. Nach über 24 Stunden noch keine Reaktion.
Weiß jemand, wie lange so was dauert... oder muss man da noch, außer der Relais-Adresse im Admin-Bereich, irgend etwas gesondertes einstellen?

#Mastodon #MastodonAdmin #MastodonHelp #MastoAdmin #SelfHosted

Hallo erstmal, bin #neuhier ☕️.
Habe beschlossen, FB und Insta hinter mir zu lassen, das hält ja keiner mehr aus.
Wie ist es denn hier so? Hat jemand #Tipps zum ankommen?
#socialmedia
#mastodonhelp
#mastodonstart
#introduction

Omg, stop it with the "We're Mastodon support" scams, no one believes you and you just look like a dick. Keep that shit on Twitter.

I'm sick of suspending your asses.

#MastodonHelp #Verification #Support #Scam

Seeing that the hashtag program is removing CamelCase / PascalCase formatting from
#HowMelaniaMetTrump in the suggestion list, turning it into #howmelaniamettrump

Which is disappointing.

Is this necessary?

#MastodonHelp #CamelCaseFailure

@billstatler @sflorg

It appears in a post on the Mastodon app.
It appears on mastodon.social
It has no label that it is AI.
This image appears to be in violation of instance rules.

That the aparently AI image is in a link might not exempt the Post as displayed from having to stay inside the boundaries of instance rules.

#MastodonHelp #MastodonSocial

Is there a way to NOT have infinite scroll on #mastodon ? Like have pagination instead? I've already got slow mode activated, but would like pagination.

#mastodonHelp #FediHelp

Want to contact the admin of a Fediverse instance? Here’s a quick way to find them.

Most servers publish their admin contact details on the /about page of their domain.

For example:
https://mastodon.social/about

There you can usually find the admin’s email address and Fediverse handle.

You can also see the details for our Fedicate Social instance here:
https://social.fedicate.org/about
(Even though it's a Sharkey instance, the page works the same way.)

#Fediverse #Mastodon #MastodonHelp #MastodonAdmins #HowTo #AdminContact

A la demande générale et après un premier sondage, en voici un second, pour laisser sa chance au "mot-croisillon".

Donc, pour éviter le franglais #hashtag, comment on appelle les mots avec le symbole # sur Mastodon ?

#MastodonHelp #Vocabulaire #MastoMot