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Helllo, I have a #MastodonHowTo Etiquette question : Sometimes I really like a post, and I boost it. But I also realize that in the post are some hashtags missing , which would give it a much larger impact, making it more easily found etc.
What is the polite thing to do ? Write a reply that only contains the missing hashtags ? Paraphrase the post in the reply and add the hashtags ? Or is adding new hashtags not the polite thing to do ? Anybody any thoughts ?
PS: did I use the correct hashtag ?

How to find conversations here?

- choose a keyword that stands for an area of interest - for example "joy" or "emissions" or "whiteness"
- look for it from the top box or click: #joy #emissions #whiteness

#howTo #conversations #MastodonHowTo #TwitterMigration #search #discoverability #MastodonGuide #retrieval

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

Question for more experienced mastodon users:

How does one post a series of messages which are related to each other ? Usually they are numbered. Is there an accepted etiquette for this on the network?

#mastodon #toots #MastodonHowTo

Wie kann ich #mastodon so einstellen das meine #-Liste nur deutsche Artikel anzeigt?
#mastodonhelp #mastodonhowto

Questions for #tooters - is there a way to see your own toots in the #Tusky app? And a way to add people to lists in the app?

#MastodonHowTo

If anyone needs to switch instances, this step by step how-to lets you switch and maintain as much of your info as possible. (Follows, bookmarks, blocks, etc.) Very helpful!

I just noticed that all my followed hashtags didn't transfer over, so be sure to follow all those again.

https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-basic-tips/#TransferringYourMastodonAccountToAnotherServer

#MastodonTips #MastodonHowTo #ChangeInstance

OK #mastodon and #mastodonhowto I give up. How do I get news in my news feed and community in my community feed?

Is there an effective way to thread posts on Mastodon? In my feed I see posts. Many are from the same author, replying to their own post, in a cascading series. Is there a setting I can use to put all of these posts and replies in line? As opposed to saying them randomly in my feed?

#MastodonHowTo #Threading

@jambo

Yes. If you go to the settings page under appearance here:

https://hachyderm.io/settings/preferences/appearance

You will see something called "Slow Mode." This will make the timeline stop updating so fast. It's very annoying.

Is the app beeping a lot? That's the other one that tends to drive people nuts...

#mastodonhowto

@bunnytown I don’t see it on yours, but I also don’t see it on a photo I posted last night - and I was so careful to try and be as descriptive as I could. What are we doing wrong?
#AltText #MastodonHowTo

@feditips

I was wondering if that notes field was for sending a PM. But this is also very useful! #mastodonhelp, #mastodonquestions, #mastodonhowto

@kingsley

Here's what I do. See if it works the same, if not let me know.

#mastodonhowto #mastodonquestions #emoji

I've been creeping around looking at a lot of people's accounts (I'm doing a survey) Noticed that people with very few followers have one thing in common: they have not boosted the posts of other people often if at all.

(When I see posts like this encouraging boosting I always think "well that person just wants boosts, whatever") That's not it. On twitter it was important to only boost exceptional content -- boost here to invite more people to join in talking about something. #mastodonhowto

@adrienne
#mastodonhelp #mastodontips #mastodonhowto

@corbin what a charm!

#mastodonhowto

How do you mute keywords on here? Admittedly the two events I wanted to mute are now over, still would like to know how to do it.
#MastodonTips
#MastodonHowTo

@tim There is an official Twitter way (see the link below) to create a thread of connected tweets.

For Mastodon, what are the steps for creating a series of connected posts as a single narrative?

Follow-up question: Is there a Mastodon equivalent of "unrolling" a Twitter thread?

#Mastodon
#MastodonHowto #MastodonThread
#MastodonThreadHowto #MastodonThreadUnrolling
#MastodonThreadUnrollingHowto

https://help.twitter.com/en/using-twitter/create-a-thread

How can we get the mastodon previews to look nicer? They’re notably worse than Twitter at the moment. Lots of meta noise, and content warnings pretty much make them useless. It seems that content warnings needs a lot of TLC to serve the multiple conflicting roles they’re tasked with right now. #opengraph #websites #mastodonhowto

Was auf Mastodon fehlt ist die Interaktion, es wird zwar favorisiert und selten gepusht aber kaum kommentiert oder geantwortet. Das ist aber das Salz in der Socialmediasuppe, zu kommunizieren.
#mastodonhowto

Is there a place I can find my likes? Was trying to find a post/toot I liked and couldn't figure it out. #MastodonHowTo

Mashable posted an article entitled: "All of your burning Mastodon questions, answered." Some people may find it helpful as there's some good information (link is below).

https://mashable.com/article/mastodon-guide-everything-you-need-to-know

#mastodon #mastodonHowTo #HowToUseMastadon

Where to followed hashtags show up?

I searched on #infosec and clicky the follow button, but I'm not sure where I would see a post?

I'm expecting that a thing tagged #infosec, now that I'm following it, would show in 'home' but that doesn't appear to be the case?

#NbQuestion
#MastodonHowTo

When posting images with potentially sensitive content-- in my case that would mean insects, or drawings with eye contact-- I've used CWs, does that automatically mark the images as sensitive/blur them out, or do I need another step? #MastodonHowTo #tips

@MattHodges I did not know this. I happen to be using (and loving) Toot! so I’ll be sure to check this feature out. Thanks for the #MastodonHowTo