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Mastodon Tip #1:

Hashtags are great to find, follow and filter topics.

Place them at the very end of your toot, so your helpful list can automatically shorten in timelines by apps like Tusky.

So nobody has to complain about to many of them... 😉

#hashtag #hashtags #hashtagspam #mastodontip #MastodonTips #mastodon #fediverse

@bastiengary

Et par ailleurs, pour bien commencer sur Mastodon, quelques ressources sympa :

Les conseils d'utilisation à suivre sur le compte @admin

Les Tutos des #MastoEcolo (fichier PDF) : https://gregorygutierez.com/doku.php/linux/lesmastotutos

Et bien sûr les mot-dièses #MastodonHelp #MastodonTip et autres #MastoHelp pour les échanges de bons conseils (on peut même s'abonner à ces mots-dièses pour suivre les nouvelles publications qui les contiennent).

Another thing originally from a conversation I had with someone else that ought to be its own thing, so here you go!

Not happy with your current instance? Considering migrating? Here's a few steps!

1. Go to your settings, "Import and Export", go to "Export", and download everything you want to transfer over; they will be in .csv format; you can also request an archive of all your posts, that'll be sent via email when your instance is done compiling it, it'll be in a zip file.

2. Make the new account in a new instance.

3. In the "Account settings" on your NEW account, under "Moving from a different account", click "create an account alias.", then type in the handle of your OLD account.

4. Then, when you're ready, go to the account settings on your OLD account. Under "Move to a new account", click "configure it here"; you'll move to a page where you type in the handle of your NEW account, and the password of your OLD account. After that, the two instances will attempt to transfer ALL of your followers over to your NEW account. Some failures MAY occur, but you can double check your old account's follower page. The usual failures in my experience are usually other old accounts that now redirect to new accounts.

5. Go back to "Import and Export" on your NEW account, go under "Import", and you'll be able to import all the CSVs that you've exported from your old account. You MAY be informed of failures while importing, notably for your "Following" list, but you usually get a list of everything that failed to import.

6. Keep in mind that the ability to import posts from your old account depends on instance - Mastodon instances usually don't have this feature, while other places (i.e. Misskey/Calckey/Firefish) usually have this feature.

7. Keep in mind that if you are a hashtag follower, hashtags that you are following won't transfer over to your new account, nor is there currently a way (to my knowledge) to transfer them using an automatic process.

PLEASE correct me if there are any errors, and feel free to provide other tips and tricks!

#MastodonTips #MastodonTip #MastoTips #MastoTip #FediverseTips #FediverseTip #FediTips #FediTip

Another thing originally from a conversation I had with someone else that ought to be its own thing, so here you go!

Not happy with your current instance? Considering migrating? Here's a few steps!

1. Go to your settings, "Import and Export", go to "Export", and download everything you want to transfer over; they will be in .csv format; you can also request an archive of all your posts, that'll be sent via email when your instance is done compiling it, it'll be in a zip file.

2. Make the new account in a new instance.

3. In the "Account settings" on your NEW account, under "Moving from a different account", click "create an account alias.", then type in the handle of your OLD account.

4. Then, when you're ready, go to the account settings on your OLD account. Under "Move to a new account", click "configure it here"; you'll move to a page where you type in the handle of your NEW account, and the password of your OLD account. After that, the two instances will attempt to transfer ALL of your followers over to your NEW account. Some failures MAY occur, but you can double check your old account's follower page. The usual failures in my experience are usually other old accounts that now redirect to new accounts.

5. Go back to "Import and Export" on your NEW account, go under "Import", and you'll be able to import all the CSVs that you've exported from your old account. You MAY be informed of failures while importing, notably for your "Following" list, but you usually get a list of everything that failed to import.

6. Keep in mind that the ability to import posts from your old account depends on instance - Mastodon instances usually don't have this feature, while other places (i.e. Misskey/Calckey/Firefish) usually have this feature.

7. Keep in mind that if you are a hashtag follower, hashtags that you are following won't transfer over to your new account, nor is there currently a way (to my knowledge) to transfer them using an automatic process.

PLEASE correct me if there are any errors, and feel free to provide other tips and tricks!

#MastodonTips #MastodonTip #MastoTips #MastoTip #FediverseTips #FediverseTip #FediTips #FediTip

Another thing originally from a conversation I had with someone else that ought to be its own thing, so here you go!

Not happy with your current instance? Considering migrating? Here's a few steps!

1. Go to your settings, "Import and Export", go to "Export", and download everything you want to transfer over; they will be in .csv format; you can also request an archive of all your posts, that'll be sent via email when your instance is done compiling it, it'll be in a zip file.

2. Make the new account in a new instance.

3. In the "Account settings" on your NEW account, under "Moving from a different account", click "create an account alias.", then type in the handle of your OLD account.

4. Then, when you're ready, go to the account settings on your OLD account. Under "Move to a new account", click "configure it here"; you'll move to a page where you type in the handle of your NEW account, and the password of your OLD account. After that, the two instances will attempt to transfer ALL of your followers over to your NEW account. Some failures MAY occur, but you can double check your old account's follower page. The usual failures in my experience are usually other old accounts that now redirect to new accounts.

5. Go back to "Import and Export" on your NEW account, go under "Import", and you'll be able to import all the CSVs that you've exported from your old account. You MAY be informed of failures while importing, notably for your "Following" list, but you usually get a list of everything that failed to import.

6. Keep in mind that the ability to import posts from your old account depends on instance - Mastodon instances usually don't have this feature, while other places (i.e. Misskey/Calckey/Firefish) usually have this feature.

7. Keep in mind that if you are a hashtag follower, hashtags that you are following won't transfer over to your new account, nor is there currently a way (to my knowledge) to transfer them using an automatic process.

PLEASE correct me if there are any errors, and feel free to provide other tips and tricks!

#MastodonTips #MastodonTip #MastoTips #MastoTip #FediverseTips #FediverseTip #FediTips #FediTip

Another thing originally from a conversation I had with someone else that ought to be its own thing, so here you go!

Not happy with your current instance? Considering migrating? Here's a few steps!

1. Go to your settings, "Import and Export", go to "Export", and download everything you want to transfer over; they will be in .csv format; you can also request an archive of all your posts, that'll be sent via email when your instance is done compiling it, it'll be in a zip file.

2. Make the new account in a new instance.

3. In the "Account settings" on your NEW account, under "Moving from a different account", click "create an account alias.", then type in the handle of your OLD account.

4. Then, when you're ready, go to the account settings on your OLD account. Under "Move to a new account", click "configure it here"; you'll move to a page where you type in the handle of your NEW account, and the password of your OLD account. After that, the two instances will attempt to transfer ALL of your followers over to your NEW account. Some failures MAY occur, but you can double check your old account's follower page. The usual failures in my experience are usually other old accounts that now redirect to new accounts.

5. Go back to "Import and Export" on your NEW account, go under "Import", and you'll be able to import all the CSVs that you've exported from your old account. You MAY be informed of failures while importing, notably for your "Following" list, but you usually get a list of everything that failed to import.

6. Keep in mind that the ability to import posts from your old account depends on instance - Mastodon instances usually don't have this feature, while other places (i.e. Misskey/Calckey/Firefish) usually have this feature.

7. Keep in mind that if you are a hashtag follower, hashtags that you are following won't transfer over to your new account, nor is there currently a way (to my knowledge) to transfer them using an automatic process.

PLEASE correct me if there are any errors, and feel free to provide other tips and tricks!

#MastodonTips #MastodonTip #MastoTips #MastoTip #FediverseTips #FediverseTip #FediTips #FediTip

Another thing originally from a conversation I had with someone else that ought to be its own thing, so here you go!

Not happy with your current instance? Considering migrating? Here's a few steps!

1. Go to your settings, "Import and Export", go to "Export", and download everything you want to transfer over; they will be in .csv format; you can also request an archive of all your posts, that'll be sent via email when your instance is done compiling it, it'll be in a zip file.

2. Make the new account in a new instance.

3. In the "Account settings" on your NEW account, under "Moving from a different account", click "create an account alias.", then type in the handle of your OLD account.

4. Then, when you're ready, go to the account settings on your OLD account. Under "Move to a new account", click "configure it here"; you'll move to a page where you type in the handle of your NEW account, and the password of your OLD account. After that, the two instances will attempt to transfer ALL of your followers over to your NEW account. Some failures MAY occur, but you can double check your old account's follower page. The usual failures in my experience are usually other old accounts that now redirect to new accounts.

5. Go back to "Import and Export" on your NEW account, go under "Import", and you'll be able to import all the CSVs that you've exported from your old account. You MAY be informed of failures while importing, notably for your "Following" list, but you usually get a list of everything that failed to import.

6. Keep in mind that the ability to import posts from your old account depends on instance - Mastodon instances usually don't have this feature, while other places (i.e. Misskey/Calckey/Firefish) usually have this feature.

7. Keep in mind that if you are a hashtag follower, hashtags that you are following won't transfer over to your new account, nor is there currently a way (to my knowledge) to transfer them using an automatic process.

PLEASE correct me if there are any errors, and feel free to provide other tips and tricks!

#MastodonTips #MastodonTip #MastoTips #MastoTip #FediverseTips #FediverseTip #FediTips #FediTip

Hey y'all! I posted this in a conversation re: differences between instances; I just thought I'd go ahead and make it its own post from the perspective of a user - there's other technical differences for instance admins, but this is an end-user perspective.

So, different instances might have:

- Different features (different character counts that may be higher than 500; emote reactions/favourites, different themes, markdown formatting for posts). From experience, different features from different instances have varying compatibility - i.e. Mastodon user favouriting Misskey/Firefish post shows as ❤️ reaction, Misskey user reacting to (vanilla) Mastodon posts counts on Mastodon as a favourite ⭐, Glitch-Soc Mastodon is inter-operable with both.

- They may have a specific topic in mind. For example, hachyderm.io and tech.lgbt are tech and LGBTQ+ related; urusai.social and sakurajima.moe (my home instance 😉) has a focus on Japanese media discussion; mastodon.art is dedicated to art; kolektiva.social is political, anti-colonialist, left-wing.

- Moderation and rules may differ. Some instances might have bigger moderation staff and/or have small userbase to moderate, and some may have different or additional rules. Some may be more strict on stuff (prohibiting AI unless tagged, no NFTs, stricter NSFW culture, etc), some may ban certain instances for whatever reason (mastodon.art is infamous - for better or for worse - for having strict defederating policies with the rationale of protecting their users). You can choose an instance you're comfortable with and makes you feel safe.

- An extension of the previous point; the level of federation between different instances are different too, depending on what they're comfortable with handling. Instances can be completely blocked off, or they can be "silenced" and not appear on federated timelines (but can have people from different instances interact if they follow each other), have media rejected but other posts allowed through.

That's what I can think of off the top of my head when it comes to the differences between mastodon.social and other instances.

One more thing, DO NOT FORGET - this is a FEDERATED social network, that's why we call it the #Fediverse.

For example, if you have someone you know on mastodon.social or firefish.social or misskey.io; you WILL Be able to talk with them (unless your instance has completely blocked those instances). You may have to jump through a few hoops (putting the person's handle suffixed with @mastodon.social, or pasting a URL into the search box), or use extensions like FediAct (https://github.com/Lartsch/FediAct); but barring any restrictions or defederation, you shouldn't have any issues.

APOLOGIES FOR ANY ERRORS THAT I'VE MADE IN THIS POST! I'll give corrections when necessary!

#MastodonTips #MastodonTip #MastoTips #MastoTip #FediverseTips #FediverseTip #FediTips #FediTip

Hey y'all! I posted this in a conversation re: differences between instances; I just thought I'd go ahead and make it its own post from the perspective of a user - there's other technical differences for instance admins, but this is an end-user perspective.

So, different instances might have:

- Different features (different character counts that may be higher than 500; emote reactions/favourites, different themes, markdown formatting for posts). From experience, different features from different instances have varying compatibility - i.e. Mastodon user favouriting Misskey/Firefish post shows as ❤️ reaction, Misskey user reacting to (vanilla) Mastodon posts counts on Mastodon as a favourite ⭐, Glitch-Soc Mastodon is inter-operable with both.

- They may have a specific topic in mind. For example, hachyderm.io and tech.lgbt are tech and LGBTQ+ related; urusai.social and sakurajima.moe (my home instance 😉) has a focus on Japanese media discussion; mastodon.art is dedicated to art; kolektiva.social is political, anti-colonialist, left-wing.

- Moderation and rules may differ. Some instances might have bigger moderation staff and/or have small userbase to moderate, and some may have different or additional rules. Some may be more strict on stuff (prohibiting AI unless tagged, no NFTs, stricter NSFW culture, etc), some may ban certain instances for whatever reason (mastodon.art is infamous - for better or for worse - for having strict defederating policies with the rationale of protecting their users). You can choose an instance you're comfortable with and makes you feel safe.

- An extension of the previous point; the level of federation between different instances are different too, depending on what they're comfortable with handling. Instances can be completely blocked off, or they can be "silenced" and not appear on federated timelines (but can have people from different instances interact if they follow each other), have media rejected but other posts allowed through.

That's what I can think of off the top of my head when it comes to the differences between mastodon.social and other instances.

One more thing, DO NOT FORGET - this is a FEDERATED social network, that's why we call it the #Fediverse.

For example, if you have someone you know on mastodon.social or firefish.social or misskey.io; you WILL Be able to talk with them (unless your instance has completely blocked those instances). You may have to jump through a few hoops (putting the person's handle suffixed with @mastodon.social, or pasting a URL into the search box), or use extensions like FediAct (https://github.com/Lartsch/FediAct); but barring any restrictions or defederation, you shouldn't have any issues.

APOLOGIES FOR ANY ERRORS THAT I'VE MADE IN THIS POST! I'll give corrections when necessary!

#MastodonTips #MastodonTip #MastoTips #MastoTip #FediverseTips #FediverseTip #FediTips #FediTip

Hey y'all! I posted this in a conversation re: differences between instances; I just thought I'd go ahead and make it its own post from the perspective of a user - there's other technical differences for instance admins, but this is an end-user perspective.

So, different instances might have:

- Different features (different character counts that may be higher than 500; emote reactions/favourites, different themes, markdown formatting for posts). From experience, different features from different instances have varying compatibility - i.e. Mastodon user favouriting Misskey/Firefish post shows as ❤️ reaction, Misskey user reacting to (vanilla) Mastodon posts counts on Mastodon as a favourite ⭐, Glitch-Soc Mastodon is inter-operable with both.

- They may have a specific topic in mind. For example, hachyderm.io and tech.lgbt are tech and LGBTQ+ related; urusai.social and sakurajima.moe (my home instance 😉) has a focus on Japanese media discussion; mastodon.art is dedicated to art; kolektiva.social is political, anti-colonialist, left-wing.

- Moderation and rules may differ. Some instances might have bigger moderation staff and/or have small userbase to moderate, and some may have different or additional rules. Some may be more strict on stuff (prohibiting AI unless tagged, no NFTs, stricter NSFW culture, etc), some may ban certain instances for whatever reason (mastodon.art is infamous - for better or for worse - for having strict defederating policies with the rationale of protecting their users). You can choose an instance you're comfortable with and makes you feel safe.

- An extension of the previous point; the level of federation between different instances are different too, depending on what they're comfortable with handling. Instances can be completely blocked off, or they can be "silenced" and not appear on federated timelines (but can have people from different instances interact if they follow each other), have media rejected but other posts allowed through.

That's what I can think of off the top of my head when it comes to the differences between mastodon.social and other instances.

One more thing, DO NOT FORGET - this is a FEDERATED social network, that's why we call it the #Fediverse.

For example, if you have someone you know on mastodon.social or firefish.social or misskey.io; you WILL Be able to talk with them (unless your instance has completely blocked those instances). You may have to jump through a few hoops (putting the person's handle suffixed with @mastodon.social, or pasting a URL into the search box), or use extensions like FediAct (https://github.com/Lartsch/FediAct); but barring any restrictions or defederation, you shouldn't have any issues.

APOLOGIES FOR ANY ERRORS THAT I'VE MADE IN THIS POST! I'll give corrections when necessary!

#MastodonTips #MastodonTip #MastoTips #MastoTip #FediverseTips #FediverseTip #FediTips #FediTip

Hey y'all! I posted this in a conversation re: differences between instances; I just thought I'd go ahead and make it its own post from the perspective of a user - there's other technical differences for instance admins, but this is an end-user perspective.

So, different instances might have:

- Different features (different character counts that may be higher than 500; emote reactions/favourites, different themes, markdown formatting for posts). From experience, different features from different instances have varying compatibility - i.e. Mastodon user favouriting Misskey/Firefish post shows as ❤️ reaction, Misskey user reacting to (vanilla) Mastodon posts counts on Mastodon as a favourite ⭐, Glitch-Soc Mastodon is inter-operable with both.

- They may have a specific topic in mind. For example, hachyderm.io and tech.lgbt are tech and LGBTQ+ related; urusai.social and sakurajima.moe (my home instance 😉) has a focus on Japanese media discussion; mastodon.art is dedicated to art; kolektiva.social is political, anti-colonialist, left-wing.

- Moderation and rules may differ. Some instances might have bigger moderation staff and/or have small userbase to moderate, and some may have different or additional rules. Some may be more strict on stuff (prohibiting AI unless tagged, no NFTs, stricter NSFW culture, etc), some may ban certain instances for whatever reason (mastodon.art is infamous - for better or for worse - for having strict defederating policies with the rationale of protecting their users). You can choose an instance you're comfortable with and makes you feel safe.

- An extension of the previous point; the level of federation between different instances are different too, depending on what they're comfortable with handling. Instances can be completely blocked off, or they can be "silenced" and not appear on federated timelines (but can have people from different instances interact if they follow each other), have media rejected but other posts allowed through.

That's what I can think of off the top of my head when it comes to the differences between mastodon.social and other instances.

One more thing, DO NOT FORGET - this is a FEDERATED social network, that's why we call it the #Fediverse.

For example, if you have someone you know on mastodon.social or firefish.social or misskey.io; you WILL Be able to talk with them (unless your instance has completely blocked those instances). You may have to jump through a few hoops (putting the person's handle suffixed with @mastodon.social, or pasting a URL into the search box), or use extensions like FediAct (https://github.com/Lartsch/FediAct); but barring any restrictions or defederation, you shouldn't have any issues.

APOLOGIES FOR ANY ERRORS THAT I'VE MADE IN THIS POST! I'll give corrections when necessary!

#MastodonTips #MastodonTip #MastoTips #MastoTip #FediverseTips #FediverseTip #FediTips #FediTip

Hey y'all! I posted this in a conversation re: differences between instances; I just thought I'd go ahead and make it its own post from the perspective of a user - there's other technical differences for instance admins, but this is an end-user perspective.

So, different instances might have:

- Different features (different character counts that may be higher than 500; emote reactions/favourites, different themes, markdown formatting for posts). From experience, different features from different instances have varying compatibility - i.e. Mastodon user favouriting Misskey/Firefish post shows as ❤️ reaction, Misskey user reacting to (vanilla) Mastodon posts counts on Mastodon as a favourite ⭐, Glitch-Soc Mastodon is inter-operable with both.

- They may have a specific topic in mind. For example, hachyderm.io and tech.lgbt are tech and LGBTQ+ related; urusai.social and sakurajima.moe (my home instance 😉) has a focus on Japanese media discussion; mastodon.art is dedicated to art; kolektiva.social is political, anti-colonialist, left-wing.

- Moderation and rules may differ. Some instances might have bigger moderation staff and/or have small userbase to moderate, and some may have different or additional rules. Some may be more strict on stuff (prohibiting AI unless tagged, no NFTs, stricter NSFW culture, etc), some may ban certain instances for whatever reason (mastodon.art is infamous - for better or for worse - for having strict defederating policies with the rationale of protecting their users). You can choose an instance you're comfortable with and makes you feel safe.

- An extension of the previous point; the level of federation between different instances are different too, depending on what they're comfortable with handling. Instances can be completely blocked off, or they can be "silenced" and not appear on federated timelines (but can have people from different instances interact if they follow each other), have media rejected but other posts allowed through.

That's what I can think of off the top of my head when it comes to the differences between mastodon.social and other instances.

One more thing, DO NOT FORGET - this is a FEDERATED social network, that's why we call it the #Fediverse.

For example, if you have someone you know on mastodon.social or firefish.social or misskey.io; you WILL Be able to talk with them (unless your instance has completely blocked those instances). You may have to jump through a few hoops (putting the person's handle suffixed with @mastodon.social, or pasting a URL into the search box), or use extensions like FediAct (https://github.com/Lartsch/FediAct); but barring any restrictions or defederation, you shouldn't have any issues.

APOLOGIES FOR ANY ERRORS THAT I'VE MADE IN THIS POST! I'll give corrections when necessary!

#MastodonTips #MastodonTip #MastoTips #MastoTip #FediverseTips #FediverseTip #FediTips #FediTip

@Kyuuk

If you DO decide to migrate, do the following.

1. Go to your settings, "Import and Export", go to "Export", and download everything you want to transfer over; they will be in .csv format; you can also request an archive of all your posts, that'll be sent via email when your instance is done compiling it, it'll be in a zip file.

2. Make the new account in a new instance.

3. On your NEW account, under "Moving from a different account", click "create an account alias.", then type in the handle of your OLD account.

4. Then, when you're ready, on your OLD account, under "Move to a new account", click "configure it here"; you'll move to a page where you type in the handle of your NEW account, and the password of your OLD account. After that, the two instances will attempt to transfer ALL of your followers over to your NEW account. Some failures MAY occur; possibly due to some of your followers being defederated from your new instance, or the account is a private/restricted account.

5. Go back to "Import and Export" on your NEW account, go under "Import", and you'll be able to import all the CSVs that you've exported from your old account.

#MastodonTips #MastodonTip #MastoTips #MastoTip #FediverseTips #FediverseTip #FediTips #FediTip

@Kyuuk

If you DO decide to migrate, do the following.

1. Go to your settings, "Import and Export", go to "Export", and download everything you want to transfer over; they will be in .csv format; you can also request an archive of all your posts, that'll be sent via email when your instance is done compiling it, it'll be in a zip file.

2. Make the new account in a new instance.

3. On your NEW account, under "Moving from a different account", click "create an account alias.", then type in the handle of your OLD account.

4. Then, when you're ready, on your OLD account, under "Move to a new account", click "configure it here"; you'll move to a page where you type in the handle of your NEW account, and the password of your OLD account. After that, the two instances will attempt to transfer ALL of your followers over to your NEW account. Some failures MAY occur; possibly due to some of your followers being defederated from your new instance, or the account is a private/restricted account.

5. Go back to "Import and Export" on your NEW account, go under "Import", and you'll be able to import all the CSVs that you've exported from your old account.

#MastodonTips #MastodonTip #MastoTips #MastoTip #FediverseTips #FediverseTip #FediTips #FediTip

@Kyuuk

If you DO decide to migrate, do the following.

1. Go to your settings, "Import and Export", go to "Export", and download everything you want to transfer over; they will be in .csv format; you can also request an archive of all your posts, that'll be sent via email when your instance is done compiling it, it'll be in a zip file.

2. Make the new account in a new instance.

3. On your NEW account, under "Moving from a different account", click "create an account alias.", then type in the handle of your OLD account.

4. Then, when you're ready, on your OLD account, under "Move to a new account", click "configure it here"; you'll move to a page where you type in the handle of your NEW account, and the password of your OLD account. After that, the two instances will attempt to transfer ALL of your followers over to your NEW account. Some failures MAY occur; possibly due to some of your followers being defederated from your new instance, or the account is a private/restricted account.

5. Go back to "Import and Export" on your NEW account, go under "Import", and you'll be able to import all the CSVs that you've exported from your old account.

#MastodonTips #MastodonTip #MastoTips #MastoTip #FediverseTips #FediverseTip #FediTips #FediTip

@Kyuuk Instances might have:

- different features (different character counts that may be higher than 500; emote reactions, different themes)

- They may have a specific topic in mind. Off the top of my head, hachyderm.io and tech.lgbt are tech and LGBTQ+ related; urusai.social and sakurajima.moe (my home instance 😉) has a focus on Japanese media discussion; and kolektiva.social is political, anti-colonialist, and anti-capitalist/left-wing.

- Moderation and rules that you'd be more comfortable with. Smaller instances are generally easier to moderate due to the smaller pool of users; and some may have different rules that you would be more comfortable with. Some may be more strict on stuff in general (prohibiting AI unless tagged, no NFTs, stricter NSFW culture, etc), some may ban certain instances for whatever reason (mastodon.art is infamous - for better or for worse - for being really strict with how they defederate instances that they feel might harm their users in some way).

That's what I can think of off the top of my head when it comes to the differences between mastodon.social and other instances.

EDIT: DO NOT FORGET - this is a FEDERATED social network. Therefore, you WILL be able to access people in mastodon.social on ANOTHER instance. You may have to jump through a few hoops (putting the person's handle suffixed with @mastodon.social, or pasting a URL into the search box); but unless an instance hides-by-default or is defederated from mastodon.social, you shouldn't have any issues.

If you DO decide to migrate; I guess I'll make a separate post on what to do re: migration.

#MastodonTips #MastodonTip #MastoTips #MastoTip #FediverseTips #FediverseTip #FediTips #FediTip

@Kyuuk Instances might have:

- different features (different character counts that may be higher than 500; emote reactions, different themes)

- They may have a specific topic in mind. Off the top of my head, hachyderm.io and tech.lgbt are tech and LGBTQ+ related; urusai.social and sakurajima.moe (my home instance 😉) has a focus on Japanese media discussion; and kolektiva.social is political, anti-colonialist, and anti-capitalist/left-wing.

- Moderation and rules that you'd be more comfortable with. Smaller instances are generally easier to moderate due to the smaller pool of users; and some may have different rules that you would be more comfortable with. Some may be more strict on stuff in general (prohibiting AI unless tagged, no NFTs, stricter NSFW culture, etc), some may ban certain instances for whatever reason (mastodon.art is infamous - for better or for worse - for being really strict with how they defederate instances that they feel might harm their users in some way).

That's what I can think of off the top of my head when it comes to the differences between mastodon.social and other instances.

EDIT: DO NOT FORGET - this is a FEDERATED social network. Therefore, you WILL be able to access people in mastodon.social on ANOTHER instance. You may have to jump through a few hoops (putting the person's handle suffixed with @mastodon.social, or pasting a URL into the search box); but unless an instance hides-by-default or is defederated from mastodon.social, you shouldn't have any issues.

If you DO decide to migrate; I guess I'll make a separate post on what to do re: migration.

#MastodonTips #MastodonTip #MastoTips #MastoTip #FediverseTips #FediverseTip #FediTips #FediTip

@Kyuuk Instances might have:

- different features (different character counts that may be higher than 500; emote reactions, different themes)

- They may have a specific topic in mind. Off the top of my head, hachyderm.io and tech.lgbt are tech and LGBTQ+ related; urusai.social and sakurajima.moe (my home instance 😉) has a focus on Japanese media discussion; and kolektiva.social is political, anti-colonialist, and anti-capitalist/left-wing.

- Moderation and rules that you'd be more comfortable with. Smaller instances are generally easier to moderate due to the smaller pool of users; and some may have different rules that you would be more comfortable with. Some may be more strict on stuff in general (prohibiting AI unless tagged, no NFTs, stricter NSFW culture, etc), some may ban certain instances for whatever reason (mastodon.art is infamous - for better or for worse - for being really strict with how they defederate instances that they feel might harm their users in some way).

That's what I can think of off the top of my head when it comes to the differences between mastodon.social and other instances.

EDIT: DO NOT FORGET - this is a FEDERATED social network. Therefore, you WILL be able to access people in mastodon.social on ANOTHER instance. You may have to jump through a few hoops (putting the person's handle suffixed with @mastodon.social, or pasting a URL into the search box); but unless an instance hides-by-default or is defederated from mastodon.social, you shouldn't have any issues.

If you DO decide to migrate; I guess I'll make a separate post on what to do re: migration.

#MastodonTips #MastodonTip #MastoTips #MastoTip #FediverseTips #FediverseTip #FediTips #FediTip

Here's a little bit of a few tips on how to find people or posts in the Fediverse (Mastodon, Misskey, Firefish/Calckey, Pleroma, Akkoma, etc.) - this could mean artists, cool people, or whatever else!

0. There's no algorithm, and - in many cases, no full-text search (the merits or downsides I'm not getting into here). So you'll have to do a little bit of work when it comes to curating your own feed. It does make it a little bit harder, but it's worth it in the end! There's a few things you could do too (consider these the bonus tips of using blocks and filters) to not have stuff you don't want on your timeline, but this is mostly about finding people instead of removing bad actors out of your timeline.

1. Use hashtags. Unlike on X (but like Tumblr), you can follow hashtags. Plus, try casting a wide net - i.e. if you're into coffee, try following "coffee", "V60", "Aeropress", "Espresso", etc; for anime, follow hashtags using names in English, Japanese, and romanji. Plus, it doesn't hurt checking the hashtags when looking through other servers, as there often may be people whose posts may not have been loaded into your home instance - using an extension like FediAct, searching the person's account, or searching the URL of the person/post on your home instance will then let you interact with that post to reply/boost/renote/favourite/like/react/etc.

2. Use resources like Fedifinder! It skims through the profiles of people on X. In the case o Fedifinder, if the person's Fediverse account is in the description, location, listed as their URL, or as a part of a pinned Tweet; that person's corresponding Fediverse account will appear. After that, the resource will likely provide you with a .csv file with everyone that it has found, and you'll be able to import that list through the settings.

3. Lurk through your home feed and all timelines/live feeds. This has worked wonders for me. I'd figure home feed would work better for those who already have a decently active home feed going than for those just starting out, but it doesn't hurt to check! Plus, this is where the bonus tips of blocking and filtering come into play - especially when it comes to discovering keywords that you might've missed!

4. Lurk through the feeds of people that you already follow. This is honestly something that works REALLY well for me, and has helped me find a lot of new artists in my case. You will likely have to look through the person's feed on their home instance, through clicking "View full profile" or "View on remote instance"; although sometimes I didn't need to go that far to find someone I wasn't following before.

...and that's it! I've garnered a decent-sized list of people that I follow because of a few of these tips. If there's any more tips that you'd like to share, please feel free to do so!

#MastodonTips #MastodonTip #MastoTips #MastoTip #FediverseTips #FediverseTip #FediTips #FediTip #MisskeyTips #MisskeyTip #CalckeyTips #CalckeyTip

Here's a little bit of a few tips on how to find people or posts in the Fediverse (Mastodon, Misskey, Firefish/Calckey, Pleroma, Akkoma, etc.) - this could mean artists, cool people, or whatever else!

0. There's no algorithm, and - in many cases, no full-text search (the merits or downsides I'm not getting into here). So you'll have to do a little bit of work when it comes to curating your own feed. It does make it a little bit harder, but it's worth it in the end! There's a few things you could do too (consider these the bonus tips of using blocks and filters) to not have stuff you don't want on your timeline, but this is mostly about finding people instead of removing bad actors out of your timeline.

1. Use hashtags. Unlike on X (but like Tumblr), you can follow hashtags. Plus, try casting a wide net - i.e. if you're into coffee, try following "coffee", "V60", "Aeropress", "Espresso", etc; for anime, follow hashtags using names in English, Japanese, and romanji. Plus, it doesn't hurt checking the hashtags when looking through other servers, as there often may be people whose posts may not have been loaded into your home instance - using an extension like FediAct, searching the person's account, or searching the URL of the person/post on your home instance will then let you interact with that post to reply/boost/renote/favourite/like/react/etc.

2. Use resources like Fedifinder! It skims through the profiles of people on X. In the case o Fedifinder, if the person's Fediverse account is in the description, location, listed as their URL, or as a part of a pinned Tweet; that person's corresponding Fediverse account will appear. After that, the resource will likely provide you with a .csv file with everyone that it has found, and you'll be able to import that list through the settings.

3. Lurk through your home feed and all timelines/live feeds. This has worked wonders for me. I'd figure home feed would work better for those who already have a decently active home feed going than for those just starting out, but it doesn't hurt to check! Plus, this is where the bonus tips of blocking and filtering come into play - especially when it comes to discovering keywords that you might've missed!

4. Lurk through the feeds of people that you already follow. This is honestly something that works REALLY well for me, and has helped me find a lot of new artists in my case. You will likely have to look through the person's feed on their home instance, through clicking "View full profile" or "View on remote instance"; although sometimes I didn't need to go that far to find someone I wasn't following before.

...and that's it! I've garnered a decent-sized list of people that I follow because of a few of these tips. If there's any more tips that you'd like to share, please feel free to do so!

#MastodonTips #MastodonTip #MastoTips #MastoTip #FediverseTips #FediverseTip #FediTips #FediTip #MisskeyTips #MisskeyTip #CalckeyTips #CalckeyTip

Here's a little bit of a few tips on how to find people or posts in the Fediverse (Mastodon, Misskey, Firefish/Calckey, Pleroma, Akkoma, etc.) - this could mean artists, cool people, or whatever else!

0. There's no algorithm, and - in many cases, no full-text search (the merits or downsides I'm not getting into here). So you'll have to do a little bit of work when it comes to curating your own feed. It does make it a little bit harder, but it's worth it in the end! There's a few things you could do too (consider these the bonus tips of using blocks and filters) to not have stuff you don't want on your timeline, but this is mostly about finding people instead of removing bad actors out of your timeline.

1. Use hashtags. Unlike on X (but like Tumblr), you can follow hashtags. Plus, try casting a wide net - i.e. if you're into coffee, try following "coffee", "V60", "Aeropress", "Espresso", etc; for anime, follow hashtags using names in English, Japanese, and romanji. Plus, it doesn't hurt checking the hashtags when looking through other servers, as there often may be people whose posts may not have been loaded into your home instance - using an extension like FediAct, searching the person's account, or searching the URL of the person/post on your home instance will then let you interact with that post to reply/boost/renote/favourite/like/react/etc.

2. Use resources like Fedifinder! It skims through the profiles of people on X. In the case o Fedifinder, if the person's Fediverse account is in the description, location, listed as their URL, or as a part of a pinned Tweet; that person's corresponding Fediverse account will appear. After that, the resource will likely provide you with a .csv file with everyone that it has found, and you'll be able to import that list through the settings.

3. Lurk through your home feed and all timelines/live feeds. This has worked wonders for me. I'd figure home feed would work better for those who already have a decently active home feed going than for those just starting out, but it doesn't hurt to check! Plus, this is where the bonus tips of blocking and filtering come into play - especially when it comes to discovering keywords that you might've missed!

4. Lurk through the feeds of people that you already follow. This is honestly something that works REALLY well for me, and has helped me find a lot of new artists in my case. You will likely have to look through the person's feed on their home instance, through clicking "View full profile" or "View on remote instance"; although sometimes I didn't need to go that far to find someone I wasn't following before.

...and that's it! I've garnered a decent-sized list of people that I follow because of a few of these tips. If there's any more tips that you'd like to share, please feel free to do so!

#MastodonTips #MastodonTip #MastoTips #MastoTip #FediverseTips #FediverseTip #FediTips #FediTip #MisskeyTips #MisskeyTip #CalckeyTips #CalckeyTip

@textzucker Na dann willkommen, ich bin gespannt auf die Schreibtipps.
Ich poste #Übrigens regelmäßig den #MastodonTip. Den Hashtag kann man wie eine Person abonieren.

#MastodonTips:
Look at the Local #timeline from time to time. Even if you don't know a #hashtag to look for, you'll find new interesting people to follow! Give it a go. Your feed will grow and diversify (so there's a greater variety of content to interact with).

#Mastodon #MastodonTip #MastodonMigration #HowToMastodon #LearnMastodon

My instutition is willing to join Mastodon soon. However, one of the reasons holding it back on the bird site is the difficulty of setting up cross-posting now that Musk has closed twitter's API... does anyone have a workaround for this? @wikidata @egonw @academicchatter #AcademicMastodon #mastodon #HowToMastodon #MastodonTip #MastodonTips #FediTip #feditips

Wow, I just discovered that @wikidata queries can be used to look for Mastodon accounts...! (@egonw https://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.com/2022/11/finding-mastodon-accounts-with-wikidata.html) Here's a list of universities with Mastodon accounts: https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Finstitution%20%3FinstitutionLabel%20%3Fmastodon%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Finstitution%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ31855%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP4033%20%3Fmastodon%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0A
@academicchatter #AcademicMastodon #HowToMastodon #MastodonTip #MastodonTips #FediTip #FediTips

#mastodon

Is there a way to reverse the "Load more" function? Right now I scroll to the top of my feed and go downwards to read all the toots until I find the "Load more" option. Is there a way for this function to be changed by returning to the feed position from last time, scrolling up and drag+pull the feed to load the unread posts? I believe Reddit and #Twitter do it that way but it's reversed here.

Would appreciate some feedback. (I don't always notice that button and it's easy to scroll past - especially if it takes pressing it multiple times to see all the toots I missed since last time. Reversing the order would feel more natural)

#mastodonhelp
#mastodontips
#mastodonfeatures
#mastodontip

@sasha_strange @mastodonmigration @Mastodon @feditips

Another #MastodonTip :
Be sure to use and check out #hashtags . They are the primary method of following topics on #Mastodon . In some forms of the site (browser is different than the app), you can sign up to follow hashtags. I'm not confident enough how to do that to advise you on it, though.

Also, leave a space before and another after any terms you #hashtag for punctuation etc.

#MastodonTips #MastodonAdvice

⬆️ Updated the above quote post example link from pointing to Taylor’s request to Kim’s feature request

#QuotePost #Mastodon #MastodonFeatures #MastodonTip

+1 Would be very nice to have a button/link to do a quote post

➡️ Eugen said he would revisit this
➡️ +1 incl. count of quote posts in meta

➡️ This post is a quote post example. Do this in Web UI:
- For the post u want to quote, click (...) menu, click "Copy link to post"
- Click Publish & add comment & paste link
- Add @ mention to let them know you quoted them!
- Add hashtags

From @KimCrayton1
Link: https://dair-community.social/@KimCrayton1/109416424606458572

#QuotePost #Mastodon #MastodonFeatures #MastodonTip

✨ Mastodon difference between boost, favorite, bookmark

▶️ Boost: Similar to the sharing and retweet in twitter. You can boost the post and your followers also get notified

▶️ Favorite: The author gets notification that you marked favorite. Your followers will NOT be notified unlike twitter or other social media

▶️ Bookmark: To save a post for later viewing.This is similar to "saving" a post on other social media platforms. NO notification made to anyone.

#Mastoson #mastodontip #MastodonTutorial #mastodontips #feditips #FediverseTips

Wer kann mir sagen, wie man ein #zeroWidthSpace (breitenloses Leerzeichen) auf einem Android sinnvoll einsetzen kann? Bisher ist es mir nur mit kopieren gelungen. Kann man das #ZWSP​vielleicht auch in Tastatur abspeichern?
#MastodonTip: #Hier​noch ein Link für EUCH. Am besten diesen Tröt mit Lesezeichen versehen. ​https://zerowidthspace.me/

✨ Mastodon Tips (contd)

To get followers and keep Mastodon as an interesting place:

▶️ Profile description and avatar: put a description (not required to be attractive) about field you interested in. Accounts with non profile pictures give a negative mindset. People might think you are not serious or a bot

▶️ Ubuntu -"i am what i am because of who we all are"

If you want followers, you should be willing to follow others also. Follow people who have the same field or interest as you. Don't be egoistic. In the end, we are here to share knowledge

▶️ Post majority content related to your domain of interest

▶️ Finally above all, a good content is important. Share knowledge that will be useful for others.

▶️ Use common hashtags

▶️ Interact with other uses in comment section. Don't be just a bot 😜

#mastodon #mastodontip #mastodontips #mastodonhelp #MastodonTutorial #twittermigation

@MeidasTouch Hey! #Important #MastodonTip!

You need to use #more #hashtags because #Mastodon doesn't allow full-text search, only #HashtagSearch. If you want #people to #FindOut about #YourOrganization, you #need to use #hashtags !

(OK, I admit this toot was a little over the top but you get the point)

@SpockResists It sure feels like home to me. I’ll have my YouTube fireplace on again this weekend 4sure. #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #Graygoose #TwitterRefugee #MastodonTip #Mastodon #Newhere #HappyMastodoning
#Accessibility #CamelCase #alttext

@jeff 🎤 ⬇️ 💀 nuff said. I’m out. #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #Graygoose #TwitterRefugee #MastodonTip #Mastodon #Newhere #HappyMastodoning
#Accessibility #CamelCase #alttext

@NullPointerException Nice #Introduction Could also have used a #Newhere hashtag in order to let more people learn about you showing up at #Mastodon and Not Mastadon. Hope you enjoy hanging out with Millions of other cool “kids” here. #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #Graygoose #TwitterRefugee #MastodonTip #Mastodon #Newhere #HappyMastodoning
#Accessibility #CamelCase #AltText

@joyannreid Welcome to the future. We SEE you. 🙏
#TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #Graygoose #TwitterRefugee #MastodonTip #Mastodon #Newhere #HappyMastodoning
#Accessibility #CamelCase #AltText

@onalifeglug Will there ever be a hashtag for #SecularSpirituality Movies: #AvatarMovie #TheCuriousCaseOfBenjaminButton #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #Graygoose #TwitterRefugee #MastodonTip #Mastodon #Newhere #HappyMastodoning
#Accessibility #CamelCase #AltText

@toomanycommas3
One of life's great mysteries #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #Graygoose #TwitterRefugee #MastodonTip #Mastodon #Newhere #HappyMastodoning
#Accessibility #CamelCase #AltText

@iros It does take a while especially if you do have a lot of data. Mine took about a day or so.
#HappyMastedoning #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #Graygoose #TwitterRefugee #MastodonTip #Mastodon #Newhere

@jquillin Help spread democracy and keep fascism ☠️ buried where it belongs in the history books. #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #Graygoose #TwitterRefugee #MastodonTip #Mastodon #Newhere #HappyMastodoning
#Accessibility #CamelCase #AltText

@gregolear Greg states at the end of his piece: “ I have teamed with LB and our tech-minded friends Bret Pettichord and Aaron “Clearing Fog” Harris to launch our own Mastodon instance. It’s called SNORKLR. If you’re searching for a server, please join us!” May your endeavor bring forth more equality and better understanding of human kind. Our boat just got a bit bigger 🦈 #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #Graygoose #TwitterRefugee #MastodonTip #Mastodon #Newhere #HappyMastodoning
#Accessibility

@socprof

Ok, guys, it's mastOdon, not mastAdon or mastEdon Sheesh indeed!

#TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #Graygoose #TwitterRefugee #MastodonTip #Mastodon #Newhere #HappyMastodoning
#Accessibility #CamelCase #AltText

@JesseSkinner I hear you. I See you. #HappyMastodoning #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #Graygoose #TwitterRefugee #MastodonTip #Mastodon #Newhere

@wilpercy It does take a while especially if you do have a lot of data. Mine took about a day or so.
#HappyMastedoning #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #Graygoose #TwitterRefugee #MastodonTip #Mastodon #Newhere

@Sillai Welcome to your new home. 🏠 🗽 🌄

#HappyMastedoning #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #Graygoose #TwitterRefugee #MastodonTip #Mastodon #Newhere

@PamelaBwell if you are using the browser version of Mastodon, look at the top left corner of the page where it says: Search or Paste URL

#HappyMastedoning #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #Graygoose #TwitterRefugee #MastodonTip #Mastodon #Newhere

To translate a post you see in another language: Simply highlight the content of the post, click on it as if you are about to copy, and choose “translate” instead of “Copy”. A separate window will appear with post translated to your default language. In my case: English. At that point, you’ll be able to either copy the contents of translated post or simply read it and close the window. #HappyMastedoning #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #Graygoose #TwitterRefugee #MastodonTip #Mastodon #Newhere

I am using Safari browser to get on Mstdn.Social
The way my window is setup:
9 columns displaying from left to right:
1. Search box
2. Home
3. Notifications
4. Federated timeline
5. #MastodonTip
6. #TwitterMigration
7. #TwitterExodus
8. #Newhere
9. Profile info
Federated timeline set to slow mode:
Preferences >Animations and Accessibility>”Slow Mode"
To see updated posts, I just refresh the browser.
#TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #Graygoose #TwitterRefugee #MastodonTip #Mastodon #Newhere