Fedi.Tips

You don't need to use weird spellings or algospeak for any topics on the Fediverse ("unalived", "seggs" etc). There is no automated moderation or algorithm on here, moderation happens entirely through human beings and posts are shown in chronological order.

In fact it's better that you use the correct spellings for difficult topics so that people with genuine traumas related to them can filter them more easily.

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@aartaka

It's been around for a few years now, but yeah it wasn't always here.

I'm wondering if people from platforms which don't allow editing are unware of it being a standard feature here?

Mastodon supports post editing, you can edit any of your own posts any time by clicking ⋯ and then "Edit".

If you forget to add an image description, you can edit your post to add the description afterwards.

(Just mentioning this because still seeing people forgetting descriptions and adding them in replies, it seems they don't know about post editing.)

Lots more info and questions answered about post editing on Mastodon at:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-edit-posts-in-mastodon/

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GoToSocial is a lightweight safety-focused Fediverse server type popular among people who run their own servers.

It's now much easier to run your own GoToSocial server as it's available through managed hosting, where the hosting company does all the techy stuff for you:

➡️ https://fedihost.co/hosting/gotosocial

You can also transfer your Mastodon account to GoToSocial:

➡️ https://video.fedihost.co/w/i2AGvZc69gnscfNnDPdVrN

(NOTE: Despite the similar name, FediHost is nothing to do with FediTips! 🙂 )

#FediTips #GoToSocial

You do not have to wait for me to randomly post a relevant tip. You can find all the tips from this account on the website at:

➡️ https://fedi.tips

The section at the top (marked "Quick Start") is especially suited to new people, and lists just the most essential tips.

If you have any specific questions you want help with, or if there's a topic you want added to the site, let me know.

Did you know you can schedule Mastodon posts to be automatically posted at a certain time?

➡️ https://fedi.tips/scheduling-posts-on-mastodon

There are lots of third party apps that let you schedule Mastodon posts:

🌐 WEB: https://plan.fedilab.app, https://phanpy.social

ANDROID: Tusky, Fedilab, Moshidon, Subway Tooter

iOS: Mona

🖥️ LINUX & WINDOWS DESKTOP: Tuba

If you're a professional account, you might want pro scheduling services:

➡️ https://buffer.com/mastodon

➡️ https://publer.com

There are four main timelines on Mastodon:

Home - Your default timeline, posts from people & tags & groups you follow

Explore/Trending - Shows most boosted recent posts, most used tags, most shared links

Local - Latest public posts from people on your server (also called Live Feeds: This Server)

Federated - Latest public posts visible to your server from across the Fediverse (also called Live Feeds: All)

More info about these on the timelines guide:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/what-are-the-local-federated-home-timelines-how-do-i-stop-them-scrolling-too-quickly

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If you want to discover more nice videos and livestreams on the Fediverse, you might want to follow my other account Fedi.Video:

➡️ @FediVideo

It regularly boosts #PeerTube vids, which you can interact with from Mastodon etc just like any other post.

It also boosts #OwnCast streams, you can sign in on OwnCast chat with your Mastodon etc account.

Fedi.Video also has a website which provides a safe, high quality way to explore and search PeerTube:

➡️ https://fedi.video

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If you see "🧵 1/3" or "2/5" or "🧵" or similar at the end of a post, it means it's part of a thread of posts.

You can create a thread here by replying to your own post, then replying to that reply, and repeating this until you have a long chain of posts called a thread.

You can see the thread a post comes from by clicking on it, this takes you to an enlarged view where you can scroll up or down to see the whole thread.

More info about creating threads at:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-post-a-thread-on-mastodon

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When you're signing up on a server or moving your account to a different server, you have to choose a username. This is the name that appears when people mention you in posts (when they @ you). It's worth spending a bit of time on choosing a good one, because it's difficult to change it later.

Here are some tips on how to choose a good username:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/choosing-a-good-username-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse

It also goes over options for changing the username if you have to.

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