Föderation EN So 23.02.2025 22:28:13 Do you have any questions about how to use Mastodon or the rest of the Fediverse? Happy to try to help in this thread, or feel free to ask any time ๐ (and of course there is also lots of help on the website at https://fedi.tips) Any question is fine, am especially trying to help new or non-technical people. |
Föderation EN So 23.02.2025 22:28:58 @FediTips Where's the "on" button again? |
Föderation EN So 23.02.2025 22:32:06 You have to lift it up and reach under the base. |
Föderation EN So 23.02.2025 22:39:37 @FediTips We ummm... we're still talking about Mastodon right? Right? |
Föderation EN So 23.02.2025 22:40:26 I was thinking about the Mac Mini, don't know what you were thinking of ๐ |
Föderation EN So 23.02.2025 22:30:04 @FediTips I tossed a little welcome page up for my users at https://welcome.yttrx.com โ Iโd love to see examples of others |
Föderation EN So 23.02.2025 22:33:37 Ooh, nice! Yeah, would be good to see more of these ๐ https://veganism.social has a very good one for example. |
Föderation EN So 23.02.2025 22:34:01 Thank you for what you do โฆ boosted ๐๐ฝ |
Föderation EN Mo 24.02.2025 01:23:11 Thanks for the kind words ๐ |
Föderation EN So 23.02.2025 22:34:04 @FediTips if I boost a post is it shared on my local timeline as well? |
Föderation EN So 23.02.2025 22:42:08 Boosts are shared with your followers and will also appear on your Home timeline. Your Local timeline (aka Live Feeds: This Server) doesn't show boosts. |
Föderation EN So 23.02.2025 23:08:35 @FediTips I sign in at Mastodon but can I see my Pixelfed accounts in the main timeline? Otherwise you have to sign in at each service? |
Föderation EN Mo 24.02.2025 01:22:41 Each account is connected to a specific server. If you want to sign in on a different account, you need to sign in on that account's server. You need to sign in on your Pixelfed account's server if you want to access that account. |
Föderation EN So 23.02.2025 23:23:32 @FediTips - yes Lists - I want a list with just my friends in so I can click on it and just see what they have posted recently. Is this a thing? If so where do I find my list Iโve made that I called friends. Why canโt I find it. Thanks p |
Föderation EN Mo 24.02.2025 01:20:30 Mastodon has a Lists feature which you can use to create mini-timelines with just some of the accounts you follow: https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-the-lists-feature-on-mastodon (You can also optionally hide List accounts from your main timeline, if you want to make your main timeline less crowded.) |
Föderation EN Mo 24.02.2025 10:19:43 @FediTips whats the difference between instances and why do people switch? |
Föderation EN Mo 24.02.2025 22:28:49 @FediTips how do you add titles to links? iโve seen other people do it and i canโt find out how to by googling it. does it require an instance with a special fork of mastodon to create one? |
Föderation EN Di 25.02.2025 22:17:23 I'm not sure what you mean by titles? Do you mean a link where there's a bit of text instead of a web address? That's only possible on instances running certain types of non-Mastodon software, I think Friendica supports it for example? (More info on Friendica here: https://fedi.tips/friendica-a-flexible-fediverse-server-type-with-long-posts/) There's no support for creating this kind of link on Mastodon or forks as far as I know, though they will display it within Mastodon if other types of instances post it. |
Föderation EN Di 25.02.2025 22:30:47 @FediTips yeah, thatโs what i meant. thanks! |