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Fedi.Tips

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 ๐Ÿ™‚ (and of course there is also lots of help on the website at fedi.tips)

Any question is fine, am especially trying to help new or non-technical people.

Mr. Funk E. Dude

Föderation EN So 23.02.2025 22:28:58

@FediTips Where's the "on" button again?

Fedi.Tips

Föderation EN So 23.02.2025 22:32:06

@Mrfunkedude

You have to lift it up and reach under the base.

Mr. Funk E. Dude

Föderation EN So 23.02.2025 22:39:37

@FediTips We ummm... we're still talking about Mastodon right?

Right?

Fedi.Tips

Föderation EN So 23.02.2025 22:40:26

@Mrfunkedude

I was thinking about the Mac Mini, don't know what you were thinking of ๐Ÿ˜

9to5mac.com/2024/11/11/m4-mac-

waffles 🇨🇦

Föderation EN So 23.02.2025 22:30:04

@FediTips I tossed a little welcome page up for my users at welcome.yttrx.com โ€” Iโ€™d love to see examples of others

Fedi.Tips

Föderation EN So 23.02.2025 22:33:37

@waffles

Ooh, nice! Yeah, would be good to see more of these ๐Ÿ™‚

veganism.social has a very good one for example.

TroikaFox

Föderation EN So 23.02.2025 22:34:01

@FediTips

Thank you for what you do โ€ฆ boosted ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ

Fedi.Tips

Föderation EN Mo 24.02.2025 01:23:11

@_TroikaFox_

Thanks for the kind words ๐Ÿ˜Š

Hummr

Föderation EN So 23.02.2025 22:34:04

@FediTips if I boost a post is it shared on my local timeline as well?

Fedi.Tips

Föderation EN So 23.02.2025 22:42:08

@Hummr

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.

fotoFi

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?

Fedi.Tips

Föderation EN Mo 24.02.2025 01:22:41

@Jude_theone479001

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.

Phil

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 Iโ€™ve made that I called friends. Why canโ€™t I find it. Thanks p

Fedi.Tips

Föderation EN Mo 24.02.2025 01:20:30

@PhilZil23

Mastodon has a Lists feature which you can use to create mini-timelines with just some of the accounts you follow:

fedi.tips/how-to-use-the-lists

(You can also optionally hide List accounts from your main timeline, if you want to make your main timeline less crowded.)

Ally

Föderation EN Mo 24.02.2025 10:19:43

@FediTips whats the difference between instances and why do people switch?

Jake :verified_twtr: :nonazis:

Föderation EN Mo 24.02.2025 22:28:49

@FediTips how do you add titles to links? iโ€™ve seen other people do it and i canโ€™t find out how to by googling it. does it require an instance with a special fork of mastodon to create one?

Fedi.Tips

Föderation EN Di 25.02.2025 22:17:23

@jakeyounglol

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: fedi.tips/friendica-a-flexible)

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.

Jake :verified_twtr: :nonazis:

Föderation EN Di 25.02.2025 22:30:47

@FediTips yeah, thatโ€™s what i meant. thanks!