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Föderation EN Fr 28.03.2025 16:58:09 Are you seeing posts in your timeline from accounts you aren't following? Don't worry, it's not an algorithm! You're probably just seeing posts which contain hashtags that you are following. To check which hashtags you are following on Mastodon: 1. Go to your profile page You can unfollow any tags you don't want to see. |
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Föderation EN Fr 28.03.2025 17:02:19 @FediTips My timeline is weird with stuff I don't even understand. It's like the Matrix. ๐
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Föderation EN Fr 28.03.2025 17:14:59 It should be just showing stuff you chose to be there, let me know if I can help make sense of it? ๐ |
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Föderation EN Fr 28.03.2025 17:33:48 I've seen a few toots (not many) that appear in my timeline, but they've NOT got any of my followed hashtags... (Yes, I'm in the right part of the app...) I just assumed that perhaps the original toot did have a hashtag, but it was later edited out of the toot. If I see another, I'll screenshot (screenshoot?) it. |
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Föderation EN Fr 28.03.2025 17:41:08 What are you using to access Mastodon? Is it a particular app or interface? That sounds like a bug or a glitch, but it's difficult to know without a screenshot. The edited hashtag theory is possible, but if so you should be able to check the previous versions of the post from its "edited" label. |
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Föderation EN Fr 28.03.2025 17:47:24 @FediTips I'm *pretty sure* I've only seen those "stray" toots in the app I use the most: Fedilab. I'll keep an eye open and let you know! (Those stray toots always stand out because I think, "Why TF is this in my timeline?") |
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Föderation EN Fr 28.03.2025 17:48:56 If it happens again, as well as screenshotting it, might be worth checking if the same toot is in your home timeline when using both apps and your server's website. If it's just on one app, then there may be a bug in that particular app which is somehow mixing up timelines. If the same stray post is on multiple apps and the website, then there may be a bug in the software running on your server. |
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Föderation EN Fr 28.03.2025 17:43:05 @FediTips i had this kind of twice yet but noticed that i follow those accounts without ever having seen them before. my bad or is there any explanation you can think of? |
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Föderation EN Fr 28.03.2025 17:45:49 It's possible that you followed the account when it was on another server, then it moved servers and decided to use a new name on the new server? Another possibility is an accidental click or tap? There is no confirmation required for follows so people sometimes follow accounts accidentally when browsing. |
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Föderation EN Fr 28.03.2025 18:12:19 @FediTips hm. not really. i am pretty sure i had never heard of those accounts before. and it were no accounts at all that were in the slightest way up my alley. unless they moved servers and changed their name and complete topics and everything. anyway. thank you though. it hasn't happened again so far lately. so all pretty good here. my admin is doing a great job. and so are you. thank you for that. |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 13:08:39 " and it were no accounts at all that were in the slightest way up my alley" It doesn't have to be something you considered following, it can be totally without you noticing. There are usually "follow" buttons next to accounts in search results, so accidental taps while scrolling search results can cause accidental follows. I'm not saying you have done this, I'm just saying it is worth checking if this is the cause. If this is the cause, the only way to fix it is to unfollow. ๐ |
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Föderation EN Fr 28.03.2025 20:07:33 @FediTips i wish there was a "why am i seeing this" option in the context menu. it shouldn't be too hard to implement. |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 12:56:08 There is for boosts (it says "boosted by") and a lot of people have suggested it should be there for followed hashtags too. According to an issue raised about this, it's not as simple to do as one might expect: |
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Föderation EN Fr 28.03.2025 20:23:00 @FediTips Yes,I have this problem since a while now. But no hashtags I follow are contained in the posts. ๐ |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 12:54:22 Could you give an example of a post like this, and check your hashtags to make sure? Also check that you haven't accidentally followed an account, this is easy to do as there's no confirmation required. |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 13:44:53 @FediTips The next time, when such a post appears il double check and let you know. |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 18:52:54 That sounds like a bug if it's not any kind of follow or hashtag follow or boost. Would be good to find out more! ๐ |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 20:45:18 @FediTips As soon as I have this effect again Iโll let you know. ๐๐ป |
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Föderation EN So 30.03.2025 10:21:33 @FediTips Here is a toot that I got in my timeline this morning: |
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Föderation EN So 30.03.2025 14:45:50 Thanks for the followup ๐ Are you following a Feddit group account? Do any of the accounts you follow end with "feddit.org"? |
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Föderation EN So 30.03.2025 16:26:57 @FediTips I just checked all accounts I follow. No, not one of them is a feddit.org account. |
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Föderation EN So 30.03.2025 16:30:39 Try unfollowing the hashtag "cannabis" and see if the feddit posts about cannabis stop appearing in the future. (It's possible that the feddit posts have got that particular hashtag within them, but in a form that Mastodon doesn't display. This used to happen with PeerTube videos too.) |
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Föderation EN So 30.03.2025 16:57:03 @FediTips OK, I will try it. I unfollowed Cannabis and all the other hashtags related to this topic. I'll keep an eye on it. But if it's the way you describe it with hashtags not contained but in a form that mastodon doesn't display, it's still a bug, isn't it? |
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Föderation EN So 30.03.2025 17:03:58 I've just tried searching for this post on mastodon.social which is running the latest experimental version of Mastodon. When the post is viewed there, it does have the "cannabis" hashtag. I've attached a screenshot to show this. I think your server is running an older version of Mastodon. When your server updates to the latest version, perhaps this will cause the hashtags to appear?
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Föderation EN So 30.03.2025 17:15:45 @FediTips Wow, thatโs strange. My clients (icecubeapps & Pachli) donโt show me a hashtag. When I look at the users post on my web interface I see the hashtag cannabis. |
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Föderation EN So 30.03.2025 17:26:42 I'm guessing it is to do with Feddit being a non-Mastodon instance, so it perhaps presents hashtags in a slightly different way. I'm not a dev so I'm not sure how the Mastodon API passes on information about non-Mastodon posts to apps, but perhaps those apps need some bug fixes to display tags in posts from Lemmy instances correctly? Maybe @pachli and @IceCubesApp could comment? |
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Föderation EN So 30.03.2025 18:36:21 @FediTips @geco_de @IceCubesApp This is a Mastodon bug. I've just reported it as https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/34319 |
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Föderation EN So 30.03.2025 18:40:36 |
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Föderation EN So 30.03.2025 18:44:10 @FediTips @geco_de Without feedback from @MastodonEngineering it's not clear what the proper fix is. This might be a documentation bug, and clients are supposed to display all hashtags even if they are not in the content of the post. Or, it might be a software bug, and Mastodon is supposed to remove additional hashtags provided by other software (e.g., Lemmy) if the hashtag doesn't appear in the content of the post. |
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Föderation EN Mo 31.03.2025 11:07:41 @pachli @geco_de @MastodonEngineering These cross-platform bugs tend to be the trickiest to report as it's sometimes unclear which platform has the problem. Thanks for attempting, hope it bears fruit. |
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Föderation EN So 30.03.2025 18:47:43 @pachli @FediTips @IceCubesApp Super, thanks a doe helping with this issue. Iโm struggling with this behaviour since ages and was constantly looking for a failure on my side. ๐๐ป |
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Föderation EN So 30.03.2025 17:22:44 @FediTips Here are 3 screenshots. The first is how it looks on the web interface. The 2nd is my icecubeapps. The third my Pachli App. Looks always different. ๐คฏ
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Föderation EN So 30.03.2025 17:01:54 @FediTips How can I find out if I follow any groups. Or how can I see which groups I follow? |
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Föderation EN So 30.03.2025 17:05:50 They will look like normal accounts in your follow list, but will have a "group" label on their profile when viewed through your server's website. |
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Föderation EN So 30.03.2025 17:12:30 By the way, if this is being caused by hashtags then it may not be you who is following the group. If just one person on your server is following the group, then you will see group posts which have hashtags that you are following. |
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Föderation EN So 30.03.2025 17:26:48 @FediTips That would be alright. But Iโm confused as usually in my clients a post that is shown to me because of a hashtag I follow is marked as โshown by hashtagโ but all the post from feddit.org arenโt marked as such posts. |
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Föderation ES Fr 28.03.2025 20:55:36 @FediTips Buena esta info, hace menos de un aรฑo antes de seguir etiquetas yo, me hice esa pregunta...luego ya lo descubrรญ, buen dato- |
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Föderation EN Fr 28.03.2025 22:09:24 @FediTips |
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Föderation EN Fr 28.03.2025 22:11:24 @FediTips |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 12:49:46 The post I can see there does have the hashtag but it's in the list at the bottom rather than in the body. You would need to ask your instance admin about this, they are the only ones who control defederation on your instance. Each instance defederates totally independently. Hey @stux have you blocked fsebugoutzone.org ? |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 13:23:48 p.s. If a post is inexplicably in your timeline and it isn't a followed hashtag or a boost, please check the post's profile to see if you are following it. The way account search results are presented on Mastodon means it's very easy to accidentally click on "follow" while just scrolling the results. There is no confirmation message for this, it just quietly adds it to your follows. You may be following accounts that you don't remember following because it happened by accident while scrolling. |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 15:35:38 @FediTips honestly, it would be ideal if it at least notified you with something that you followed someone... |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 18:42:16 Agreed, I've just added this as a suggestion on the Mastodon Github: |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 17:27:50 @FediTips |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 18:36:16 Ah yeah, that is another thing that's pretty easy to do ๐ณ |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 23:30:25 @FediTips The converse of this tip is the thing I like most about Mastodonโฆ I almost never have to wonder why Iโm seeing items in my timeline. Itโs transparent and a nice place. Thank you to the creators and administrators of Mastodon for enabling this civilized and delightful alternative to commercial social media. |
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Föderation EN So 30.03.2025 00:39:06 It gives control over timelines to the user, which is where it should be ๐ |
