How to get your Mastodon timeline started:
1. Follow some hashtags (more info: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-follow-hashtags-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse).
2. Join some groups (more info: https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse).
3. Discover accounts at https://fedi.directory. If you find an account on the site that you want to follow, copy-paste its Fediverse address into the search box in Mastodon.
Lots more tips for discovering accounts at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends
#FediTips #Mastodon #MastoTips
If you're using the official Mastodon mobile app, you might want to try using a third party app instead.
Third party apps tend to have more features than the official ones, and most people I know switch to third party apps after trying them. More info and lots of questions answered in the guide at:
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️ https://fedi.tips/which-apps-can-i-use-should-i-use-the-official-app-or-a-third-party-app
Mastodon was designed to work through third party apps, and originally had no official apps at all.
#FediTips #Mastodon
Mastodon's moderation could be greatly improved by a system to automatically flag posts containing certain words, phrases or links.
It would allow admins to instantly see problematic content (abuse, spam, etc) without having to wait for reports from users. It doesn't have to automatically take action, just flag it.
There's an existing issue in Mastodon's Github. If you are comfortable using Github, give it a thumbs up if you want this feature: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/31182
#MastoAdmin #Moderation
p.s. I know Mastodon and the wider Fediverse can be a bit trickier to use, but it does get easier once you've spent time here. There are many really good reasons why this place is structured the way it is: https://fedi.tips/why-is-the-fediverse-on-so-many-separate-servers
Servers on here are fully independent in every sense, usually owned by ordinary grassroots people like you and me. There is no central authority or corporation controlling things, it's up to each server to decide on how it's run and what it allows.
p.p.s. The server mastodon.social is NOT a good place to sign up, for many different reasons (more info here: https://fedi.tips/its-a-really-bad-idea-to-join-a-big-server).
If you just want one alternative, https://mas.to is a much better option. It's reliable and has been online since 2019, and doesn't suffer from the problems of mastodon.social.
If you want to choose from a wide selection of servers, there are human curated lists of well-run reliable servers at https://fedi.garden and https://joinmastodon.org/servers
Welcome new people!
If you want help using this place feel free to ask, I'm trying to provide some unofficial tech support on here (and yes I am a human being). Ask in the replies or mentions or DMs or whatever🙂
You can also find lots of help for new people at https://fedi.tips, especially in the section marked "Quick Start" at the top of the page.
How to discover people to follow:
https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends
How to make your own account more discoverable:
https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-get-more-followers-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse
p.s. I know Mastodon and the wider Fediverse can be a bit trickier to use, but it does get easier once you've spent time here. There are many really good reasons why this place is structured the way it is: https://fedi.tips/why-is-the-fediverse-on-so-many-separate-servers
Servers on here are fully independent in every sense, usually owned by ordinary grassroots people like you and me. There is no central authority or corporation controlling things, it's up to each server to decide on how it's run and what it allows.
Welcome new people!
If you want help using this place feel free to ask, I'm trying to provide some unofficial tech support on here (and yes I am a human being). Ask in the replies or mentions or DMs or whatever🙂
You can also find lots of help for new people at https://fedi.tips, especially in the section marked "Quick Start" at the top of the page.
How to discover people to follow:
https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends
How to make your own account more discoverable:
https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-get-more-followers-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse
I'm an unpaid volunteer, running 5 websites and 5 accounts helping people use Mastodon and the wider Fediverse. I pay their bills every month.
If you want to help these sites & accounts keep going, you can buy me a coffee:
➡️ https://ko-fi.com/fedithing
(No registration, choose any amount, all currencies work, one-off or monthly donations)
Alternatively become a patron:
➡️ https://liberapay.com/FediThing
All support greatly appreciated! 🙂
❤
️ @FediTips@social.growyourown.services, @FediFollows@social.growyourown.services, @FediVideo@social.growyourown.services, @FediGarden@social.growyourown.services & @homegrown@social.growyourown.services
p.s. In case you're wondering, the websites I maintain are:
https://fedi.tips - Helping people use Mastodon & the Fediverse
https://fedi.directory - Thousands of interesting accounts to follow organised into topics
https://fedi.garden - Nice well-run servers to join or move to
https://fedi.video - Safe, easy way to browse and search the best video accounts on the Fediverse
https://growyourown.services - Helping & encouraging non-techy people to start their own Fediverse servers
I'm an unpaid volunteer, running 5 websites and 5 accounts helping people use Mastodon and the wider Fediverse. I pay their bills every month.
If you want to help these sites & accounts keep going, you can buy me a coffee:
➡️ https://ko-fi.com/fedithing
(No registration, choose any amount, all currencies work, one-off or monthly donations)
Alternatively become a patron:
➡️ https://liberapay.com/FediThing
All support greatly appreciated! 🙂
❤️ @FediTips@social.growyourown.services, @FediFollows@social.growyourown.services, @FediVideo@social.growyourown.services, @FediGarden@social.growyourown.services & @homegrown@social.growyourown.services
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️ Apparently there's a scammer sending out messages "offering a partnership" if people "verify" their account at a special link. They may use a profile icon that looks like the Mastodon logo with a headset.
The account is fake, the link is a scam, do not click on it. There is no "partnership" scheme on here, you cannot earn money for posting.
If you get one of these messages, click the ... icon on the scam post and then click "report".
(via https://timeloop.cafe/@Taweret/115312839779385334)
#FediTips
Headsup to anyone who follows @Flipboard@flipboard.social accounts:
Some of them post extremely frequently because they're run by news agencies etc, and you're getting a firehose of articles.
You can narrow this down to articles about specific topics by following the account's "magazines", sub-accounts that only show posts on certain topics.
For example @AssociatedPress@flipboard.com posts all Associated Press articles, but @entertainment-AssociatedPress@flipboard.com is just AP's entertainment posts.
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#Flipboard
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