I am 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. The sites I maintain are:
https://fedi.tips - Helping people use Mastodon and the wider Fediverse
https://fedi.directory - Human-curated suggestions for interesting accounts to follow
https://fedi.garden - Well-run reliable Mastodon and other Fediverse servers to join or move to
http://fedi.video - Safe and easy way to browse and search the highest quality videos on PeerTube
https://growyourown.services - Encouraging non-technical people to start their own servers
I am 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
You can edit your posts on Mastodon, just click ⋯ and then "Edit". There is no time limit or editing limit.
If someone has already boosted your post, they will get a notification. This is to prevent any "bait and switch" abuse of editing.
Also to prevent abuse, people can see the edit history of your post. If you need to hide sensitive information posted accidentally, delete the post instead of editing.
More info and questions answered at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-edit-posts-in-mastodon
#FediTips #Mastodon
This is a thread of human-curated #PeerTube playlists, highlighting nice videos on the Fediverse. Click on a playlist to watch it, scroll a playlist's videos to browse it:
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LIFESTYLE & FUN
Animals & Nature - https://fedi.video/w/p/dUP8ub8SkvAQZygMacmx3w
Crafts & DIY - https://fedi.video/w/p/hUMjRB95x3qV7KKXJPLEsm
Food & Drink - https://fedi.video/w/p/4w8xB6R598fMw1YekgfxXq
Gardens & Gardening - https://fedi.video/w/p/tTGagpr99PNv92xdB57v7W
Miscellaneous Fun Things - https://fedi.video/w/p/biNer6d4VBp8kMg3kSvwHD
Role-Playing Games - https://fedi.video/w/p/gL27yCSLLJLJ7toDoDQ7mk
Travel - https://fedi.video/w/p/7gzzUZhyMdSgGtymtBQpou
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Fediverse people, need your advice! 🙂
Do you know any GoToSocial servers that are open to public signups?
Would especially like to know about general servers that aren't aimed at a specific niche.
I've had many people asking about joining a GTS server lately, not sure what to suggest as there isn't a "JoinGoToSocial" website anywhere and the official GTS site is aimed at self-hosting people.
#AskFedi #GoToSocial #Fediverse
Lots of people currently asking about how to search Mastodon, here's a guide all about it:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-search-for-stuff-on-mastodon
You can search for keywords, phrases, hashtags, emoji, and you can also refine your searching by using "operators". There are more details about all of these in the guide linked above.
If you want your own posts and profile to be more discoverable and searchable, here's a list of ways to do that:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-get-more-followers-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse
#FediTips #Mastodon
Mastodon has two different official web interfaces: single-column (default) and multi-column (advanced).
By default you will see the single column interface, but you can optionally switch over to the Tweetdeck-style multicolumn one if you prefer. This lets you view lots of timelines at once.
There are complete instructions on how to activate it at:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-activate-mastodons-tweetdeck-style-advanced-web-interface
The guide also answers lots of questions about how to use it and customise it.
#FediTips #Mastodon
You can find some nice human-curated Halloween-themed Fediverse videos on this playlist:
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https://fedi.video/w/p/ddtnp1T5TCMxzsFDRs35e4
If you see an account or channel on the playlist that you want to follow from Mastodon, click on its name to see its profile page and then copy its address into your Mastodon search box (step-by-step instructions on how to do this at https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115435794219496416).
You can also find lots more human-curated video playlists at https://fedi.video
#FediTips #PeerTube #Halloween
If you are trying to choose a Mastodon server to join or move to, I've put together an easy-to-understand non-technical guide to help:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/which-server-should-i-join-how-do-i-find-out-more-about-a-server
The guide tries to answer all the most common questions people have about choosing a Mastodon server. If there's something I've missed, feel free to ask in the replies 🙂
#FediTips #Mastodon
It's very easy to discover and follow PeerTube accounts & channels from Mastodon:
1. Go to a PeerTube site (e.g. https://fedi.video )
2. On the account or channel you want to follow, click ⧉. This copies its Fediverse address.
3. Paste the Fediverse address into the search box in Mastodon etc. This makes the profile appear within Mastodon and you can just click "Follow".
To easily and safely discover high quality PeerTube stuff, have a look at https://fedi.video
#FediTips #PeerTube
p.s. After you follow a PeerTube account or channel, its latest videos will start showing up as posts in your Mastodon etc timeline just like any other post.
You can comment on a video by just replying to the post it showed up in. The replies in Mastodon automatically turn into comments below the video in PeerTube.
You can like a video by just ⭐
favouriting the post it showed up in. The favourites in Mastodon automatically turn into thumbs up on the video in PeerTube.
Fedi.Tips
