How to block Bluesky from Mastodon:
1. Go to the profile page of the account @bsky.brid.gy@bsky.brid.gy
2. Click ⋯
3. Click "Block Domain" to stop seeing Bluesky accounts
4. Click "Block" to prevent your own account being bridged to Bluesky
You may need to copy-paste @bsky.brid.gy@bsky.brid.gy into the search box on your server to make the profile appear.
If you can't find the account @bsky.brid.gy@bsky.brid.gy, your server is probably already blocking the Bluesky bridge.
#FediTips #Bluesky
Are you following an account that does good posts, but you don't want to see their boosts of other people's posts?
You can mute just an account's boosts without muting its own posts by doing the following:
1. Go to the profile of the account whose boosts you want to hide
2. Click on the ⋯ button on their profile
3. Select "Hide boosts"
(New people: "Boosts" are the name for shared posts on here. They mean the same as re-tweets or re-blogs.)
#FediTips #Mastodon
p.s. This option is only visible for accounts you are following.
If you're not following an account you aren't seeing their boosts in your home timeline anyway, so there's no point showing the option 🙂
Are you following an account that does good posts, but you don't want to see their boosts of other people's posts?
You can mute just an account's boosts without muting its own posts by doing the following:
1. Go to the profile of the account whose boosts you want to hide
2. Click on the ⋯ button on their profile
3. Select "Hide boosts"
(New people: "Boosts" are the name for shared posts on here. They mean the same as re-tweets or re-blogs.)
#FediTips #Mastodon
Groups to follow on the Fediverse:
More info about how to use groups at https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse
3D PRINTING
!@3dprinting@techhub.social
ACADEMIC
!@nursing@fedigroups.social
!@violencestudies@fedigroups.social
ANIMALS
!@aquarium@fedigroups.social
!@cats@fedigroups.social
!@dogs@fedigroups.social
ART
!@drawing@fedigroups.social
AUDIO
!@audiofiction@fedigroups.social
!@AudioPro@fedigroups.social
BOARD GAMES & TABLETOP GAMING
!@18xx@fedigroups.social
!@brettspiele@fedigroups.social (in German)
!@nerdlings@fedigroups.social
!@warhammercommunity@fedigroups.social
BOOKS & WRITING
!@bookstodon@fedigroups.social
!@Libraries@fedigroups.social
!@poetry@fedigroups.social
!@queerromanceclub@fedigroups.social
!@writingbooks@fedigroups.social
!@writingcommunity@fedigroups.social
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Bluesky Corporation have just started hosting and verified the US agency ICE:
https://bsky.app/profile/icegov.bsky.social
In other words, Bluesky are collaborating with racist violent thugs and murderers.
(Bluesky Corporation were already hosting the White House (https://bsky.app/profile/whitehouse-47.bsky.social), the Department of War (https://bsky.app/profile/deptofwar.bsky.social), JD Vance (https://bsky.app/profile/jd-vance-1.bsky.social), Homeland Security (https://bsky.app/profile/homelandgov.bsky.social) etc. This is a long-term collaboration with Trump admin.)
(via https://mstdn.social/@Grutjes/115907687819628134 )
p.s. The US Department of Homeland Security has pinned a video where the CEO of Bluesky says Trump is welcome on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/homelandgov.bsky.social/post/3m3g7vwkokk2i
This is a genuine clip of the CEO, it's from an interview on Wired and the original source is https://www.wired.com/video/watch/the-big-interview-jay-graber
It is now very clear what Bluesky stands for, they are welcoming fascists and fascism, even when those fascists are kidnapping and murdering people.
(Thanks @bigbelgianbopper@mastodon-belgium.be for pointing this out)
Had several questions about how the main "Home" feed works on Mastodon. Here's what it shows:
1. All posts from all accounts you follow in chronological order, newest at top
2. All posts shared by accounts or groups you follow
3. Posts that use hashtags you follow in chronological order, newest at top
...and that's it, there's nothing else on your Home feed. It doesn't push anything else at you, it doesn't hide anything from you unless you ask it to. No algorithms, no ads.
#FediTips #Mastodon
Bluesky Corporation have just started hosting and verified the US agency ICE:
https://bsky.app/profile/icegov.bsky.social
In other words, Bluesky are collaborating with racist violent thugs and murderers.
(Bluesky Corporation were already hosting the White House (https://bsky.app/profile/whitehouse-47.bsky.social), the Department of War (https://bsky.app/profile/deptofwar.bsky.social), JD Vance (https://bsky.app/profile/jd-vance-1.bsky.social), Homeland Security (https://bsky.app/profile/homelandgov.bsky.social) etc. This is a long-term collaboration with Trump admin.)
(via https://mstdn.social/@Grutjes/115907687819628134 )
If you ever want to change servers you can move your Mastodon account to a different Mastodon server. There's a step-by-step guide to account transfers at:
➡
️ https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server
Moving lets you keep your followers, follows, bookmarks, lists, mutes and blocks. Your old account's posts remain intact on the old server, and (if you follow the guide's instructions) they redirect people to your new account.
#FediTips #Mastodon
Mastodon.social has no advantages over any other Mastodon server. It has no special status or privileges, it uses exactly the same software as other Mastodon servers.
In fact I'd strongly advise people NOT to sign up on mastodon.social, here are the reasons why: https://fedi.tips/its-a-really-bad-idea-to-join-a-big-server
TL:DR - It's far far too big, it's putting the entire decentralised nature of the Fediverse in danger.
If you want help choosing a good reliable server, have a look at https://fedi.garden
#FediTips
p.s. Posting this because new people on other servers were asking if they needed to open an account on mastodon.social or move to mastodon.social. Answer to both is no 🙂
Mastodon.social has no advantages over any other Mastodon server. It has no special status or privileges, it uses exactly the same software as other Mastodon servers.
In fact I'd strongly advise people NOT to sign up on mastodon.social, here are the reasons why: https://fedi.tips/its-a-really-bad-idea-to-join-a-big-server
TL:DR - It's far far too big, it's putting the entire decentralised nature of the Fediverse in danger.
If you want help choosing a good reliable server, have a look at https://fedi.garden
#FediTips
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