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Fedi.TipsA reminder to anyone looking for Christmas presents, the hashtags to browse are #FediGiftShop and #ArtForSale
These are used by independent artists on the Fediverse, you might find some unique gifts that cannot be bought in any shop.
(And if you're an artist, you might want to use these tags for any sales posts!)
#Xmas #Christmas
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Grow Your Own Services 🌱
This article by @parisba@cloudisland.nz is why #CommunityHosting and #SelfHosting need to be normalised. They are the only way we can stop scenarios like this happening:
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https://hey.paris/posts/appleid
You might think this couldn't happen to you, but it could happen to anyone. It's especially scary as most big tech companies are in repressive countries.
It's much easier and cheaper than you think to make your own online services. I've done a site for non-technical people at https://growyourown.services
#Activism
Fedi.TipsIf you would like to discover interesting videos from PeerTube, try following my other account Fedi.Video:
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️ @FediVideo@social.growyourown.services
It regularly boosts interesting videos, and if you enjoy a video try following the account that posted it.
If you're not sure what PeerTube is, there's an easy-to-understand non-technical guide all about it at https://fedi.tips/peertube-video-hosting-on-the-fediverse
TL:DR - PeerTube is like Mastodon but for videos, and you can follow PeerTube accounts from Mastodon.
#FediTips #PeerTube
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️ Scam alert: if anyone ever asks you to "temporarily change" the email address on your Mastodon account, DO NOT DO THIS.
There is currently a scammer posing as a server admin telling people to temporarily change their Mastodon account's email to an address supplied by the scammer. This is a scam, don't do it.
Real admins will NEVER ask you to do this.
You can see examples of this scam in the thread at https://ohai.social/@redsad/115708030185038699
(Thanks @markwyner@mas.to for the warning about this! 🙏
)
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Fedi.Tipsp.s. To add a bit of context, the scammer may message you to claim they reported you by accident. They then try to convince you to get in touch with a different account that pretends to be an admin who can "fix" the situation. All of the things they tell you are lies.
The scammer is actually running both accounts and just wants to take over your account by tricking you into changing your email address to their email address. They would then use your account to post other scams.
Fedi.Tips⚠️ Scam alert: if anyone ever asks you to "temporarily change" the email address on your Mastodon account, DO NOT DO THIS.
There is currently a scammer posing as a server admin telling people to temporarily change their Mastodon account's email to an address supplied by the scammer. This is a scam, don't do it.
Real admins will NEVER ask you to do this.
You can see examples of this scam in the thread at https://ohai.social/@redsad/115708030185038699
(Thanks @markwyner@mas.to for the warning about this! 🙏 )
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Grow Your Own Services 🌱Are you frustrated by blank or outdated profiles on Mastodon?
There are two crucial pull requests still waiting for review on Mastodon's Github which would automatically load latest posts to profiles no matter which server you're on:
➡️ https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/34595
➡️ https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/34597
If you're comfortable using Github, you might want to react to both these PRs to let Masto devs know there is interest in merging them!
(BTW these are by same contributor who did "fetch all replies" update.)
Fedi.TipsYou can pin posts to your Mastodon profile if you are using Mastodon's web interface, Mastodon's web app or a third party Mastodon app:
1. Go to one of your posts which you want to pin
2. Click ⋯ on that post
3. Select "Pin"
You can unpin a post by repeating this but selecting "Unpin".
Lots more info about pinning posts on Mastodon at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-pin-my-posts-on-my-mastodon-profile
The lack of a "Pin" option on the official apps is yet another reason to switch to an alternative: https://fedi.tips/which-apps-can-i-use-should-i-use-the-official-app-or-a-third-party-app
#FediTips
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Fedi.VideoDo you want to discover good video accounts on the Fediverse?
I've just added lots more of them to Fedi.Video, have a look at:
➡️ https://fedi.video
Fedi.Video highlights the best videos on PeerTube by only federating specific channels that meet quality standards rather than entire servers. Every channel federated to Fedi.Video has been manually added by a human, there's no algorithm or AI involvement.
If you run a good PeerTube channel, please get in touch!
#PeerTube #Fediverse
Fedi.TipsSomething a bit different today:
I'd like to do a shoutout to writer and accessibility advocate Robert Kingett, who has helped lots of Fediverse projects with accessibility including BookWyrm, GoToSocial, Fedi.Tips and others.
He has done a lot for accessibility on the Fediverse, and I'd strongly recommend sending Robert a donation if you can (I've just done so). His donation links are at:
➡️ https://sightlessscribbles.com/support
You can follow him at @WeirdWriter@caneandable.social and his site is https://sightlessscribbles.com
Fedi.Tipsp.s. Just boosted this today as Robert has moved to a new website at https://sightlessscribbles.com/support , I've also updated the address in the original post.
p.p.s. You might want to also check out Robert's latest non-fiction piece about a real life writers' group which had a "tech bro" pushing AI/LLM in it. It's powerful: https://sightlessscribbles.com/the-colonization-of-confidence/
Fedi.Tips
Fedi.TipsSomething a bit different today:
I'd like to do a shoutout to writer and accessibility advocate Robert Kingett, who has helped lots of Fediverse projects with accessibility including BookWyrm, GoToSocial, Fedi.Tips and others.
He has done a lot for accessibility on the Fediverse, and I'd strongly recommend sending Robert a donation if you can (I've just done so). His donation links are at:
➡️ https://sightlessscribbles.com/support
You can follow him at @WeirdWriter@caneandable.social and his site is https://sightlessscribbles.com