There is a lot going on in the world right now, and it may be overwhelming at times. If you want to follow the news but you also need some way of taking mental health breaks, Mastodon's "Lists" feature might help.
Lists lets you move the accounts you follow into several separate timelines. You could for example create a "News" timeline and a "Non-News" timeline, then switch between them when you want to.
More info on how to use Lists in the guide at https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-the-lists-feature-on-mastodon/
#FediTips #Mastodon
Would you like your public Mastodon posts to be as easy as possible for people to discover? If so, you might want to opt into "full text search". This will make your public posts show up in search results a lot more easily.
There's a step-by-step guide on how to activate it and answers to lots of questions about it at:
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️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-opt-into-or-out-of-full-text-search-on-mastodon
If you don't activate it, your public posts will still be searchable but only by hashtag.
#FediTips #Mastodon
Imagine a stranger spreads lies about you. They tell people you're doing horrible depraved crimes. Would you just block them?
What happens when other people don't block them? When other people believe the lies and share them?
What if this turns into real life abuse and violence against you and your family?
This is what vulnerable groups face from bigots. Bigoted accounts need to be shut down, servers which refuse to remove bigots should be defederated.
"Just block them" doesn't work.
p.s. If anyone wants a specific real life example of this actually happening, here is one:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/20/family-in-fear-after-tommy-robinson-shares-video-of-black-man-with-white-granddaughters
TL:DR -
A black grandfather played with his white grandchildren in the park, their family videoed it as it was a wholesome scene.
Far right racists stole the video and lied about its context, claiming it was actually an immigrant trying to abduct kids. The video and lies were shared to millions of people. The innocent grandfather is threatened in the street and lives in fear.
Did you know there is a reminder bot on the Fediverse? Mention the bot with a time period and it will reply or DM when that time is up. It replies in the same thread, so you can easily see why you asked for a reminder. More info in the guide:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/is-there-a-reminder-bot-for-mastodon-and-the-fediverse
Some reasons to use it:
- Someone posts a prediction, you want to check if it happened.
- Someone asks you a question, you want to answer later.
- You want to check an interesting thread later for new replies.
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Imagine a stranger spreads lies about you. They tell people you're doing horrible depraved crimes. Would you just block them?
What happens when other people don't block them? When other people believe the lies and share them?
What if this turns into real life abuse and violence against you and your family?
This is what vulnerable groups face from bigots. Bigoted accounts need to be shut down, servers which refuse to remove bigots should be defederated.
"Just block them" doesn't work.
Tube Free is a general video hosting server intended to help people join PeerTube. Backed by BT Free, a non-profit dedicated to digital privacy rights, advocacy and consulting.
https://tubefree.org
You can find out more at https://tubefree.org/about/instance/home
You can contact the people who run Tube Free at https://tubefree.org/about/contact
#FeaturedServer #PeerTube
Have you ever helped people use their computers by talking to them over the phone, without seeing their screen? It can be frustrating if they tell you mostly irrelevant details that bury the important stuff.
This is the major problem with image description by AI. AI has no idea why the image was posted, so it gives irrelevant details.
Human-written image descriptions are much better at communicating an image's purpose.
More accessibility tips: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-make-posts-more-accessible-to-blind-people-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/
#FediTips #Accessibility
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️ SCAM ALERT
Some scammers are pretending to be Mastodon admins and asking people to "verify" their accounts by clicking on a link, which then asks for their card details or other sensitive info.
DO NOT CLICK THE SCAM LINK!
GENUINE MASTODON ADMINS WILL NEVER ASK YOU TO VERIFY!
There is a real verification system on Mastodon, but it's entirely optional and does not involve credit cards. Genuine verification is voluntary and based on website ownership.
(via https://mastodon.social/@docpop/115930755541521231)
p.s. Thanks to @docpop@mastodon.social for warning about this, you can see an example screenshot of one of these scams in their post at https://mastodon.social/@docpop/115930755541521231
@David@setouchi.social
"I feel more and more that your account is for advising people to use the Fediverse the way YOU like it."
They asked me for the advice I posted. Are you saying I shoudn't give people advice when they ask for it?
"How about communication with Threads?"
Meta's dangerous approach to moderation has been linked to several genocides (e.g. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/dec/06/rohingya-sue-facebook-myanmar-genocide-us-uk-legal-action-social-media-violence ), so again I'd advise people to defederate it.
I've been saying this for years.
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@David@setouchi.social
I am an unpaid volunteer trying to do my bit against the rise of fascism.
The reason I give up most of my spare time running my accounts and sites is to help people onto platforms that aren't owned and run by pro-fascist billionaires.
"And virtue signaling means what it means"
It's a meaningless phrase with its origins in the far right, which attempts to dismiss sincere concern for other human beings as somehow fake or staged. If you use it, this is what you imply.
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⚠️ SCAM ALERT
Some scammers are pretending to be Mastodon admins and asking people to "verify" their accounts by clicking on a link, which then asks for their card details or other sensitive info.
DO NOT CLICK THE SCAM LINK!
GENUINE MASTODON ADMINS WILL NEVER ASK YOU TO VERIFY!
There is a real verification system on Mastodon, but it's entirely optional and does not involve credit cards. Genuine verification is voluntary and based on website ownership.
(via https://mastodon.social/@docpop/115930755541521231)
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