Brutkey

Fedi.Tips
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services

If you see something you like on here, don't be scared to give it a favourite ⭐ !

If you really like something, you might want to also boost it
🔁🔁 (which shares it with your followers).

There is no algorithm on here, so you can like and share whatever you want without any additional side effects.

Your timeline on here is entirely in your direct control, it isn't going to push stuff at you or hide stuff just because you liked or shared something.

#FediTips

Lilly Hunter
@LaChasseuse@mastodon.scot

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services Could you tell me what this space with an ellipsis is, that shows up between two posts sometimes? If I click on it it disappears, but that is all that happens. Accessing Mastodon.social via a browser.


Fedi.Tips
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services

@LaChasseuse@mastodon.scot

It just means that the timeline hasn't updated recently. It disappears when the timeline automatically updates, and if it gets stuck you can click on it to force a manual update (which also makes it disappear).

Lilly Hunter
@LaChasseuse@mastodon.scot

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services OK, but it doesn't show any new toots. What is it updating? It's sometimes there after I have just refreshed the page.

Fedi.Tips
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services

@LaChasseuse@mastodon.scot

By updating it means checking for new toots, so if there isn't anything new to show then after the check it will appear to have done nothing.

If it's there just after being refreshed, it could be some temporary glitch on your server. It usually goes away pretty quickly.