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1. Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 02:17:05 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

   Another nice thing from the Mastodon 4.2.0 update:

   You can now export and import Lists, and take your Lists with you when you transfer accounts to another server! 🎉

   There are instructions for the export and import process in steps 5 and 6 of the full account transfer process:

   ➡️ https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server

   (The Lists import feature is only on servers running 4.2.0 or above, so you can't do this if you're transferring to a server running an older version.)

   #FediTips #MastoTips #Mastodon #Lists

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 02:26:00 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

     in reply to

     • Flohw

     @flohw

     You can use Mastodon's advanced web interface to have as many columns as you want:

     https://fedi.tips/how-to-activate-mastodons-tweetdeck-style-advanced-web-interface/

     You can pin lists open in their own separate columns.

     You can't add people you don't follow to lists, but you can hide lists posts from your Home timeline:

     https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-the-lists-feature-on-mastodon/

     (See the instructions at the bottom.)

   • Flohw (flohw@pouet.chapril.org)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 02:26:01 JST Flohw

     in reply to

     @feditips
     What I would like the most is the ability to create list of accounts I don't follow to group different interest together instead of having on thread hardly readable.
     Also the 3 columns interface is not very useful for me. I would like to have as many column as I want with the different lists I created. Like tweetdeck used to propose. Any tip about it? 🙂

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 02:41:58 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

     in reply to

     • Flohw

     @flohw

     The options have only just been introduced a few days ago on Mastodon 4.2.0 so I think not many people know about them! 😁

   • Flohw (flohw@pouet.chapril.org)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 02:41:59 JST Flohw

     in reply to

     @feditips
     It may have options I didn't see or maybe not enabled on my instance. I will read your links tomorrow. Thanks! 🙂

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 03:12:57 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

     in reply to

     • David Usharauli

     @BOOKidealist

     If you go to the server's website it will mention the version number at the bottom left corner in desktop mode.

     If you're on a phone, you can see the version number by going to the server's About page and the version number will be at the bottom of that.

     I can see you're on bookstodon.com so if you go to the website's About page at https://bookstodon.com/about you can check the version.

   • David Usharauli (bookidealist@bookstodon.com)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 03:13:20 JST David Usharauli

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     @feditips how do I check if server I am on is up to date?

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 03:53:14 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

     in reply to

     • David Usharauli

     @BOOKidealist

     Yes, the v number is the version. Bookstodon is on 4.2.0 which is the latest version 👍

   • David Usharauli (bookidealist@bookstodon.com)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 03:53:15 JST David Usharauli

     in reply to

     @feditips

     it shows like this

     bookstodon.com: About · Invite people · Profiles directory · Privacy policy

     Mastodon: About · Get the app · Keyboard shortcuts · View source code · v4.2.0

     what does it mean? so is bookstodon v4.2 or?

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 03:54:19 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

     in reply to

     • David Usharauli

     @BOOKidealist

     If you click the #Explore link on bookstodon and then "hashtags" you'll see the same thing as trending.

   • David Usharauli (bookidealist@bookstodon.com)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 03:54:21 JST David Usharauli

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     @feditips also, some mastodon server have "Trending" on down right side. But I don't see it on bookstodon. why?

   • PKPs Powerfromspace1 (powerfromspace1@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 04:25:48 JST PKPs Powerfromspace1

     in reply to

     @feditips oh look 👀

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 05:30:51 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

     in reply to

     • Antimony

     @AntimonySchnuck

     Lists export has been around for ages.

     Lists import is new.

     So, this is the first time people can use it to transfer their lists from one server to another.

     (And no, I've no idea why they had lists export with no import option previously.)

   • Antimony (antimonyschnuck@blorbo.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 05:30:52 JST Antimony

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     @feditips
     I'm confused: it's a good feature but it's not new...?!
     I took this screenshot 10 days ago for a "backup your follows" toot (that's why the arrow points there) and the "Lists" item underneath already had the CSV link too. (We only got the update 3 days ago)

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 06:46:03 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

     in reply to

     • Kai Rüsberg :mastodon:

     @Ruhrnalist

     No, but you can hide the posts of a particular list from your Home timeline so you'll only see the posts on the list.

     See the last item on this page for instructions on how to hide the posts:

     https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-the-lists-feature-on-mastodon/

   • Kai Rüsberg :mastodon: (ruhrnalist@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 06:46:04 JST Kai Rüsberg :mastodon:

     in reply to

     @feditips so is it now possible to import a list with people you're not following?

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 07:51:17 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

     in reply to

     • nefoun_qu_jw
     • Flohw

     @nefoun_qu_jw @flohw

     The reason they require following people you add to a list was because on Twitter trolls and bullies were using lists to manage lists of victims.

     By requiring you to follow them, people can control who has them on a list and block people if required.

   • nefoun_qu_jw (nefoun_qu_jw@katzebot.space)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 07:51:28 JST nefoun_qu_jw

     in reply to

     • Flohw

     @feditips @flohw This is not intuitive at all. If I want to follow someone, I follow someone. If I want to add someone to one of my lists, I add someone to a list. No sense to follow someone I don't want to follow.
     Still no sense to follow someone I don't want to follow, then add to list, then hide from timeline.
     Of course I still can use browser bookmarks and tabs and look at various users posts. But that's what lists are for, in theory.

   • Kai Rüsberg :mastodon: (ruhrnalist@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 19:22:38 JST Kai Rüsberg :mastodon:

     in reply to

     @feditips I would like to list accounts I don't follow or share lists to others.
     What would happen if I share my following list to others: could they import it and follow accounts I follow?

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 19:22:38 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

     in reply to

     • Kai Rüsberg :mastodon:

     @Ruhrnalist

     As far as I know, the accounts they don't follow would not be added to their list.

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 19:31:45 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

     in reply to

     • Flohw

     @flohw

     Great! 😁

     Just to be clear, pin column was around before but hiding posts from lists is new 👍

   • Flohw (flohw@pouet.chapril.org)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 19:31:46 JST Flohw

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     @feditips I looked at the links and it seems my server is up to date as the "pin column" is avaible. 😊
     Thanks, this is a huge addition for me!

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 20:50:32 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

     in reply to

     • Flohw

     @flohw

     Well, it is very hidden! If you don't already know, it is difficult to discover 😞

   • Flohw (flohw@pouet.chapril.org)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 20:50:33 JST Flohw

     in reply to

     @feditips
     So I missed that pin button all that time! 😅