Notices by Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social), page 15

@nefoun_qu_jw

I've tried to write about why this happens and what can be done about it in the article in the original post.

Sorry that I can't help further.

@nefoun_qu_jw

It will work better if you upload gradually as you build up an audience? You only need one follower from a server to become visible to everyone on that server.

Also, everyone will still be able to browse all your posts if they go to your "original page", which you can link to from your profile:

https://fedi.tips/what-are-original-pages-in-mastodon/

@nefoun_qu_jw

I'm not sure what you mean?

If someone recommends an account to follow and it looks blank to you, it probably isn't actually blank! It probably just looks that way when you view it from your server.

If you follow the account, future posts from that account will start showing up on your server. So, it's okay to follow an account even if it looks blank 👍

It is confusing, but there are really good reasons why it happens. You can read more about it (and how to prevent it) here:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/why-does-someones-account-page-look-completely-blank-is-it-really-blank/

#FediTips

@ClintonAnderson

This might help explain things:

https://fedi.tips/why-does-someones-account-page-look-completely-blank-is-it-really-blank/

@vintprox

It's supported on the official website as well, just not the official apps (yet).

@harriettmb

Not that I know of.

Your timeline will show all posts by everyone you follow. However, if you follow a lot of people you may not have time to read it all.

To make sure you don't miss an account's posts:

1. Log in on your server's website, or third party apps like Ice Cubes, Toot!, Tusky, Fedilab etc

2. Go to profile of the person you follow

3. Click bell 🔔 icon

Their posts will appear in your timeline as usual, but you'll also get a notification.

More info at: https://fedi.tips/how-to-be-notified-when-someone-posts-on-mastodon/

#FediTips #Mastodon

@ganbold

Yes! Try these:

https://fedi.garden/tag/music/

@staringatclouds

It's browsable, I run a site at https://fedi.video to help people browse it more easily.

@kevinrns @loulayorke

p.s. More info on PT if you want it: https://fedi.tips/peertube-video-hosting-on-the-fediverse/

@kevinrns @loulayorke

You're on mastodon.social which is severely overcrowded, it often seems to experience upload problems.

You might want to move to another server?

@kevinrns @loulayorke

Hang on, are you trying to upload videos to Mastodon or PeerTube? They are two totally different platforms.

p.s. For non-techy people wondering what GoToSocial is, it's another kind of Fediverse server.

It's compatible with Mastodon, so GoToSocial and Mastodon users can follow each other, but GoToSocial is made by totally different developers and uses totally different software.

The emphasis on GoToSocial is being "lightweight", so servers use fewer resources. They're also trying to emphasise user safety,

GoToSocial is still in development, but should be going to beta testing next year. 🤞

📣 Techy #Fediverse fans!

The latest version of @gotosocial includes support for allowlists.

Allowlists automatically prevent federation with all other servers, except those that the admin has added to their allowlist. (Traditional blocklists work the other way round, allowing all federation unless a server is blocked.)

Allowlists bring more safety but also reduce reach, and that's why it's up to the admin to decide whether to use them.

More about #GoToSocial at:

➡️ https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/

@FinchHaven @gotosocial @firecat

They're talking about version 0.12.0 of GoToSocial, which is a different kind of server on the Fediverse. It's compatible with Mastodon servers, but it is made by different people.

@txo_elurmaluta

That's a really good question!

As far as I know it doesn't affect boosts.

@drnoble

Ahh okay. Sorry, there's no way to do that as far as I know.

@signalkilled

But... having said that, if this works better for you that's great! 👍

My apologies, I wasn't trying to criticise one method over the other.

@signalkilled

Even if you're on desktop, you're still having to enter your account address every single time, which also caused a lot of annoyance... :/

There's a Firefox browser extension called Simplified Federation which removes the need to do this, but most people won't be using it.