Notices by Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social), page 27

Sorry about downtime on website, my hosting company seems to be having problems lately.

In the meantime, I'm able to get site to work by clicking "restart" on my web instance, so do let me know if you see it is down.

@JoeyPajamas

Thanks for info, I've just restarted the site which should fix the error.

@Tejas

Thanks for headsup, have just restarted site, it should be working now.

@MishaVelthuis

Thanks for headsup, I've restarted the site, that should fix it!

@Leisureguy

Yeah, it's not always relevant to a thread either, as the icon is still there even if none of the posts are CWed.

@Leisureguy

The Eye icon is in the upper right on the normal interface too. It only appears if you've clicked on a post to look at the thread the post comes from.

If the thread you are reading contains any CWs, clicking on the eye toggles them all open or closed.

This is really useful if you're reading a thread full of CWs and don't want to open them all one by one.

p.s. If you're wondering what the heck this post is about, Mastodon has an optional alternative web interface for use on computers which has lots of columns instead of just one:

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

Little tip for people using Mastodon's multicolumn advanced web interface:

You can extend the number of columns by clicking the slider icon in the top right corner of a column and selecting "pin".

There is no slider icon on profiles BUT you can still pin profiles:

1. Create a new list
2. Add the profile you want to pin to the list
3. Pin the list

You will then have a column pinned which only contains posts by that account (and of course you can add more accounts to that list if you want).

@richardwalter

Ahh okay! Yeah, that's easy to accidentally do when changing instances, I've done that too.

Thanks for the update!

@PatternChaser @TammyGentzel

Thanks for asking the question, I've added the instructions to the website in case other people want to know too 👍

@amazing_berni @sbourne

Hey Bernie, welcome 👋

I have a website at https://fedi.tips which has lots of guides for beginners written in non-technical language. The basics are at the top of the page, or scroll down past them to see a complete list of all the guides.

If you want help with something in particular, feel free to ask!

@PatternChaser @TammyGentzel

You can pin a particular user as a new column if you use Mastodon's Lists feature to create a list with just that user on it, then pin the list as a new column.

More info about using Lists here:

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

Once you've got the list set up with just that account on it, open the list and click the top right slider icon, then select "pin".

(To access Lists on the advanced interface, click the ☰ on the left column, then "Lists" on the right column.)

@trevorflowers

Thank you for shoutout! :blobhappy:

@esteban

Thank you, I'm so glad you are finding the sites/accounts useful. It is very humbling to be mentioned on your site like this.

@thepoliticalcat

...I don't know what to say! That's so kind of you to say, thank you!

@thepoliticalcat

Thank you, that's really nice! 🙏

Very grateful, thanks for your help!

@stevenray

Thank you! 🙏

Really grateful, very kind of you!

@richardwalter

Hmm... haven't heard about that before. Sounds like some kind of bug?

Have you tried following them again?

Just had a look at Mastodon's github page and it doesn't seem to have an issue about this yet. Let me know if you still have problems even after refollowing and I'll open an issue.

@PDXDemSocialist

For anyone wondering what this is about, I did one post about Lemmy in 2021 (https://mstdn.social/@feditips/106835057054633379) and nothing since then. Post explains situation.

@bergmeister

Thank you so much! 🙏 That's really kind, it helps keep these going!