Notices by Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social), page 3

@grant_h @NamelessTemplar

Also see the website at https://fedi.tips for all tips/guides published so far.

@SusanHR @KenExline

You're wanting to add alt text?

If you're using the website click the "edit" button on the picture itself, then add the text for the alt text, then click "apply", then publish the post.

If you're using the official app, click on the picture itself and type the alt text, then publish the post.

@Serenity

You can see all of my account's tips over on https://fedi.tips

The one about lists is at https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-the-lists-feature-on-mastodon/

@emma @toolbear @posniewski @ethanjstark @pluralistic

The problem with following a link is the replies/interactions get disconnected from it, and it takes you out of the Fediverse.

With WordPress, replies to the post itself are also comments on the WordPress blog. The blog post and the Mastodon post are the same thing, not just copies of each other.

@toolbear @posniewski @ethanjstark @pluralistic

My personal take on this would be that blog posts from Fediverse-compatible platforms like WordPress would be a better approach to long texts, as they allow the entire text to be in a single post on Mastodon.

However, this does remove a lot of formatting and for example if you want a picture to appear beside a specific piece of text (instead of at the end) you would still need to use multipost threads.

@ethanjstark

I think @pluralistic and I are talking about different things?

Unlisted doesn't help on the Home timeline, but it does help reduce clutter on the Federated and Local timelines and the search function.

@alwynispat

Not many here but it might be a start?

https://fedi.directory/tag/new-zealand/

Also if you search for NZ flag emoji 🇳🇿 it may produce profiles that are based in NZ.

(More ways to discover accounts on specific topics: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends/)

@pluralistic

I don't mean the Home timeline, I mean the Local and Federated timelines and the search function.

Every account on Mastodon and the Fediverse has a unique account address, it will look something like this:

@ (username) @ (server)

You can find anyone's address by looking at their profile page, the address is written underneath their display name in a smaller font.

If you're having trouble finding someone's account from your server, you can paste their account address into the search box which will force your server to fetch their profile page.

Lots more info at https://fedi.tips/whats-my-accounts-address-how-do-i-follow-other-peoples-addresses-how-can-people-follow-my-address/

@gringomedia

Yes, have a look at the website of my other account @FediFollows :

https://fedi.directory/tag/film-making/

@robert42

If you want to unboost a post, click the boost button again.

Boosting a post doesn't create a second copy, it just shares the original post. If you delete that post, you will be deleting the original.

@maxwainwright

I think this is deliberate, because some trolls/abusers try to take "revenge" on anyone who dares to block them.

By making it harder to notice blocks, such acts are less likely to happen.

@ekes

"It's a tool. Working for Meta doesn't mean, everything you do can be smeared."

It's a tool created by someone who works for a company that does disgusting things. I don't trust such tools.

"it's already hard not to not miss a lot of posts."

It depends on what you want from social media?

If you want to see literally every post then yes you have to restrict how many people you follow. But a lot of people dip in and out of social media and aren't too worried if some posts scroll by.

@ekes

I wouldn't recommend followgraph as it is run by someone from Meta (they have "Trust and Safety @ Meta" on their profile which is sort of a contradiction in terms considering Meta's horrific track record regarding genocide etc).

You don't need to have all your follows on the same timeline. You can use Lists to move follows onto separate themed timelines:

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

@maxwainwright

There's no direct way, but if you go to their profile page it may look blank.

@AnOrdinaryPenguin

Ahhh.. okay, thanks for the info.

It worked for way, way longer than anyone expected, I guess Twitter finally blocked it the same way they blocked everything else :blobsad:

In case you missed it, the fedi.tips website has a complete list of all the ways to discover people to follow on Mastodon and the Fediverse:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends/

If there's a method missing from the list, let me know!

@corbden @skaullar

Hey Skaullar, here is a guide to all the ways you can find people to follow on here: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends/

@Sylkeweb

It is pretty unclear though, yeah :blobsad:

Maybe Friendica should change the label to "RSS account" or something?

@Sylkeweb

I'm pretty sure it's meant to label accounts with linked RSS, as they are often called "news feeds"? That's why RSS readers are often called "news readers".

One of Friendica's best features is its ability to easily link any RSS feed to an account 👍