Notices by Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social), page 43

@johnshirley2024 @cmorris

If it is abused, that could be grounds for blocking an account?

@cmorris

Sorry to hear that. Hopefully this kind of option will be available on in the future.

@cmorris

Another option is to use followers-only visibility for a post, which means only your followers can reply but also means only followers will see the post.

@oraculix @rscottjones

Ahh, okay, yup. Yeah, that's not great but hopefully it is improved in the future.

I wonder if the Friends plugin affects that behaviour?

@siema

There's https://journa.host for example?

@cmorris

You can't forbid replies, though this is a very popular requested feature. (People comfortable with using github can vote for it by giving a thumbs up at https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/8565)

You can mute and block people, but to remove the reply itself you may need to ask for help from your server admin. However, they will generally only intervene if the reply is breaking the server's rules.

Unfortunately https://fedi.tips and most of my other sites are down at the moment, I've contacted my hosting company and am waiting for a response.

Hopefully they get back online soon.

@nakdim

Yes, you can hide your follows and followers on Mastodon:

1. Log in on the website
2. Go to Edit Profile
3. Click on Privacy & Reach tab
4. Un-tick the box marked "show follows & followers"
5. Click "Save Changes" button

@Theriac

Fair enough, but that would be an issue for wordpress.com to answer rather than the WordPress software or this plugin?

@daveshuken

If you just go to your server's website and log in there, it should work well. Your server's website is at https://mas.to

@Nyla_Smokeyface

I think you have to log in to get full text search, so you would need an account on mastodon.social to search via there.

For tech.lgbt though I get the same problem even when logged in, so it seems like full text search is broken there? I wonder if @mods can help with this?

@oraculix @rscottjones

Interesting, thanks for info.

How do you have comments set on your blog, is it possible that setting is affecting it somehow?

@hashRaygoza

If it says waiting for approval that probably means it didn't go through... Try unfollowing, waiting for a while and trying again.

@daveshuken

Yes, it should work fine. Are you having a problem?

@beforewisdom

Do you mean the Webfinger plugin?

I'm not completely sure on how necessary it is, I am not a developer. Sorry 😞

Accounts only show up on Mastodon searches if someone on that server is following them, or if they have been interacted with by someone on your server.

So, if you want to get your blog noticed in searches it's a good idea to tell people on Mastodon etc its address and encourage them to follow the blog.

@weirdwriter

Fantastic! I'll add info to the fedi.tips page, thanks!

@Lstn2urmama

Sorry, I was just trying to give alternatives, but if you're happy on the website then carry on with the website! 👍

I prefer the website too, but some prefer the apps.

@MaryPot @colossal @jonstodle @forteller @ivory

If you're having trouble verifying an account, there's a troubleshooting guide at the bottom of this page: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-verify-my-account/

@Lstn2urmama

You can do that with the checkmark ✔️ at the top of the notifications.

@housepanther

It is an open standard so there's nothing to stop other blogging platforms from including ActivityPub.

Hopefully ActivityPub becomes a standard option on blogs the same way RSS did.