Notices by Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social), page 46

@samvarma

I don't know of such a tool for search results, sorry.

Nearest I can think is you can order your follows and followers by recent activity if you go to Preferences > Follows & Followers when logged in on the website interface.

@Hawkmoon

The Local on your server isn't very local because your server is far too large.

If you move to a different server, especially a themed server, you'll get a more local feel on the Local feed.

@mike

Yeah, you can opt into Mastodon full text search without opting into search engine indexing by Google etc. They're two separate options.

@CoffeeClicker

Are they nice and calm?

@Mab

It depends on which server you're on, but most Mastodon servers have a limit of 500 characters.

Some servers have much higher amounts though:

https://fedi.tips/why-do-some-people-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-have-bigger-character-limits/

@kev

Thanks, good suggestion!

@SpaceLifeForm

Yes! But I couldn't fit it in the characters of the post 😁

TIMELINE TIPS

If your timeline is too empty, try using these methods to find interesting accounts to follow:

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

If you're following so many people that you keep missing posts by certain accounts, use the notification bell:

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

If your timeline is generally too full, use Lists to split it into mini-timelines:

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

If there are some things you don't want to see on your timeline, use Filters:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/filtering-your-timeline-to-hide-posts-on-mastodon/

@raineyday @scribblemacher

If you want to own your own storage and online services, I'd highly recommend @nextcloud

I've done an article about it at https://growyourown.services/beginners-guide-to-nextcloud/

It's not ActivityPub (well, there is a plugin in development) but it's under your own control.

@CrackedWindscreen @motoringpodcast

No worries! You can always edit posts after publication 👍

@CrackedWindscreen

I think you've tagged the wrong account? 🤔

@jakob

Ahaa... okay, that's indeed at a very technical level! I'm not a developer so I can't give answers about recursive queries etc. Possibly might find answers to things like this on the masto github's discussion tab? https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/discussions

@lvdompselaar @mwfc @juandesant

I think that's not quite the same thing?

That's adding another account on that server, because it asks you to obey the rules of the server and it prompts you to log in with an account from that server.

The feature I'm talking about is purely for browsing local timelines rather than adding accounts.

@x1l3f @jakob

It won't trigger notifications if you remove the mention, even if it's in a thread they started.

@lvdompselaar @mwfc @juandesant

Touch and hold where?

I cannot get that menu to appear?

@raineyday @scribblemacher

I'm not sure you'd need an AP alternative if you're just wanting to post the images elsewhere?

You'd just need somewhere to store them?

ActivityPub is just a way for social servers to communicate with each other, not sure how it would be useful in that scenario?

@juandesant

I can't find it in @tootapp 😅 Can someone let me know where it is?

Do you want to follow the Local timeline (also known as the "Live feed from this server") for servers that you don't have an account on?

You can do this in some third party apps:

Fedilab for Android
Subway Tooter for Android
Moshidon for Android
Ice Cubes for iPhone/iPad
Mona for iPhone/iPad/Mac

If there are others I've missed, let me know!

p.s. You can get Fedilab free of charge from @fdroidorg as the developers are trying to encourage people to use alternatives to Google Play.

@Kean_05

Goodness me, thank you! 😊

That's really kind, thanks for that! 🙏

@ropoko

Umm... what kind of thing did you have in mind? For beginners? For techies?

If it's beginners there are useful videos like these:

https://tilvids.com/w/f747058d-3991-4046-a1c9-29c184daa0ff

https://fedi.video/w/m9L9gYXJypnywSyChQLxnd

https://framatube.org/videos/watch/4294a720-f263-4ea4-9392-cf9cea4d5277

If you're a hardcore techie, there are many conference videos about ActivityPub, the protocol which powers most of the Fediverse:

https://conf.tube/a/apconf/videos