Notices by Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social), page 50

@Faylen

If you can find someone else to co-admin, you just need to use your existing admin account to create a second account with admin-level access permissions, then give that account to the co-admin.

@Faylen

Masto.host takes daily backups as part of its hosting plans, so that's not an issue.

The "more than one person with access" doesn't mean the physical server hardware, it just means you need to have more than one person with admin-level access.

(It's basically trying to avoid a situation where an admin disappears and there's no one around to fix problems.)

@Faylen

Being on masto.host shouldn't be a barrier to being listed?

Was there some specific problem you had in mind?

@phi1997 @tvler

Of course! :mario_jump:

@villares @pzriddle @rye

There are browser extensions that allow this (which I linked to at https://fedi.tips/remote-following-on-mastodon/), but I don't know if this is technically possible on a web browser without extensions?

@Kean_05

I know what you mean, but I'm really not sure if I'm the best person to do that 😀

I think the browsers all have their own target audiences, and it is better if people try them themselves.

Sorry I can't help more!

In case you missed it, StreetPass is a free open source web browser extension which helps you find accounts to follow on Mastodon:

➡️ https://streetpass.social

After you've installed the extension, just use the web as normal. Your browser will start noticing sites that have Mastodon accounts, and build up a list of these accounts to follow.

(Owners of websites need to have a verified link to their site on their Mastodon account. More info here: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-verify-my-account/)

StreetPass is by @tvler

@pzriddle @villares @rye

What should the redesign be, bearing in mind that you cannot use any centralised servers?

If you prefer commercial centralised social networks, there are plenty of them you can use instead. But centralised commercial social networks will invade your privacy, and manipulate your timeline in opaque and misleading ways, purely for their own benefit rather than the user's.

@slyborg @JimmyB

p.s. We know Mastodon has already had multiple offers from VC because Eugen told us about them:

https://metro.co.uk/2022/12/29/twitter-rival-mastodon-rejects-funding-to-protect-non-profit-status-18011457/

"Eugen Rochko, the founder of Mastodon told the FT that he had received offers from more than five US-based investors to invest ‘hundreds of thousands of dollars’ in backing the product."

I'm really glad Eugen turned them down, it's a really good sign, but it is dangerous to build a network that relies on one person regularly turning down money.

@slyborg @JimmyB

"If you believe in federation as a concept, then it shouldn’t matter how big an instance is. "

That's the opposite of the truth.

The more a particular instance dominates the network, the harder it becomes to defederate from it because so many of the connections people have will lead to that server.

"anti-mastodon.social animus is driven by dislike for Eugen"

No, that's not the case for me.

"Mammoth is actually doing this."

VC funding has always ended in disaster.

@slyborg @JimmyB

"Fediverse in toto is far too puny to be monetizable, it’s ludicrous to speak of billionaire buyouts of a thing that is literally 0.1% of Xitter’s current size. "

It's not just billionaires, it's also smaller scammy companies that take over open projects and start it with privacy-busting trackers etc. This has happened countless times and caused so many forks to happen.

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@Mad

Ah ok! Mas.to's admin is @trumpet

(By the way, if you ever need to look up a server's admin, it's listed on the About page of their website.)

@Mad

Could you try asking your server admin about this?

If the post breaks your server's rules, there's possibly something they can do about it.

Your admin is @tillshadeisgone

@Mad

Are you logged in?

Refreshing the page does nothing?

@saytata

Okay, that's the official app.

You might want to try a third party app instead. They tend to have more features anyway.

On iPad you could try Ice Cubes or Toot! or Ivory, for example?

@Mad

The nearest I can think of for this is the general trending posts section?

You can see trending posts in the # Explore section on the website.

If you're using the official app, click on the magnifying glass 🔍 at the bottom and leave the search box empty to see Explore.

Third party apps will have other names for this like "trending" or whatever.

How are you viewing the thread where the posts have been left behind? Is it through the web or the app?

@saytata

Which app is it? Is it the official app (the one just called "mastodon")?

@iamgaarden

You can ask Lists not to show posts from the list on your Home feed (see the guide here: https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-the-lists-feature-on-mastodon/).

However, the Home feed exclusion feature on Lists is very new, I haven't tested whether it works on boosts yet (which is what Groups use).

I have a website full of tips about how to use Mastodon and the Fediverse:

➡️ https://fedi.tips <---- Click here to open the website

It's all written in plain non-technical language, and aimed at a general audience. There's a section at the top with quick links to the most essential tips, and a complete list of guides below that.

If you can't find the answers you need on the site, ask me and I'll reply. :blobcat:

@villares @rye

Ahh okay, fair enough!

I've got an existing guide that I think covers this area?

https://fedi.tips/remote-following-on-mastodon/