Notices by Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social), page 7

@Teri_Kanefield

If anyone needs step-by-step instructions for transferring an account to another server, they're at https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server/

@cpacaud

Yeah! That's how I curate the contents of my instance, by individual channels/accounts.

I normally just go to the instance's website and look at their local videos section? There's a dropdown menu that lets you order it by recent views, likes, all time views etc, this normally highlights a lot of interesting things.

@cpacaud

Nice instance! Some music skills there! 😮

I've confirmed your request, and federated your account to fedi.videos too 👍

@jill

Possibly the video's uploader on YouTube has switched off embedding?

Does it play on any other site apart from YT?

@JoKingly

Yeah, the downside of software that anyone can install is some people set up servers full of nastiness, conspiracy theories etc.

This is such a shame as there are lots of good accounts on PeerTube too, so I'm trying to manually curate just the good stuff on fedi.video.

#PeerTube is a type of Fediverse server for hosting video and audio. It's free open source software, so anyone can set up their own server (just like Mastodon).

Because anyone can start their own server, it's extra-important that there are safe ways to discover and search nice videos on PeerTube.

I've tried to create a safe PeerTube search/discovery service at:

➡️ https://fedi.video

If you want to know more about how to use PeerTube see here:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/peertube-video-hosting-on-the-fediverse/

#FediTips

@posiputt

Anyone out there wanting to commission artwork, highly recommend posiputt! 👍

@Moodre

Yes, there's a language filter you can set to only show posts in specific languages:

https://fedi.tips/setting-your-language-preferences-on-mastodon-and-filtering-out-posts-in-other-languages/

It's not 100% perfect, but it should help hide a lot of foreign language posts.

@staringatclouds @KiwiEV

Maybe someone from @show would be interested in hosting? They have an official PeerTube account which covers somewhat similar topics?

p.p.s. Just for maximum transparency, as this hasn't come up before: I don't take any money or anything else from companies. I've occasionally received offers to pay for promotion, but turned them all down.

I don't think people want info accounts or info sites like fedi.tips to turn into product shilling systems. That's another reason for the donation links, to keep the sites and account independent and focused just on the needs of Fediverse members.

@andre_spruit

That's really nice that you're so understanding 🙏 Thanks!

@ddlyh @ajroach42

Shoutout to @peertube which includes RSS links on all videos, and these links are now compatible with podcast apps too.

If you want to screen who follows your account on Mastodon:

1. Log in through your server’s website or Mastodon web app
2. Click on your profile image to go to your profile page
3. Click on "Edit profile"
4. Click on "Privacy and Reach" tab
5. UN-tick box marked "Automatically accept new followers"
6. Click "Save changes" at bottom of page

Any new follows will need your approval, and a padlock 🔒 will appear on your profile.

More info about this on fedi.tips website: https://fedi.tips/restricting-who-can-follow-you-in-mastodon/

@WINGS_radio

Thanks for the thought, unfortunately my country doesn't use checks/cheques any more... 😢

Any credit or debit card should work on the ko-fi link?

You don't have to register, you just fill in the form on the page. (I deliberately tried to choose a donation method that was as simple and easy as possible.)

@jaypeach53

Indeed, the same is true for pretty much all Fediverse platforms and instances!

p.s. As some people asked: the reason I post about donations once a month is because the bills for the sites come in once a month.

Almost all donations happen when I do a post about the donation options available, so that's why I post the options once a month.

I don't get any kind of grant or support from any organisations. It's entirely down to me to make sure the sites operate. Any kind of help is greatly appreciated!

:blobcatheart:

@EllieK

Some people prefer the interface and features on Pixelfed servers, but many photographers use Mastodon.

As you can follow Pixelfed accounts from Mastodon, and Mastodon from Pixelfed, it is fine to use whichever one you prefer because people will still be able to follow you even if they're on the other.

@EllieK

"I can follow them, but I don't see any of their content on their profile unless I'm on a browser."

If you follow a Pixelfed post from Mastodon, you should see all their posts made after that moment. For example can you see the posts on @Iancylkowski ?

If no one on your server has followed or shared them before, then you won't see their past posts, but this is a general issue on all types of account rather than just Pixelfed:

https://fedi.tips/why-does-someones-account-page-look-completely-blank-is-it-really-blank/

@EllieK

Yes, I did a follow-up reply in the same thread with some other suggestions that are a bit "safer":

https://mstdn.social/@feditips/111479978074761070

I'm a volunteer who runs many sites & accounts to help people use Mastodon & the Fediverse.

If you want to help with running costs, buy me a coffee at:

➡️ https://ko-fi.com/fedithing

(No registration, choose any amount, all currencies work)

...or become a patron at:

➡️ https://liberapay.com/FediThing

Sites & accounts:
@feditips & https://fedi.tips
@FediFollows & https://fedi.directory
@FediVideo & https://fedi.video
@FediGarden & https://fedi.garden
@homegrown & https://growyourown.services