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Have you checked your "Private Mentions" section in Mastodon?
It's easy to miss notifications about DMs as they are mixed in with all the other mentions and notifications.
You can check your DMs on your server's website by clicking "@ Private Mentions" on the right of the screen (or click ☰, then "@ Private Mentions" if you're on mobile).
Apps may have various different interfaces for DMs.
If someone is asking for help with using this place, could you let them know about my account, and also let them know about my website? I'm totally unofficial so people only find out about me by worth of mouth 🙂
I have a website full of easy-to-understand guides for using Mastodon and the wider Fediverse at:
The section at the top of the site marked "Quick Start" is especially designed for new people who want to find out the basics.
Thanks! 🙏
Wow wow wow wow.
Best thing ever. Awesome website.
Thank you very much.
Informative.
Very easy to read. Useful links. Well done.
#FediTips
#NewUsers
#Mastodon
#Fediverse
#Newbies
#HowTo
#GettingStarted
I joined #mastodon last week, on a whim, with no idea what to expect
Minutes later, I was welcomed by @dillyd which has never happened on any other platform and was a wonderful introduction. So I posted a couple pictures of my #cats, and found, to my surprise, people reacting and interacting
Maybe it's because I'm not fighting an algorithm, or maybe I just found a place where folks truly appreciate cats. Either way, I'm very happy to be here, and I hope you're prepared for more cat pictures
Servers described as "Glitch Mastodon" or "Hometown Mastodon" work just like Mastodon but have additional features such as larger post sizes, rich text formatting or local-only posts.
Mastodon's server software is free and open source, so programmers can tweak it to make their own versions. (Untweaked Mastodon is often called "Vanilla Mastodon".)
You can find good Glitch and Hometown servers to join or move to at:
➡️ https://fedi.garden/tag/glitch-mastodon
I joined #mastodon last week, on a whim, with no idea what to expect
Minutes later, I was welcomed by @dillyd which has never happened on any other platform and was a wonderful introduction. So I posted a couple pictures of my #cats, and found, to my surprise, people reacting and interacting
Maybe it's because I'm not fighting an algorithm, or maybe I just found a place where folks truly appreciate cats. Either way, I'm very happy to be here, and I hope you're prepared for more cat pictures
And here is my more recent exchange with CBC executives, wherein I called on them to set up a Mastodon instance! https://youtu.be/lJUeQZlvD-E?si=S7QniO7pES3s4Gtv #CBC #TRCM #Mastodon
And here is my more recent exchange with CBC executives, wherein I called on them to set up a Mastodon instance! https://youtu.be/lJUeQZlvD-E?si=S7QniO7pES3s4Gtv #CBC #TRCM #Mastodon
As many of you will know, I’ve been campaigning for more than a year to get the Govt of Canada off X. This week’s Grok nonsense pushed me over the edge - and I said a very bad word! https://hilltimes-sencan.msappproxy.net/story/2026/01/07/get-the-fk-off-there-mps-senators-call-on-government-to-abandon-x-twitter-following-wave-of-grok-porn/487023/ #cdnpoli
Et voilà ! Ma présentation de Sharkey après quelques mois d'utilisation (cc @elena@aseachange.com) .
https://technosophisme.fr/sharkey-lautre-microblog-du-fediverse/ #sharkey #mastodon #fédiverse #autohébergement
Updating #footiMac for @chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca to 4.5.4. It'll be awhile before it's back online.
#selfhost #mastodon #update
Follower-Power: Seit einigen Tagen erhalten wir folgende Benachrichtigungen. Wie damit verfahren? Was bedeuten sie? Sie lassen sich aus unerfindlichen Gründen auch nicht löschen. Vielen Dank für Eure Tipps! 🙏
Mastodon/Fediverse:
How long does it “typically” take for a server to refresh something like a link preview? I changed the featured image on my website, but it’s been days and it still comes up as my old one on here. Is any aspect of that due to my local cache, or is it all server side? Speak to me the way you would a fourth grader.
The preview should be a dark graphic with my name, not a portrait of me.
At the moment there are monthly workshops everywhere in Germany, to tell people to switch from BigTech to ethical ones.
I will also do a workshop for the praising the Fediverse in February.
Even I'm a #pixelfedadmin, I have to tell the people to chose #Mastodon over #Pixelfed, as Pixelfed is so buggy, that I don't want to frustrate them.
The https://di.day movement at the moment would be a good chance for Pixelfed - but not as it is now, with no updates since September.
@dansup
Not sure where to start with Mastodon? Here's some new year coverage from @TechCrunch that provides a great overview. 🫶🏻
Want to learn even more? There's a fantastic community ready to help you level up your Fediverse skills. 🎉
@TechCrunch this article is missing a very important point: there is no user-tracking at @Mastodon. That's very important (for multiple reasons), but that's why social-media agencies ignore #Mastodon!
Periodic reminder to boost the posts you like to keep the Fediverse alive.
WE are the algorithm here 
RE: https://tapbots.social/@ivory/115849434866292703
Ivory is well worth the subscription price, and they just released a smorgasbord of new features.
Support fediverse creators. :ivory_logo:
question for people- for the accessible description of an emoji, would you expect it to say the skin tones?
for instance, "women holding hands" vs "women holding hands: light skin tone, medium-light skin tone"
personally the latter feels very verbose, but i'd love to get thoughts!
Mastodon's verification system is mainly for people and organisations who have their own website. It makes your Mastodon profile's link to your website turn green, proving you are the owner of the site.
Here's how to verify your account:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-verify-my-account
If you've tried doing this and it didn't work, see the troubleshooting section of the guide ("My website address won’t turn green!") as there are lots of possible ways you might fix it.
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