Hey there 👋
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Hey there
If you have any questions about how to use Mastodon or the rest of the Fediverse, it is totally fine to ask! I'm an actual human being here, and I'll try to help answer any questions if I can!
I didn't set up this account to be one-directional or mass audience, it's meant to be about helping people directly.
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Hey there
If you have any questions about how to use Mastodon or the rest of the Fediverse, it is totally fine to ask! I'm an actual human being here, and I'll try to help answer any questions if I can!
I didn't set up this account to be one-directional or mass audience, it's meant to be about helping people directly.
@FediTips sorry for the stupid questions but do I have to have an account for each different server? And can I follow and see people from other servers?
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@FediTips sorry for the stupid questions but do I have to have an account for each different server? And can I follow and see people from other servers?
The servers are connected, so you can see and follow people from other servers. For example you and I are on different servers, but we are talking now.
Because the servers are connected, you don't need accounts on every server.
It's like email, you can email anyone even if they're using a different provider because the different providers are connected.
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Hey there
If you have any questions about how to use Mastodon or the rest of the Fediverse, it is totally fine to ask! I'm an actual human being here, and I'll try to help answer any questions if I can!
I didn't set up this account to be one-directional or mass audience, it's meant to be about helping people directly.
@FediTips Thanks for offering your help! I am using Firefox on Ubuntu 24.04 and occasionally get a "rate limited, try again after HH:MM" message when trying to post or reply or favorite a post. I will then get about a one minute window to post and then get locked out again. Is mastodon.social too busy, or do I have too many mastodon tabs open?
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@FediTips Thanks for offering your help! I am using Firefox on Ubuntu 24.04 and occasionally get a "rate limited, try again after HH:MM" message when trying to post or reply or favorite a post. I will then get about a one minute window to post and then get locked out again. Is mastodon.social too busy, or do I have too many mastodon tabs open?
I've seen that bug too, it occasionally happens on my own server's website as well.
In mastodon.social's case, they are using the experimental branch of the software so there may be new bugs introduced as well.
I had a look on Mastodon's Github for more info but there wasn't an obvious single cause.
It might be best to contact your server's admins for support, for you that is @Mastodon or email them at staff@mastodon.social
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I've seen that bug too, it occasionally happens on my own server's website as well.
In mastodon.social's case, they are using the experimental branch of the software so there may be new bugs introduced as well.
I had a look on Mastodon's Github for more info but there wasn't an obvious single cause.
It might be best to contact your server's admins for support, for you that is @Mastodon or email them at staff@mastodon.social
@FediTips Thank you, I will check with those admins.
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@FediTips Thank you, I will check with those admins.
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Okay, glad to hear it's back to normal! 🥳
I don't think it's your fault, have seen this too occasionally without an obvious cause.
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Hey there
If you have any questions about how to use Mastodon or the rest of the Fediverse, it is totally fine to ask! I'm an actual human being here, and I'll try to help answer any questions if I can!
I didn't set up this account to be one-directional or mass audience, it's meant to be about helping people directly.
@FediTips
Hi, question about Pixelfed. I have set up an account on pixelfed.social, but ever since then the login-page (https://pixelfed.social/login) gives an 'Sorry, this page isn't available.' error. Is there a different login-page I should use? Or just an error? -
@FediTips
Hi, question about Pixelfed. I have set up an account on pixelfed.social, but ever since then the login-page (https://pixelfed.social/login) gives an 'Sorry, this page isn't available.' error. Is there a different login-page I should use? Or just an error?That address seems to be working at the moment, at least it is here?
Can you try it again and confirm it isn't working for you?
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That address seems to be working at the moment, at least it is here?
Can you try it again and confirm it isn't working for you?
@FediTips Hmm, that's weird. I keep getting a 'Sorry, this page isn't available':
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@FediTips Hmm, that's weird. I keep getting a 'Sorry, this page isn't available':
Very very odd... I've attached the page I get when I go to that address.
Try going to the same address on a different ISP, for example try using your phone's internet connection instead of your wifi?
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Hey there
If you have any questions about how to use Mastodon or the rest of the Fediverse, it is totally fine to ask! I'm an actual human being here, and I'll try to help answer any questions if I can!
I didn't set up this account to be one-directional or mass audience, it's meant to be about helping people directly.
Just joined this platform. Are hashtags encouraged for reach and engagement here?
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Just joined this platform. Are hashtags encouraged for reach and engagement here?
Yes! Hashtags are very popular here, by default your posts are only searchable by hashtag.
You can optionally make your posts also searchable by their entire contents if you prefer, more info at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-opt-into-or-out-of-full-text-search-on-mastodon
You can also follow hashtags, more info at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-follow-hashtags-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse
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The servers are connected, so you can see and follow people from other servers. For example you and I are on different servers, but we are talking now.
Because the servers are connected, you don't need accounts on every server.
It's like email, you can email anyone even if they're using a different provider because the different providers are connected.
Something i find is that you need multiple accounts for posting, like you cant for example have a mastodon account and make a peertube compatible post, or i dont think peertube accounts can really interact with regular mastodon posts
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Something i find is that you need multiple accounts for posting, like you cant for example have a mastodon account and make a peertube compatible post, or i dont think peertube accounts can really interact with regular mastodon posts
If you reply to a PeerTube video post in Mastodon, your reply will appear as a comment below the video on PeerTube and PeerTube accounts can reply to your reply.
You sometimes see conversations between a viewer on Mastodon and the video creator on PeerTube. For example here are some Masto accounts talking with a PT account: https://fedi.video/w/fbJ4cMvGB68srJ1EQK5pYv
If you want to publish a video on PeerTube you do need a PeerTube account, but the interaction can be done from Mastodon.
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Hey there
If you have any questions about how to use Mastodon or the rest of the Fediverse, it is totally fine to ask! I'm an actual human being here, and I'll try to help answer any questions if I can!
I didn't set up this account to be one-directional or mass audience, it's meant to be about helping people directly.
How do I remove a follower on Pixelfed?
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How do I remove a follower on Pixelfed?
It's similar to most platforms, you can block them, wait a moment, then unblock them.
(Of course if they're someone you never want to see, you can leave the block on permanently if you want.)
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It's similar to most platforms, you can block them, wait a moment, then unblock them.
(Of course if they're someone you never want to see, you can leave the block on permanently if you want.)
Yeah that's what I'd tried, however there was one person I couldn't block then unblock; I believe it's the instance owner.
I guess that's some setting that's upto the instance owner to configure?
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Yeah that's what I'd tried, however there was one person I couldn't block then unblock; I believe it's the instance owner.
I guess that's some setting that's upto the instance owner to configure?
Ahhh okay... yeah there might be something deeper at work there then. If it's a problem you can ask your instance admin about it.
