@IanTwenty @eladriagon I understand the problem you're raising, but it's maybe difficult/impossible to solve? The appearance of media and thumbnails is going to vary depending on what device and interface/app people are using to view your post on their timeline. Even on the same device with the same software it can vary if they've adjusted the settings or theme, or if they're viewing it on the timeline vs in a thread. 🥴

@Pineywoozle Hey, just to add, if you look further down this thread someone has told me how to add alt text to previews, and it works!The original post's link may still show no alt text as the old version of the preview will still be in the server cache, but when the cache refreshes you'll see alt text on all links to fedi.tips (it may take days or weeks but it will happen).So, thank you so much for raising this point because I'd never have found out about this alt text fix otherwise!

@IAmDannyBoling @dj3ei Thank you so much both of you, it's really kind of you, I'm flattered. I'm really happy if the site and account are useful!

@sheislaurence Yeah, that issue would only cover the official web interface only, it wouldn't affect how other interfaces or apps display media.By the way I was one of the people who submitted examples for why there needed to be an image height restriction It does cause havoc on the web interface if someone posts a really tall image I think this one was closed because it was a duplicate of a similar issue at https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/22993 which is still open.

@bruvduroiu You might want to follow accounts on specific topics rather than browsing the trends, as trends can sometimes get a bit lopsided.I've tried to list all the ways of discovering accounts to follow at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends

@mweston It's weird because rel=me is supposed to be the standard, but for whatever reason Meta, Google etc refuse to use it.It seems like a no-brainer to have it on every service but maybe corporations are allergic to open standards?

@res260 @fedihost Yup, I've listed them on the page about managed hosting providers: https://growyourown.services/grow-your-own-social-network

@untilted Could you message my other account @FediFollows ?

@wbpeckham It's just called "Mastodon", it's FOSS and some people have forked it to add features missing from the original (Moshidon is probably the most popular fork at the moment).It's also in F-Droid which is pretty cool.

@IveyJanette Sorry to hear Please do report these and if you can see the option to forward the report select that option too, so that it goes to the server where the spammer's account is. (The scam accounts get shut down more quickly if reports are forwarded.)

@adrianmorales Oh no, sorry to hear that! These guides might help?How to discover people to followhttps://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends/How to make your account more discoverablehttps://fedi.tips/how-do-i-get-more-followers-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/

@salut Je ne sais pas, malheureusement Il y a des blogs: - https://enthalpiste.fr/fr/fedi/fedi/ - https://www.didiermary.fr/sommaire-du-guide-mastodon/Peut-être ils le savent?