@Guillotine_Jones Aww, thanks for taking the time to say this! It is really rewarding if someone finds a guide useful!

@SsamanMardi Yup, that's another option! ️ There are Fediverse blogging platforms like Write Freely, WordPress and Ghost, and the Friendica platform is very blog-like too with no limits.

@sybrand No, you can use the web as well. The official web interface is excellent, and many use third party interfaces too.My favourite way of using Mastodon is the official default desktop website interface

@fbinin It sounds like your server is broken if you are unable to tag anyone except people you're following? Also tagging people from servers running other kinds of software should work fine, I do it every day on @FediFollows. Is it possible there is a configuration problem on your server?

@sancla That has happened before with a far right server, and the response was that the other servers defederated them (i.e. shut off communication between their server and the rogue server). The worse a server's behaviour, the more other servers block them completely. The very worst servers end up isolated.One of the most popular third party apps also adjusted their code so that if anyone tried to use their app to sign in on the far right server, it rickrolled them

p.s. Mastodon admins may want to switch off invitations entirely as the AI signups seem to be exploiting the invitation system. The setting for user invitations is a bit hidden but you can find it with this guide:https://fedi.tips/inviting-people-onto-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/#AdminInvites

@crayon Good suggestions ️ I'll try to add some other formats to make it easier. It may take a bit of time as the editor I used doesn't have a PDF export, but will try to get it on another editor

@bytebro Yeah, unfortunately the devs are having to deal with a huge number of different things with very few resources, as this is a non-profit project which deliberately doesn't have any investors, shareholders etc. So, they have to prioritise quite a lot when choosing what to work on I guess a workaround for the moment might be using the web interface and using your browser's own bookmark system?

@PinkNigel You're very kind. Glad to hear this info is useful!