If you want help with using Mastodon or the wider Fediverse, please feel free to reply, or mention me, or send a message!
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If you want help with using Mastodon or the wider Fediverse, please feel free to reply, or mention me, or send a message!
I'm trying to provide unofficial direct tech support for using this place.
There is no such thing as a silly question, especially keen to help new or non-technical people who want answers in plain language.
If you prefer not to ask, you can find lots of help on the website at https://fedi.tips
Ok. Got one for you. Using the web interface, is there a way to get a static alt text description that can be copy/pasted for "kinetic" media?
Static pictures have an [ALT] button, but music and video don't. You'll get it on hover(maybe not with music?), but it goes away when you unhover. Can it be made "sticky"?
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If you want help with using Mastodon or the wider Fediverse, please feel free to reply, or mention me, or send a message!
I'm trying to provide unofficial direct tech support for using this place.
There is no such thing as a silly question, especially keen to help new or non-technical people who want answers in plain language.
If you prefer not to ask, you can find lots of help on the website at https://fedi.tips
@FediTips so I'm new here and it's kind of confusing being around here? I feel like everything is kinda slow and I'm not sure if it's because I'm bad at finding topics/servers I'm interested in or if Mastodon is kinda of a small community.
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If you want help with using Mastodon or the wider Fediverse, please feel free to reply, or mention me, or send a message!
I'm trying to provide unofficial direct tech support for using this place.
There is no such thing as a silly question, especially keen to help new or non-technical people who want answers in plain language.
If you prefer not to ask, you can find lots of help on the website at https://fedi.tips
@FediTips thanks for your help and all the efforts behind the scenes!
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If you want help with using Mastodon or the wider Fediverse, please feel free to reply, or mention me, or send a message!
I'm trying to provide unofficial direct tech support for using this place.
There is no such thing as a silly question, especially keen to help new or non-technical people who want answers in plain language.
If you prefer not to ask, you can find lots of help on the website at https://fedi.tips
@FediTips anythig we can do to improve our reach and get to people who are interested in our campaign? (Also showing that the Fediverse is viable for Sheffield and South Yorkshire)
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Ok. Got one for you. Using the web interface, is there a way to get a static alt text description that can be copy/pasted for "kinetic" media?
Static pictures have an [ALT] button, but music and video don't. You'll get it on hover(maybe not with music?), but it goes away when you unhover. Can it be made "sticky"?
Not as far as I know, sorry.
Different interfaces and apps may display it differently however, it's up to each client to decide what it does with the alt text.
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@FediTips anythig we can do to improve our reach and get to people who are interested in our campaign? (Also showing that the Fediverse is viable for Sheffield and South Yorkshire)
Yes! There's a list of ways to reach more people here: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-get-more-followers-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse
And here's a list of ways to discover people to follow yourselves: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends/
You don't have to do all of the things on these lists, but the more you do the better.
Good luck with your campaign against Palantir
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If you want help with using Mastodon or the wider Fediverse, please feel free to reply, or mention me, or send a message!
I'm trying to provide unofficial direct tech support for using this place.
There is no such thing as a silly question, especially keen to help new or non-technical people who want answers in plain language.
If you prefer not to ask, you can find lots of help on the website at https://fedi.tips
@FediTips I have been boosting your posts but also mentioning feta tips on other sites where I'm trying to recruit people away from corporate social media and over here. Sometimes it works. The Fediverse is confusing, but knowing that someone is there that will help you and give you hints makes it a lot less intimidating.
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@FediTips thanks for your help and all the efforts behind the scenes!
Highly appreciated.Thanks, that's very kind!
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@FediTips so I'm new here and it's kind of confusing being around here? I feel like everything is kinda slow and I'm not sure if it's because I'm bad at finding topics/servers I'm interested in or if Mastodon is kinda of a small community.
When you say slow, do you mean your app is being really slow, or that you're not seeing enough activity?
There's a guide to all the ways to discover interesting accounts and posts at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends
You can also make your own account and posts more discoverable with the methods at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-get-more-followers-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse
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@FediTips I have been boosting your posts but also mentioning feta tips on other sites where I'm trying to recruit people away from corporate social media and over here. Sometimes it works. The Fediverse is confusing, but knowing that someone is there that will help you and give you hints makes it a lot less intimidating.
Thanks so much for spreading the word
And yes, the aim is to make the Fedi less confusing!
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When you say slow, do you mean your app is being really slow, or that you're not seeing enough activity?
There's a guide to all the ways to discover interesting accounts and posts at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends
You can also make your own account and posts more discoverable with the methods at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-get-more-followers-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse
@FediTips I meant not too much activity.
I wasn't sure if I'm doing something wrong in setting up my account or what.
btw sorry if it sounds like I'm being condesnding or insulting in anyway that's not my intention -
@FediTips I meant not too much activity.
I wasn't sure if I'm doing something wrong in setting up my account or what.
btw sorry if it sounds like I'm being condesnding or insulting in anyway that's not my intentionNo worries, what you posted is totally reasonable!
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No worries, what you posted is totally reasonable!
@FediTips Thanks for being helpful I appreciate it. I'll check out the guide you sent. Have a great day, or night.
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If you want help with using Mastodon or the wider Fediverse, please feel free to reply, or mention me, or send a message!
I'm trying to provide unofficial direct tech support for using this place.
There is no such thing as a silly question, especially keen to help new or non-technical people who want answers in plain language.
If you prefer not to ask, you can find lots of help on the website at https://fedi.tips
@FediTips I just like to say that you do wonderful work
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@FediTips I just like to say that you do wonderful work
Aww, cheers! That's very nice of you, thanks for taking the time to say so!
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If you want help with using Mastodon or the wider Fediverse, please feel free to reply, or mention me, or send a message!
I'm trying to provide unofficial direct tech support for using this place.
There is no such thing as a silly question, especially keen to help new or non-technical people who want answers in plain language.
If you prefer not to ask, you can find lots of help on the website at https://fedi.tips
@FediTips Mind a question? How much money do someone need to maintain a fediverse server? Let's say only Mastodon and Diaspora, as the latter is having fewer servers. Would a VPS work? or do you need a full machine?
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@FediTips Mind a question? How much money do someone need to maintain a fediverse server? Let's say only Mastodon and Diaspora, as the latter is having fewer servers. Would a VPS work? or do you need a full machine?
It's about 5 to 10 euros or US dollars per month for the smallest server through managed hosting, where they do all the techy stuff for you. For example https://fedihost.co/pricing and https://masto.host/pricing have price lists.
If you're using a VPS or a home server you could possibly do it more cheaply but you would need to do a lot more work.
I don't know about Diaspora, especially as its development seems to be minimal nowadays
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It's about 5 to 10 euros or US dollars per month for the smallest server through managed hosting, where they do all the techy stuff for you. For example https://fedihost.co/pricing and https://masto.host/pricing have price lists.
If you're using a VPS or a home server you could possibly do it more cheaply but you would need to do a lot more work.
I don't know about Diaspora, especially as its development seems to be minimal nowadays
(Diaspora hasn't had a new release since 2024)@FediTips Oh, it's not expensive. Let me ask a couple of friends if they want to start one with me (thinking about moderation, rather than on money).
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@FediTips Oh, it's not expensive. Let me ask a couple of friends if they want to start one with me (thinking about moderation, rather than on money).
Yeah, it's cheaper than people realise. Moderation is the biggest task, definitely.
In case this is useful, I've done a beginner's guide to starting a Mastodon server at https://growyourown.services/making-your-own-mastodon-server-in-10-steps
